Faculty Resources for Emergency Online Instruction

Useful Contacts

Mercy Online is responsible for overall Online Learning Operations across all five Schools.

Mercy Online provides one-on-one Faculty Consultation, Group training, and Instructional Design including online course design and online pedagogy.

Faculty and Adjunct Training and Support are available for the following Technologies:

  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing Tool
  • EesySoft 
  • Articulate (Online Learning Authoring Tool)
  • Camtasia (Online Learning Authoring Tool)
  • Captivate (Online Learning Authoring Tool)
  • PowToons

Blackboard Training:

Mercy Online supports the following Initiatives:

  • Quality Matters (National Benchmark of Online Course Design)
  • Digital Instructor Designation
  • Master Courses
  • Faculty Learning Communities

Visit the Mercy Online Blackboard Faculty Resources for additional information about our upcoming Blackboard workshops, step-by-step tutorials and on-demand videos.

/academics/mercy-online/faculty-resources

Contact Information

Main Mercy Online - (914) 674-7584 - mercyonline@mercy.edu

Director of Online Learning    
  Mary Lozina mlozina@mercy.edu
Faculty Trainers & Instructional Designers    
  Melissa Harwin mharwin@mercy.edu
  Olga Bristol obristol@mercy.edu
  Iliandra Gonzalez igonzalez9@mercy.edu

Online Learning Coordinators by School

School of Business    
  Tom Milton tmilton@mercy.edu
School of Education    
  Helge Wasmuth hwasmuth@mercy.edu
School of Health and Natural Sciences    
  Renu Varughese rvarughese@mercy.edu
  Lynda Shand lshand@mercy.edu
School of Liberal Arts    
  Allyson Richmond arichmond@mercy.edu
  Jeff Chang cchang4@mercy.edu
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences    
  Mary Knopp Kelly mkkelly@mercy.edu
  Cynthia Walley cwalley@mercy.edu

The IT Helpdesk, open 24x7, is the first point of contact for all requests and problems relating to technology services provided at B次元.

Contact Information

B次元 IT Helpdesk 
914-674-7526
helpdesk@mercy.edu

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) promotes faculty teaching excellence for student success in alignment with the B次元 mission. CTL is dedicated to fostering faculty development and enhancing the qualitative nature of pedagogy across all disciplines.

The CTL Team supports faculty in the following areas:

  • Course design and assignments
  • Implementation and the Use of Multimedia Tools
  • Faculty ePortfolios
  • High Impact Teaching and Learning Practices (HIPs)
  • Faculty Learning Communities
  • Communicating with Students

Resources for Fall 2020

Visit the Center for Teaching and Learning for additional resources

Contact Information

The Center for Teaching and Learning CTL@mercy.edu 

CTL Director Juli Steadman Charkes (914) 674-7663
jcharkes@mercy.edu
Instructional Designer, CTL Elizabeth Fritz (914) 888-5247
efritz@mercy.edu
Instructional Designer, CTL Dr. Gloria Schlisselberg gschlisselberg@mercy.edu

The Office of Educational Assessment supports faculty in their efforts to promote continuous improvement of student learning by providing direction in the use of sound assessment practices that reveal the impact of pedagogical and curriculum changes.

OEA provides faculty support related to:

  • Defining program and course learning goals and learning outcomes
  • Planning and implementing assessment at the program and course levels
  • Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data
  • Reporting and presenting findings
  • Identifying and implementing strategies to improve student learning
  • Completing five-year academic program self-studies
  • Designing surveys for assessment purposes
  • Consulting on educational research design
  • Evaluating educational initiatives
  • Supporting programmatic accreditation efforts

Contact Information

Office Email Address - EducationalAssessment@mercy.edu

Brooke Ellsworth, MFA Director of Educational Assessment bellsworth@mercy.edu
Susan R. Waddington, PhD Educational Assessment Specialist swaddington@mercy.edu
     

Assessment Coordinators

General Education    
  Richard Medoff, Ph.D. rmedoff@mercy.edu
School of Business 
   
  Orlando Barreiro, Ph.D. obarreiro@mercy.edu
School of Education    
  Wendy Mages, Ph.D. wmages@mercy.edu
School of Health and Natural Sciences    
  Lee Warren, Ph.D. gwarren1@mercy.edu
  Nanette Hyland, Ph.D. nhyland@mercy.edu
School of Liberal Arts    
  Josh Gaetjen, M.F.A. jgaetjen@mercy.edu
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences    
  Sarah Hahn, Ph.D. shahn@mercy.edu

Student using computer

Zoom Resources

Guide: How to Connect with Students on Zoom

Video Tutorial: Mercy Faculty Zoom Basics

Topics covered include:

  1. How to create, activate, and sign into your Mercy Faculty Zoom account
  2. How to setup your virtual classroom Zoom link in your respective Bb Course under Course Material so the Students can access the classroom session
  3. How to setup and schedule a recurring Zoom classroom session
  4. How to kickoff and start your Zoom classroom session from the respective Blackboard course

 (Passcode: GCKws+6^)

 

Classroom Technology Information

Prerequisites

Creating your B次元 Zoom Account and Recurring Zoom Meeting in Blackboard (PDF)

Video Tutorial: Mercy Faculty Zoom Basics

Topics covered include:

  1. How to create, activate, and sign into your Mercy Faculty Zoom account
  2. How to setup your virtual classroom Zoom link in your respective Bb Course under Course Material so the Students can access the classroom session
  3. How to setup and schedule a recurring Zoom classroom session
  4. How to kickoff and start your Zoom classroom session from the respective Blackboard course

 (Passcode: GCKws+6^)