New Faculty Orientation 2025

Illinois State University’s New Faculty Orientation is designed to acquaint new faculty with the campus’ mission of creating an equitable and inclusive learning environment where both faculty and students are successful. On behalf of the Office of the Provost, our orientation offerings are designed to support your transition by connecting you with people, resources, and opportunities across campus and the community. Welcome to your new academic home. We're excited to have you join us!

Our Center has has created a dedicated Canvas site to support you as you begin your faculty journey. Our flexible offerings allow you to choose the sessions that best match your needs, interests, and schedule.

You'll find:

Self-paced modules on teaching, research, and campus life.
Event details and registration for in-person and virtual orientation sessions offered the week before classes start (August 11–15).
Resources to help you explore academic life at ISU and the surrounding community.

Learn about NFO and Register using Canvas

Welcome to
Illinois State University

Register by Friday, August 8

Monday, August 11
Bone Student Center
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

New Faculty Reception

University Residence
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Canvas Quick Start

This workshop introduces the essential features of Canvas, including key settings, content creation with Pages and Modules, communication tools, Assignments, and the Gradebook. By the end, you'll have the foundation to begin confidently building your course.
Workshops

Sign up for additional workshops offered during the week of August 11. These include:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the College Classroom
- Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Student Success
- Getting Started with Research at ISU
- Technology Walk-in Q&A
Online Orientation

These self-paced modules offer insights into important aspects of Illinois State University's shared vision and culture. These modules are supplemental to the synchronous orientation events being held the week of August 11.
Milner Library Orientation

An overview of how Milner Library supports your teaching and research through course reserves, textbook affordability, student research resources, faculty collaboration, book funding, and more.
Canvas Workshops

Find a complete list of workshops to help you teach with the new Canvas learning management system on the Technology Short Courses page.

These workshops are not part of New Faculty Orientation, but are available anytime to support your teaching.