Listed below are some frequently asked questions on research, teaching, and technology along with related topics and answers or links for those questions. The information provided is for referral purposes only. Contact the appropriate campus unit for detailed information on the topics. If you have additional questions, please email them to facdev@niu.edu.
Where to find information on or support for:
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects , or the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for possible sources of collaboration on particular research areas. These units may be able to refer you to particular faculty or groups at NIU conducting research on specific topics. Your Dean's office may be another place to contact for discipline specific collaborative research.
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for policies on conflict of interest.
Contact the Technology Commercialization Office for information on commercializing research, licensing opportunities, and related resources.
For analyzing surveys and research data, contact the Testing Services
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for funding information on external funding sources on your particular area of research. For funding sources internal to NIU, check the Grants and Fellowships page of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for policies on Intellectual Property. Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies is the Intellectual Property Officer for NIU.
For data on NIU students and other institutional information, contact Institutional Research at 815-753-6001 located in Lowden Hall 103A for further assistance.
Contact the Technology Commercialization Office for information on patents, copyrights, and related resources. The Office of the General Counsel is also a source of information on copyrights and contracts and the office can be reached at (815)752-1774.
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for assistance on proposal preparation. Their website also has some useful links on proposal preparation.
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for assistance on submitting proposals to external funding agencies.
Check http://www.niu.edu/president/prp.html for the recipients of Presidential Research Professor awards. Check http://www.grad.niu.edu/resart.htm for the Call for Nominations and Application for the Presidential Research Professors award.
For various policies on research, check with the Office of Research Compliance.
Check the Division of Research and Graduate Studies web page http://www.research.niu.edu/divresearch/ for summer research grants.
For research mentoring opportunities contact your academic department chair or dean for opportunities inside your college. Contact the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for interdisciplinary research mentoring opportunities.
For assistance on statistical issues related to research projects, contact the Statistical Consulting Services (SCS).
For assistance on surveys and opinion polls, contact the Social Science Research Institute.
The Graduate School provides some support for travel to present research at conferences. Contact your academic department chair or the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies for more information.
Where to find information on or support for:
Contact the University Judicial Office for assistance on dealing with academic dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism, etc.
Contact the Media Service for audio-video equipment for teaching.
Check http://webcourses.niu.edu to access the Blackboard web-based course management system. Contact Information Technology services (753-8100) for accounts and other help information on Blackboard and related issues. Online resources are available at http://www.blackboard.niu.edu.
Contact the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for classroom observation services.
Class rosters can be viewed and downloaded from the Office of registration and Records at http://www.reg.niu.edu/lists.
Contact Media Services for duplicating videos, producing CDs, etc.
Contact Document Services or Village Commons Bookstore (815-758-0613) for duplicating course materials.
See also Academic Dishonesty listed above.
Contact the Counseling and Development Center for assistance on dealing with difficult students.
Contact the Center for Access-Ability Resources for information on accommodation students with disabilities.
Contact the University Libraries for information on placing course materials on electronic and other forms of reserves.
See disabilties accommodation listed above.
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for funding information on external funding sources on your particular area of interest. for funding sources internal to NIU, check the Grants and Fellowships website at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center.
Contact Testing Services for assistance on grading mass exams using Scantrons
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for intellectual property-related policies. (http://www.niu.edu/provost2/facpers/appm/toc.htm#gen)
Contact the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for instructional design assistance.
Check the videos page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
Check the list of upcoming programs and handouts pages at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
Contact the Media Service for multimedia production (video,CD,DVD, etc.) services.
Check the referral links page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
Visit NIUonline for online credit courses. Contact the Division of Continuing Education for online non-credit courses.
See electronic reserves above.
Contact Media Services for smart classrooms related information.
Check http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/facpers/appm/IIIDapxE.pdf for syllabi template.
Check the Grants and Fellowships web page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center.
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for teaching-related policies http://www.niu.edu/provost2/facpers/appm/toc.htm#gen
Contact the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for information on teaching tools.
Contact Media Services on videotaping lectures for teaching improvement purposes.
Where to find information on or support for:
To report email abuse or harassment, check http://www.its.niu.edu/its/email/defend.shtml
For information on accessible web design, check the Web Accessibility Initiative website at http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/
For policies on acceptable use of computing equipment and resources at NIU, check http://www.its.niu.edu/its/policies/policies_index.shtml
Check http://webcourses.niu.edu to access the Blackboard web-based course management system. Contact Information Technology Services (815-753-8100) for accounts and other help information on Blackboard and related issues. Online documentation and tutorials are available at http://www.blackboard.niu.edu.
Contact Media Services for duplicating videos, producing CDs, etc.
Contact the University Libraries for information on placing course materials on electronic and other forms of reserves.
Contact the Office of Sponsored Projects for finding information on external funding sources on your particular area of interest. For funding sources internal to NIU, check the Grants and Fellowships page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
For recommendations on PC hardware configurations, check http://www.its.niu.edu/its/audience/newstudents.shtml
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for intellectual property-related policies http://www.niu.edu/provost2/facpers/appm/toc.htm#gen
Contact the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center for instructional design assistance.
Contact Media Services on multimedia production (video, CD, DVD, etc.) services.
To obtain a network login ID, contact http://www.its.niu.edu/its/index.asp
Check the links page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center website.
Visit NIUonline for online credit courses. Contact the Division of Continuing Education for online non-credit courses.
See electronic reserves above.
Contact Media Services on smart classrooms related information.
For software pricing and distribution, check http://www.its.niu.edu/its/sh/index.shtml
Check the Grants and Fellowships web page at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center.
Check the Academic Policies and Procedures Manual online for teaching-related policies (http://www.niu.edu/provost2/facpers/appm/toc.htm#gen).
For telecommunications needs (phones, cell phone, pagers, voice mail, etc.,) contact http://www.its.niu.edu/its/ppp/index.shtml
To report about viruses or find out more about them, check http://www.its.niu.edu/its/sh/downloads/antivirus.shtml
Last Updated: 05/01/2008
