New Faculty: Getting Started at UB

The duties of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs include welcoming and orienting new faculty to UB. On this page you will find links to introductory materials and resources you may find helpful in your first year at the University at Buffalo.

The University Libraries provide a broad array of resources and services to support UB faculty and teaching assistants. The subject librarian for your department, school, or research center is available to discuss Libraries' resources and services for your research and teaching, and for the students you teach. Please contact your librarian today.

UB is required to provide students with disabilities with access to our courses and programs.  Designing courses with accessibility in mind is critical to ensuring that everyone can participate and learn.

This page provides details on policies and guidelines and reflects the subject matter formerly housed in the Faculty Staff Handbook

Are you designing or redesigning a course and need help with student assessments? Whether it’s a project for one course, multiple sections, or an interdisciplinary effort, our learning designers can collaborate with you to create effective assessments.

Staff from CATT provide instructional and pedagogical support to help ensure you are equipped to create classroom experiences which promote student success. 

This collaboration aims to provide all new faculty members with support as they grow into effective educators and productive scholars. The fall semester track, led by learning designers from CATT, focuses on vital course-building skills and how to incorporate best practices into their courses and foster student academic success.

Instructors can log into UB Course Evaluations to manage their evaluations, view reports and use an interactive dashboard to compare their results to aggregated results from other departments, academic units or all of UB.

UB Learns is our university-wide Learning Management System, powered by Brightspace. We've put together extensive guides for instructors to get started with their courses in UB Learns.

The Teaching Technology Integrations Gateway provides information about the teaching technologies integrated with UB Learns and streamlined guidance for the procurement and implementation of new and innovative teaching technologies and practices.

Explore the software and services UB provides to help you teach.

Explore what UB technology classrooms have to offer (including hardware and seating capacity), and find instructions for using the teaching stations and other classroom technology.

Academic, administrative and research units support their faculty and staff in their work. Locate your organization on this page to access your departmental support.

Access the combination codes for centrally scheduled classroom teaching stations across campus.