IPFW Home
For new facultyTitle Photo

Administrative Info

These helpful tips for new faculty getting started at IPFW are listed roughly in the order that you might need them. For employment policies and procedures please see the Purdue Faculty/Staff Handbook online.

Getting Your Login

Your login is the key that unlocks access to an array of resources, from your course management account in Blackboard Vista to classroom technologies to the Indiana University library, one of the finest library collections in the world, via the Helmke Library. Your department should have completed the necessary forms before you arrived. Contact your departmental secretary if you have not received your login. Jan Nichols in ITS User Technology Support (481-6032) handles new faculty accounts.

Computing Consultants with the ITS User Technology Support group can help you get started or answer your questions. To schedule an appointment with an Academic Computing Consultant contact the ITS Help Desk at 481-6030.

Getting a University ID Card (Mastodon)

Bring your valid drivers license (or similar photo identification) and your IPFW network ID (your username) to the Walb Union customer service desk to have your new Mastodon Card issued. Your picture will be taken and a new card issued on the spot.

Getting a Parking Permit

An “A” parking permit will give you the most choices for parking. The fee can be deducted from your salary on a pre-tax basis. Take your university ID and your driver’s license to Police and Public Safety and apply for the permit. You will be given the permit to hang from the front view mirror in your vehicle. You must renew the permit every August.

Maps with Parking Lots Indicated

Academic Calendar

Shows late registration deadlines, last day for drop-add, last day for full refund, recesses and holidays

Instructional Technologies

  • Go to the Information Technology Services Supported Permanent Stations page to find out if your classroom has a permanent teaching computer with digital display unit. If your classroom does not have installed technology, contact the Media and Technology Support Services unit at 481-6519 or lrcscheduling@ipfw.edu to reserve a mobile computer and projector. Please provide 24 hours of advance notice.
  • To get access to your account to your Blackboard Vista account, go to http://elearning.ipfw.edu and log in. All of your course sections have been automatically loaded into your account prior to the beginning of classes. You can access Blackboard Vista tutorials the same way. For software support, please complete an online request form for help, or call the ITS Help Desk at 481-6030. You may also contact any of the Academic Technology Consultants: Scott Vitz at 481-6198, Han Fei at 481-6197, or Mandi Witkovsky at 481-0722. (See http://www.its.ipfw.edu/about/uts.shtml.)
  • Web space - to get an account on the “users” server, complete a “Computer Account Modification” form. Check “Web space” in the "Add Resources" section. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
    “Computer Account Modification” form is now at
    https://secure.ipfw.edu/its/acct-mod.shtml.
  • Download Instructions for posting your grades using OASIS. OASIS allows faculty to view class lists, view students’ addresses and phone numbers, view class schedules for the term, authorize/ permit students into their courses, and submit final course grades. 

Frequently Asked Questions about Final Exams

Be able to answer students' questions about Grades, Final Exam Schedules, other classes they might take by consulting the Registrar's FAQs at http://www.ipfw.edu/registrar/faqs/ .