The Teaching Center is hosting a Teaching Partners Summer Social on Friday, June 15, 2018, from 4 - 6 p.m. on the University Club Rooftop Terrace. Join us for hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and some special Teaching Center activities! RSVP to join in on the fun!

CourseWeb/Blackboard classes taught between Fall 2013 and Summer 2016 (Terms 2141 through 2167) will be archived on May 7, 2018, by Educational Software Consulting. Please note that archived courses are retrievable by e-mail request. In this message, you will find important information about this process.

We will once again be joined in the by Animal Friends in the Testing Center during finals week! Stop by during the following times to relieve a little stress as the semester comes to a close.

• Monday, April 23:
  • 2-3 p.m., Kozmo (therapy dog)
• Tuesday, April 24:
  • 10-11 a.m., Beatrice (therapy cat)
  • 11-Noon, Olive (therapy dog)
  • 1-2 p.m., Reuben (therapy rabbit)
• Wednesday, April 25:
  • 11-Noon, Reuben (therapy rabbit)
• Thursday, April 26:
  • 10-11 a.m., Beatrice (therapy cat)

Registration is now open for the Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development. The program offers faculty the opportunity to increase awareness about diversity and develop the skills needed to teach in a diverse, multicultural environment. Whether it's expanding your diversity mindfulness in classroom discussions or designing learning activities that incorporate a variety of perspectives, this institute is appropriate for full- and part-time faculty that want to deepen their teaching practice. All faculty are invited and can sign up on the Diversity Institute's web page.

Unfamiliar with the Teaching Survey process at Pitt? The Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching breaks it all down for you in this quick video.

The University of Pittsburgh has partnered with SensusAccess to offer a file converter tool that makes inaccessible documents (such as Word or PDF files) into more accessible media (such as searchable PDFs, audio MP3 files, Braille, or e-text). SensusAccess is available to all Pitt faculty, staff, students, and alumni that have an active University email address.