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How you can get involved

Create Resources

You can participate by submitting activities related to the First-Year Book that can be implemented in other classes. Your activities will be uploaded to the resources section in our WebCT course platform for the book "Dead Man Walking." You can submit your activities using the electronic form linked bellow or you can download the fillable PDF form onto your computer and send it as an attachment by email to firstyearbook[at]umd[dot]edu).
 

Organize Events

In addition, you can participate by submitting information about any event you are organizing on Campus related with the First Year Book selection. Your event will be uploaded to the FYB calendar where any of the members of our community can access to the information. Use any of the form submission that is more comfortable to you.
 

Use the Course Resources Platform

A special community site has been prepared in WebCT for you to use with your students. Let us know your interest in use the book with your class and we will give you and your students access to the site. Learning activities, additional resources, and discussion tools are already there for your convenience to use them and expand in any way you consider useful for your purpose.

We will create private rooms for your group to discuss the issues you are interested in or you can access to the general ongoing discussions in the public space.

Download the Orientation Handout (pdf format) to learn how the site has been organized.

Share your Student's Outcomes

Faculty members are invited to post student work -with their permission, that will be posted in the WebCT site. Please download the clearance document (pdf format) to respect the student's intellectual property rights.