Resources (DCAL, Dartmouth, and Beyond)

DCAL Resources | Dartmouth Resources | Resources Beyond Dartmouth

The College's mission statement underlies all policies regarding teaching at Dartmouth. Especially important to teaching and learning at Dartmouth are these "Core Values":

Dartmouth expects academic excellence and encourages independence of thought within a culture of collaboration.
Dartmouth faculty are passionate about teaching our students and are at the forefront of their scholarly or creative work.
Dartmouth embraces diversity with the knowledge that it significantly enhances the quality of a Dartmouth education.
Dartmouth recruits and admits outstanding students from all backgrounds, regardless of their financial means. Dartmouth fosters lasting bonds among faculty, staff, and students, which encourage a culture of integrity, self-reliance, and collegiality and instill a sense of responsibility for each other and for the broader world.
Dartmouth supports the vigorous and open debate of ideas within a community marked by mutual respect.

Please also read the entire Mission Statement.

DCAL Resources

Dartmouth Resources

Teaching Guidelines for Faculty by The Arts and Sciences Committee on Instruction, May 2009
Reference Tools:
- Campus Maps—a set of campus maps available on the web and as public document files (PDFs).
- Academic Term Calendars—the official academic calendars of the university, including the most important dates and deadlines.
- Ordering Books and Coursepacks
- Teaching Period Schedule—Dartmouth's idiosyncratic way of scheduling weekly teaching times.
- X-hours or X-periods—Another Dartmouth specialty; you'll want to know what these are and how to use them.
- Timetable—Course schedules that you can search by term and subject areas.
- BannerStudent—Access this database for course registrations and advisee information. Logon with your Blitzmail password or PKI.
- Dartmouth Faculty Handbook—A complete statement of official policies governing the faculty. Download as PDF
- Sources and Citation at Dartmouth College
Classrooms and Classroom Technology Service: Follow this category link to get detailed information about the Blackboard course management system, the Banner Student information system, reserving classrooms, including "smart classrooms," getting technical services and help.
Offices on campus that Support Teaching and Learning: Follow this category link for a brief introduction to the most commonly used resources in support of teaching—the Library, Curricular Computing, the Center for Research, Writing and Information Technology (RWIT), the Study Skills Center, the Language Resource Center, and the Arts and Humnaties Resource Center. And DCAL, of course.
Policies Regarding Teaching: Follow this category link to learn about policies regarding teaching at Dartmouth, policies set by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Dean of the College, and by you as an instructor.
Opportunities to Direct Undergraduates in Research: Follow this category link for just a few suggestions about opportunities to direct undergraduates in university-funded research.