Center for Teaching Excellence
Contact Us:
- The Center for Teaching Excellence
- 800 Linden Street
- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, PA 18510
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- Phone: 570.941.4038
Brian Snapp
Manager of The Center for Teaching Excellence:
Instructional Curriculum Designer
- (570) 941-4040
- brian.snapp@scranton.edu
- LSC 577
My overall responsibility is to manage The Center and provide support for traditional and web-based academic courses. I support faculty in all aspects of technology/pedagogy integration including; Supporting online and hybrid courses in Brightspace, ensuring security for online exams, teaching LMS workshops, supporting Turnitin.com plagiarism detection services, Panopto video services and Respondus Lockdown Browser.
Other duties include; Administration of the Course Evaluation System and the Academic Integrity Tutorial, Creation of periodic reports and surveys, CTE Website maintenance.
I currently serve on the LMS User’s Group, Course Evaluation Committee (ex-officio), CTE/OSSS Advisory Group, Web Accessibility Group and coordinate the First-Year Faculty Mentorship Program.
I have a Masters Degree in Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University and a BA in Telecommunications from Rochester Institute of Technology, and over twenty five years of experience supporting teaching and learning in academia.
Finally, my Raison D'etre is/are my family, volleyball, hiking, fishing, music, nature and food (in no particular order). My driving philosophy on learning, playing and discovery can be summed up in one phrase, "let the wild rumpus start!"