Go paperless

With stacks and stacks of paper on your desk, in bulging folders – waiting to be read and returned to your students, going paperless just might help your sanity along with helping the environment.

• Make all of your course materials available online including your syllabus.  Avoid handing out any papers that can be posted online.  Woodle provides an easy way to post materials.
• Take advantage of the “Scan to E-mail” feature on campus copiers which will send a .pdf version of a document to your campus E-mail address.  For more information contact the Help Desk.
• Use woodle’s assignment feature – instructors can create assignments in woodle where students can submit electronic versions of their assignments.  Woodle assignments will also automatically create gradebook entries.
• Try using a tablet pc – tablet pcs offer the advantage of using a pen display.  It may not be just like writing on a paper – but you can still markup assignments in your own handwriting.
• Use a laptop instead of a desktop computer – studies have shown that laptops use considerably less energy than traditional desktop computers.
• If you do need to print consider using the duplex feature on most campus printers.