Welcome to the Department of English! Please review the following onboarding checklist designed to help you prepare for your first semester.
Before Your First Day
- Fill out the required tax and benefits information
- Set up your Directory ID and your UMD Email and Password
- Upload your COVID Vaccination Information.
- Review Campus Parking and select a parking pass.
- Complete the three University-wide required trainings: TerrapinSTRONG, Civil Rights Compliance Training, and Defend Your Shell.
- Read through the English Department’s Policies and Procedures for Faculty
- Reconfirm your classrooms’ locations by visiting https://testudo.umd.edu/. If you’re new to the University of Maryland, you may wish to schedule an orientation to classroom technology with the College of Arts and Humanities by emailing arhuiteqip@umd.edu
First Day on Campus
- Get your UMD ID card
- Map out your semester with our Campus Maps
- Visit Tawes Hall and pick up your office number, mailbox information, keys, printing/photocopying information from Helen McClung, Rm 1220 (hmcclung@umd.edu) for PWP/ENGL39X, or Scott Eklund, Rm 1116 for AWP/ENGL101
- Connect to eduroam on your phone and on your laptop
Preparing for Class
- Log on to ELMS/Canvas and complete your ELMS training
- Access the AWP ELMS site or the PWP ELMS site. If you do not have access, please contact Scott Eklund and Helen McClung respectively.
- Review the Academic Calendar for important deadlines and University holidays
- Reconfirm your classrooms locations by visiting https://testudo.umd.edu/.
- If you’re new to the University of Maryland, you may wish to schedule an orientation to classroom technology with the College of Arts and Humanities by emailing arhuiteqip@umd.edu.
- Take a trip to the library to check out the various research resources the library offers: University Libraries / Librarians by Subject / Research & Learning
- Learn how to use UMEG, the UMD grade reporting tool.
- Review the Student Support section in the FAQs section