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Welcome to Online@UCF WHAT IS OFFERED ONLINE FROM UCF? Online@UCF offers four undergraduate degree completion programs, twelve graduate degree programs and twelve graduate certificates, plus hundreds of courses every semester from most academic areas. UCF also offers extensive resources and support services for students over the Web. The academic credits you receive are the same as credits received for face-to-face classes held on our various campuses. UCF's online programs are described in our Guide to Online Programs, and individual courses are listed in our online course search utility, and in the online catalog maintained by the Florida Distance Learning Consortium..

The UCF Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department is committed to supporting the research of UCF faculty members. In addition to interlibrary loan services, we offer a faculty document delivery service which provides scanned copies of UCF-owned journals and books held at the Circulation Desk for quick pickup. Document Delivery requests may be submitted through the ILLiad interlibrary loan system and are automatically requested via interlibrary loan if there is no copy available at the UCF Main Library. If you have a question about a specific request, or need clarification about the following services, please contact our office.

Your UCF ID serves as your Library card. Activation of your Library ID number is necessary to check out library materials, view electronic resources off-campus, and utilize Interlibrary Loan. If you are an enrolled student, staff or faculty member of UCF and have never checked out materials at any of the UCF Libraries, please fill out the form below. Circulation staff will activate your ID during regular Library operating hours. If your ID is not activated within 48 hours, or have any other problems or questions, please call (407) 823-2580 or email us at circ@mail.ucf.edu for assistance. If you are having difficulty accessing the electronic databases, please contact Ask-A-Librarian or call (407) 823-2562 (local) or 1-866-271-7589 (toll free).

The Online@UCF Support provides immediate and personal support for faculty and staff who offer online Webcourses@UCF. Supporting a wide range of online faculty needs, Online@UCF Support offers phone, e-mail, and scheduled face-to-face support sessions, as well as group workshops throughout the academic year.

The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning is your host for your Academic New Faculty Orientation. The one-and-a-half-day event is scheduled for August 17-18, 2009 in the Student Union and Classroom 1 buildings on the Orlando Campus. Each day of the orientation is filled with important activities that will provide valuable information to enable you to have a successful start to your career at UCF. At the Academic Orientation you will meet the President, Provost, Deans, Chairs, Directors, and other new faculty. These days also include breakfast and luncheon events.

The Faculty Center at UCF was created to serve faculty. Their primary mission is to support and promote faculty in their roles as teachers, researchers, scholars, and as members of UCF and the Central Florida community. Their services, resources, and events are available to all university instructors, including full-time and part-time faculty and graduate teaching assistants.

Ask UCF is a database where faculty members and students may pose a question and search for answers regarding various aspects of UCF. If you ask a question, you will receive a response via email and the topic and response may be added to the question database. One of the benefits of the site is that its information is available 24/7.

Training To request Essentials training to teach in Webcourses@UCF for the first time, please visit: Essentials The Webcourses@UCF manual is available online in PDF via the myUCF portal at myUCF under Academic Resources>Fac Webcourses@UCF Resources.

Teaching Online is a website that provides resources for UCF faculty who facilitate online courses.

UCF Teaching Online Website is the one-stop shop for all resources that you need to know about teaching an online course at UCF. It provides information on pedagogy, professional develoment, resources, forms, and system status.

Center for Distributed Learning The Center for Distributed Learning is part of the Division of Information Technologies & Resources, and serves as the Virtual Campus for the University. The Center brings focus to University efforts in distributed learning by providing administrative support for online credit courses, degree programs, and activities offered by the University. Distributed Learning at UCF includes instructional delivery technologies such as interactive television and Web-based instruction that provide services to nontraditional, distant, and campus-based students. UCF now offers over two dozen totally Web-based degree, degree-completion, and certificate programs.

Faculty Resources

Webcourses-News - This announcement-only listserv notifies all Webcourses@UCF users when there is an event effecting online courses, such as maintenance times. Webcourses - This opt-in general discussion listerv is for users to communicate with each other about what they are doing in their online courses. List activity varies and members can unenroll themselves at any time. To subscribe to either of these listserves, please email itg@mail.ucf.edu with the name(s) of the list(s) you would like to join.

Research Guides are prepared by UCF reference librarians to assist users in finding resources and materials in the UCF Libraries. Most guides include sections on how to find books, journal articles, and Internet sources. If you are seeking assistance with a subject area not represented in this list, please contact the Ask a Librarian service.

"In 1996, UCF established an institutional goal of expanding its services to include students who might not otherwise have access to higher education. The Center for Distributed Learning was created to leverage new opportunities for flexible, Web-based course delivery to benefit campus-based students as well as off-campus and distant students. UCF now offers over two dozen totally Web-based degree, degree-completion, and certificate programs, and hundreds of individual Web-based courses."

Research Guides are prepared by UCF reference librarians to assist users in finding resources and materials in the UCF Libraries. Most guides include sections on how to find books, journal articles, and Internet sources. If you are seeking assistance with a subject area not represented in this list, please contact the Ask a Librarian service.

The mission of Course Development & Web Services is to support teaching, learning, and research by being "all things Web" to UCF and its partners, helping UCF achieve its strategic goals with advanced applications of instructional and information technology. Services are provided systematically through professional development programs, consultations, projects, production, technical support, R&D, and other collaborative efforts.

Course Development & Web Services (CDWS) is a learning organization within the division of Information Technologies and Resources at the University of Central Florida (UCF).

UCF Learning Online is a website for students who are considering online learning, registered for online courses and need help, or for students who are just curious about the online learning resources available for their consumption.

UCF Learning Online Website has information for students who are taking an online class. The topics covers: is online for me; I've registered, now what; and are there resources to asist me.

The Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness supports UCF faculty in formulating and implementing research on effective teaching practices in higher education. If you are a UCF faculty member with an idea for classroom research, please contact us! Visit our links to see the services we can provide, see our faculty research showcase for ongoing classroom-based research, or examine results from our ongoing Distributed Learning Impact Evaluation.

The RITE group supports UCF faculty in formulating and implementing research on effective teaching practices in higher education. An earlier version of their presentation during their IDL6543 seminar is also available at their Web site.

Google Scholar is a freely-accessible Web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

Google Scholar is a Web site used to search for scholarly literature. If you are on the UCF network, Google Scholar will automatically search for UCF Resources for Full Text SFX@UCF. We encourage you to check out the preferences area of Google Scholar as well as search from some topics of interest to you.

A list of UCF teaching online faculty resources.

Webcourses@UCF homepage

This is the main portal for UCF faculty, staff and students

Welcome to myUCF! myUCF provides UCF staff, faculty, and students with a personalized gateway to information and applications from one secure, centralized location. Each user has access to various Web systems and tools based upon their roles within the university community. Users are able to personalize their pages to suit their particular needs. Additional help is available for personalizing your portal page by clicking on "Help" located near the upper right side of myUCF. You can also search for answers in Ask UCF's knowledge base or submit a question. If you need further assistance signing on, please contact the Service Desk at (407) 823-5117.