Faculty Learning Portal

Lifelong Learning Resources

The Center for Teaching & Learning provides access to a number of lifelong learning resources for the professional development of all faculty and staff. These range in topics and delivery, and are all accessible by simply signing up using your UT Canvas account.

Magna Campus

CTL has licensed video content from Magna Publications on a wide variety of topics for higher education faculty and staff, including the following:

  • Blended and Flipped Learning
  • Classroom Management
  • Course Design
  • Grading and Feedback
  • Legal Concerns
  • Online Course Design and Management
  • Online Grading and Feedback
  • Online Student Engagement
  • Specific Student Populations
  • Student Engagement
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Technology in Online Courses
  • Technology in the Classroom

As a member of our campus community this online content from Magna Publications is available at no cost to you. Sign up today and help energize your higher education career.

These videos are categorized into 20 minute segments (Mentor Commons) and 45+ minute segments (Magna Commons). Follow the links below to learn more or register for Mentor and Magna Commons for new and continuing users. You can also subscribe to their eNewsletter:

What is Magna Commons?

Faculty Focus – Higher Ed Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications

Utah Tech University is currently paying a yearly subscription for two great resources produced by Magna Publications that provide access to hundreds of professional development video seminars (for faculty, staff, and administrators) ranging in length from 20 to 90 minutes.

The first resource is called Magna Commons and provides access to hundreds of professional development seminars ranging in length from 60 to 90 minutes. The second resource is called Mentor Commons and provides access to 20-minute videos. As a UT employee, you have access to these great resources. The easiest way to access these resources is through the Magna Campus Canvas Course. Below are instructions regarding how to activate your subscription manually (several more steps).

In addition, Magna Publications offers a free e-newsletter called Faculty Focus that includes articles on topics such as effective teaching strategies for the college classroom, faculty development, academic leadership, etc. Below are instructions regarding how to sign up for the free newsletter.

Instructions to Access Magna and Mentor Commons for continued users:

1. Go to Magna Commons and log in with your email address & Magna password.

 

2. Once logged in and on the My Account > My Online Access page, select “Monday Morning Mentor”.

 

3. From the Teaching Professor Digital Library dashboard, select Enter under Monday Morning Mentor. Click the Play button to view the presentation or click the appropriate link to access the related program materials. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation. Click the Home button to return to the Teaching Professor Digital Library main dashboard.

Instructions to Access Magna and Mentor Commons for new users:
  1. Go to magnapubs.com
  2. In the New User box on the left, enter your email address, first name, last name, and password. Click Register.
  3. From the My Account page, select the appropriate orange box to be taken to the appropriate newsletter site or the Teaching Professor Digital Library dashboard.

For users that get a message that their email account is already registered, enter your email address and Magna password in the Existing User box on the right and select Login. On the next page click Join Team to be added to the group account. Use the “lost your password” option if you do not know the account password. The recovery email message will have a subject line of “Magnapubs.com: Password Recovery”.

After successfully registering as a Team member, select the appropriate orange box on the My Account page to be taken to the newsletter website or Teaching Professor Digital Library Dashboard.

If you have any questions or need further assistance with your account, you can email the Customer Service staff at support@magnapubs.com.

Instructions to Sign Up for the Faculty Focus eNewsletter


You can access the blog of this eNewsletter through Magna Commons. To visit on your own or to sign up for delivery of the eNewsletter, visit www.facultyfocus.com

  1. Enter applicable information in the box on the upper right-hand side of the screen titled “Sign up for our free newsletter!” and click “Sign up!”
  2. You will be sent an email to confirm your request for the subscription and confirm the email address.
  3. You are now signed up for the Faculty Focus e-newsletter. Enjoy!