Canvas

Visit The Office of Digital Learning for help with Canvas. They also offer drop-in office hours via Zoom to help answer your questions.

Course Syllabus

See the Required & Suggested Syllabi Service Statements for guidelines. If you are teaching a course that has been taught before, you can get a copy of the previous syllabus from Aubree Steffens (aubreer@uw.edu) 

IT Support for Teaching

Guides for technological resources can be found on the Information Technology page.

MyUW

MyUW Login

View your class list, submit grades, access your schedule, etc.

Ordering Books

Books/materials for students: Go to your course in Canvas and see the tab for Follett Discover. You can submit all of your materials though this tool. For help, contact Laura Greelman at the UW Tacoma Bookstore (

Desk Copies or Evaluation Copies: Email Gabi Crosby (crosbg@uw.edu) with the following information:

  1. Specify if the book has been adopted or is being reviewed

  2. Book title, edition, author(s) and ISBN

  3. Course number and quarter

  4. When you need this book by

 

 

SET Support

Student employees: Chloe Rayne Ibarra

Faculty: Aubree Steffens

Staff: Leslie Pierson

CSS lab mentors: Monika Sobolewska

CSS facilitators: Charles Bryan and Donald Chinn

Servers and labs: Kevin Muzzy

System admin: Slava Miasishchev

EE labs: Chris Barrett

CompE labs: Bob Landowski

ME labs: Troy Dunmire

CivE labs: Julie Palumbo

Time Schedule
Trainings

All UW Employee Trainings*

*New Staff Orientation is for staff only

Academic Alert

Early Alert is a referral system through which any UW Tacoma faculty or staff member may identify undergraduate students who are having academic difficulty. Early intervention with students on the part of faculty, advisors, and other campus personnel can improve students’ likelihood to succeed. This program is available for faculty and staff to use throughout the quarter. The goal of the early alert referral system is to connect struggling students with support services across campus. Please make a referral if you have a student with academic issues such as:

  • Failed exams and/or quizzes
  • Missing or incomplete assignments
  • Attendance issues (tardiness, multiple missed classes)
  • Lack of participation
  • Time management challenges

Early Alert is for all UW Tacoma students, regardless of class standing or major/program and may be submitted at any time during the quarter. Once an alert is received and assigned to an academic advisor, the initiator of the referral may expect a follow up email within 5 business days.

Make an Early Alert Referral

Advising (SET students)

SET has an experienced advising team that works closely with the faculty to ensure that any student issues are resolved. Our advising teams work with prospective and current SET students.

Lead Academic Advisor: Kira King

Recruiting Team: Noelle Wilson & Francis Nwagbara

Undergraduate Team: Beth Jeffrey, Christian James, Brandy Featherstone

Graduate Team: Victoria Olive & Rachel Crook

Class Cancellations

If you are missing a class due to an event:

  1. Try to get another faculty member to cover the class

  2. Notify your program chair and Aubree Steffens (aubreer@uw.edu)

  3. Notify the class via the course email list

If you are missing class due to an illness or emergency:

  1. Notify the program chair and Aubree Steffens (aubree@uw.edu)

  2. Notify the class via the course email list

Copies and Printing

Allocated SET Printers are located in: CP 133, CP 206, CP 221, and MDS 206.

For a large number of copies, please use the UWT Copy Center:

  1. Email the copy center (uwtcc@uw.edu) with your prints, class information, and name of our school.

  2. Pick up from ground floor of Mattress Factory

 

Internships

For industry connections and help finding internships: Andrew Fry

Internship registration forms (497 courses): Marife Tabao

Visit our Internships for Credit page for more information

Tutoring & Support
Program Chairs
Program  Chair
Civil Engineering Emese Hadnagy
Computer Science and Systems  
Electrical and Computer Engineering Max Laddomada
Information Technology Bryan Goda
Mechanical Engineering Heather Dillon
Masters of Cybersecurity and Leadership Yan Bai
Computer Science and Systems Graduate Programs (M.S./Ph.D.) Ankur Teredesai
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Debasis Dawn 

 

Student Employees

UNDER CONTRUCTION

390 Seminars

Sections of TCSS 390 are optional problem-solving workshops that meet 4 hours per week. Students sign up for credit (C/NC). In these workshops, students practice working on problems related to the course they are taking. 

All workshops are numbered 390; for example, TCSS390, TCES390, etc. Workshops offer the opportunity to practice and discuss problems related to specific courses in the core curriculum, and are overseen by a faculty member and a Undergraduate Teaching Assistant. 390 Workshops can help students solve problems and also develop a deeper understanding of the material.

For more information, please visit our Academic Support page on our main site.

Quarterly Student Evaluations

Couse Evaluations

The School of Engineering and Technology conducts online course evaluations at the end of each course. If you have questions, please contact Gabi Crosby at crosbg@uw.edu.

Gabi will send out a notification to all faculty letting them know when the evaluations will open and close.

Course evaluations are used for faculty reappointments, promotions, and for tenure and promotion.

Please encourage your students to complete them, before the closing date.

Grades

UW Guidelines strictly recommend on NOT grading on behavior or attendance. You can however grade on participation, but this needs to be clear in the Syllabus and how the participation grading is done must be explained clearly with a rubric. No more than 15% should be towards participation. It's a good idea to have some expectations about the use of electronics and behaviors in the classroom. 

Consistent and timely grading to provide feedback is important to be an effective teacher. List your percentages and grading policies clearly in your Syllabus.

Submitting Grades

If you are teaching a course with 35 or more students, or if you have a 3 course load (lecturers), you can request a grader. Set your expectations with the grader and give them a clear rubric on how to grade, and when it should be completed. You can have them fill out the rubric and leave comments in there for you. It is important to check the grader's work and adjust the grades if necessary.  

Some examples of grading policies: 

Donald Chinn's Syllabus 

Menaka Abraham's Syllabus 

Final grades at UW are numeric, as described in the UW Scholastic Regulations 

Some of the Faculty use the attached grading scale, as there is no standard policy for how percentages translate to grade. Feel free to make your own, it is a good idea to include this in the syllabus.

"Wish someone had told me these things before..."

Make up testing

Make up testing is available on request by the Faculty. You do have to make arrangements early and fill out some forms. For more details, visit the Make Up Testing page. 



Teaching Success Tips

Teaching Success Tips from Donald Chinn

One minute message responses from fellow Faculty

How do I get a Huskycard?

Website: Huskcard 

Campus Safety

Campus Safety is on campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have a classroom issue, if you need to get into your classroom after hours, please contact them at (253) 692-4416. Or if you see anything suspicious.

They are the ones to call, if you get locked out of your office after hours.

CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY