Faculty Resources
Staff Info and Office Hours
See below for the individual or role accounts to use for different types of inquiries.
Audio/Visual Services and Equipment
Classroom and lecture hall support provides help with media stations, projectors, document cameras, and other instructional classroom technology. Educational Technology Services staff can also provide in-person orientation sessions to familiarize new users with the equipment.
Visit the Classroom Details page to find the technology and media available in every classroom and lecture hall. Also find information about each room's seating capacity, lighting, and more.
How to Report Issues in Lecture Halls/Campus Classroom Spaces
- Email classroom-support@ucsd.edu for information or issues that do not require immediate assistance.
- Call (858) 534-5784 for immediate technical support.
Free podcasting of lectures is available to classes scheduled in a podcast-ready lecture hall. To signup or for scheduling questions, contact ACS/IWDC: (858) 822-3315, iwdc@ucsd.edu.
Class Rosters
Class rosters can be viewed and downloaded by going to Blink and clicking on the Instructions Tools, then Class lists. Single Sign-On (SSO) userid and password are required.
New instructors need to self-register for a SSO.
Current instructors with a existing SSO can contact Nicole Daneshvar with access problems.
Course Descriptions and Schedules
Educational Technology Services
- TritonEd – Learn about TritonEd, UC San Diego's Learning Management System
- Classroom Support – Get support for technology in the classroom, including immediate help
- Clickers – Find out more about the i>clicker student response system
- Instructional Resources - Find out about guidelines and services to enhance your teaching and help your students.
- Instructional Technology - Learn about Online Education and how ITS and faculty create online content
- Accounts and Passwords – Register Email and printing account, change passwords
- Email – Check and manage your campus email
- Grades - A step-by-step guide is available detailing how to submit electronic grades, designate an authorized grader, and submit grades changes.
- Podcasting – Learn how to podcast your course
- Google Apps for Courses at UC San Diego - Faculty can now utilize Google Apps for Education to share course materials, communicate, and collaborate with students
Evaluations
Undergraduate and Graduate Course surveys are administered online through Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). The SET questions are designed to focus on aspects of student learning and teaching practices. On Monday of Week 9 each student will be notified that they can submit their SET responses via the Evaluations site. The evaluation window will close for students at 8am on Saturday of Week 10. Response rates can be low without faculty encouragement. Please inform and encourage students in class. For more guidance and ideas, check out these tips for increasing student response rates. Instructors, faculty, and staff can locate raw data, stats, and comments at Academic Affairs.
Teaching Assistant surveys are administered online through Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). On Monday of Week 9 all faculty will be notified that they can submit their SET responses via the Evaluations site. The evaluation window will close at 8am on Saturday of Week 10. We strongly encourage all faculty and instructors of record to submit their TA evaluations in a timely manner Your responses play an important role in determining future TA assignments. Detailed comments are particularly important for TA awards and in determining which graduate students may teach their own class.
Lecturers & New Faculty surveys are administered online through Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). The SET questions are designed to focus on aspects of student learning and teaching practices. On Monday of Week 5 each student will be notified that they can submit their SET responses via the Evaluations site. The evaluation window will close for students on Sunday of Week 6. Response rates can be low without faculty encouragement. Please inform and encourage students in class. For more guidance and ideas, check out these tips for increasing student response rates. Instructors, faculty, and staff can locate raw data, stats, and comments at Academic Affairs.
Gradescope
Per Department policy, Gradescope is required for all courses (as of SS II, 2019.
New to Gradescope?
I. First, create an instructor account at gradescope.com
- Go to the Sign Up Form for Gradescope.
- Click the "Instructor" button.
- In the "SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS" field, enter in your OFFICIAL "@ucsd.edu" UCSD email address. (Do not use a departmental email address such as @econ.ucsd.edu.)
- In the "SCHOOL" popup menu, choose "UC San Diego" from the list.
- In the "HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US?" field, leave it blank.
- In the "INVITE CODE" field, leave it blank.
- Click the "Sign up as an instructor" button.
- If successful, a signup acknowledgement page should appear. Check your UCSD email account for a new "Welcome to Gradescope!" email from gradescope.com containing additional instructions to set up your Gradescope account (set your password, etc.). The email may take a few minutes to arrive.
II. Second, integrate Gradescope with your Canvas class
(Note: Do not create the Gradescope course first! Do this from within Canvas)
- Navigate to your Canvas course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate Gradescope
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
- Select the Gradescope link on your side course menu to begin creating your Gradescope course
(See https://edtech.ucsd.edu/lti/lti_installation.html#Gradescope for updates)
III. Add students
Now you can use the "Sync Roster" option to update the class roster.
IV. Create a Gradescope assignment
Using the Scanner in Econ 304
Please reference the following instructions on how to use the DocuMate 6440 Scanner
Questions?
Canvas: https://edtech.ucsd.edu/
Gradescope:: help@gradescope.com
Room Reservations
Policies and Procedures
- Rooms can only be reserved for Economics department instructional or administrative use.
- For your convenience, you may access room availability using the links below.
- Please submit all room requests through the Econ Room Reservation Form
- The calendar details are updated on a regular basis, but your reservation is not official until you receive email confirmation.
- If you are using the room during someone's scheduled time, you will be asked to leave promptly.
- If you are a graduate student defending your dissertation and need to reserve an OWL, please contact econfacilities@ucsd.edu at least 5 business days in advance.
Instructional Meeting Rooms
Social Sciences Building (SSB) 107 (Room capacity: 30 seats w/desks, 30 seats w/o desks)
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Social Sciences Building (SSB) 506 (Room capacity: 12 seats w/desks, 13 seats w/o desks)
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) E129 (Room capacity: 12 seats w/desks)
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) E185 (Room capacity: 6 seats around conference table)
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Non Instructional Meeting Rooms
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) E172 - Individual Reservable Office
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Social Science Building (SSB) 501 (PIE Lounge) - Reservable Lounge
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Atkinson 3803 - Individual Reservable Office
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Atkinson 3804 - Individual Reservable Office
All times shown are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Other Reservable Rooms
In the event all of our department dedicated spaces are fully booked on the day/time you are requesting, below are spaces available to us that other departments have generously allowed us to request.
*PLEASE NOTE: these are not guaranteed spaces as they are owned and used by other departments. Please submit your reservation request as soon as possible.
Atkinson - Calendar Availability
- 4004 (can seat 24)
- 5004 (can seat 15)
- 2004, 3004, 6004 (can seat 12)
- 2006, 3006, 6006 (can seat 10)
- 2010, 4010, 6010 (can seat 6)
SDSC
- E145 (cannot be reserved for classroom usage)
MCC - Media Center and Communication Building
- 127 (seats 12-15 around a conference table)
- 133 (seats 15 around a conference table, 10 additional chairs not at the table)
- 201 (seats 35 total)
If you wish to reserve any of these spaces or have any questions, please contact Jay Wilson at econfacilities@ucsd.edu and he will connect you with the appropriate individual for the space you are requesting.