This section outlines what adjunct faculty need to know when teaching on campus at Pima. From using D2L to managing classroom logistics and understanding emergency procedures, it provides key information to help you navigate the in-person teaching experience.

D2L

D2L Brightspace is Pima Community College’s Learning Management System. Learning Management Systems are used to deliver and create course content as well as track and report student progress and grades.

The D2L gradebook is used in all courses to track and report student grades, regardless of teaching modality. Keeping an up-to-date gradebook in D2L is one of the responsibilities of adjunct faculty at Pima.

Additionally, for every for-credit course at Pima is required to have its syllabus posted to the D2L course shell via Simple Syllabus.

For more information on how to use D2L, visit the D2L section under Tools & Platforms in this toolkit.

D2L Essentials

While not required, the D2L Essentials course is highly recommended to get you started using Pima’s D2L Learning Management System. The D2L Essentials course has been designed with Pima faculty in mind and is a comprehensive resource on how to navigate D2L and explanations of common tasks many instructors at Pima will encounter using the system.

D2L Essentials is a fully-online, asynchronous course – meaning the course can be taken beginning at any time and as a self-paced independent study.

Adjunct Faculty are able to register for this course prior to obtaining their MyPima credentials via CourseMerchant. Enroll in D2L Essentials here.

Classroom Technology

The EdTech Team assists with all faculty classroom technology needs. Classroom technology includes HyFlex support as well as Zoom support.

For more information, visit the Classroom Technology section under Faculty Resources in this toolkit.

Copying and Printing

We encourage individuals and departments to use digital options rather than printing paper copies to offer the greatest access and to conserve our human and natural resources. If you need assistance with D2L or Google applications to support digital access, please contact Faculty Services and Resource Centers at 520-206-6511 or faculty-services@pima.edu.

However, should paper copies be needed, self-serve copy machines are available at all Faculty Services & Resource Centers. Courtesy copy services are also available at each center with at least a 24-hour advance work day notice by email or drop off of hard copies with complete request information: number of copies needed, finishing (stapling, collated, double-sided, etc.). All PCC Copyright Policies apply. Please contact the campus Faculty Services & Resource Centers for additional information.

Parking

Free parking is available at all Pima campuses. There is no reserved parking space on the College premises with the exception of those reserved for individuals with disability placards or plates.

Emergency Procedures

Each campus or center may have special guidelines. In case of fire or other emergencies, contact the Department of Public Safety at 206-2700 or 911. Appropriate administrators must be notified immediately of accidents or other emergencies, and must complete an accident form. In the case of accidents/incidents, a report must be filed with the Department of Public Safety.

Department of Public Safety or Emergency Services will:

• dispatch personnel to the scene
• administer first aid, if required
• radio for medical and ambulance service, if needed
• contact relatives or friends, if requested

In cases that do not require ambulance transportation or emergency room treatment, parties should contact their personal physicians.

A Note on Vulnerable Communities: As an adjunct faculty member, please consider the effects that policing might have on vulnerable populations among our students and their families.

Emergency Preparedness

The Emergency Preparedness training is offered by the Environmental Health & Safety Department. For information, please follow the steps below:

Emergency Response Quick Reference Guide

Call 911 to report:

• Fires
• Medical emergencies
• Crime in progress
• Other serious situations affecting public safety, health or environment

No need to dial ‘8″ from College phone

Fire Alarm in Your Building

(Loud horns and/or white strobe lights flashing from walls and/or ceilings)

Evacuation procedures:

• Take your purse, backpack, keys, jacket, etc., if it is safe
• Close doors behind you but do not lock them
• Do not use elevators
• Proceed to nearest building exit
• Go to designated assembly area outside building
• Remain there until ‘all clear” from a PCC police officer, PCC Alerts system, or the campus president

Report a Fire

(Large, out-of-control, or if smoke is visible)

• Activate nearest fire alarm, if one is not already ringing
• Call 911 from a safe area
• Follow evacuation procedures; see Section 2.
• For small fires (i.e., trash can), if you are trained, use a fire extinguisher, try to extinguish the fire.
• Report all fires, even if found extinguished
• Complete PCC Accident/Injury Report

In Case of Medical Emergency

(e.g., unconsciousness, inability to move, potential spinal injury, seriously broken bone, uncontrolled bleeding, heart attack, inability to breath)

• Call 911
• Provide requested information
• Follow dispatcher’s instructions
• If certified, administer any needed first aid
• Do not try to move person in distress
• Tell person in distress help is coming
• Try to make person in distress as comfortable as possible
• Remain with person in distress until help arrives

Anytime you call 911, make sure to call PCC police immediately after at 520-206-2700

To report:

• bomb threats
• suspicious person(s)
• medical emergencies when an ambulance is called
• motor vehicle accidents without injuries
• after-hours facilities emergencies

Major Chemical Spill, Leak or Biohazard

• Evacuate immediate area
• Confine fumes by shutting any doors to area
• Activate nearest fire alarm, if one is not already ringing
• Go to safe area
• Call 911
• Provide requested information
• Follow dispatcher’s instructions
• Follow evacuation procedures; see Section 2

Potential exposure to chemical/biological/nuclear agent: Go to safe area but stay away from others to avoid contaminating them

Active shooter in Your Vicinity

Evacuate

• Have an escape route and plan in mind
• Leave your belongings behind
• Keep your hands visible

Hide out

• Hide in an area out of the shooter’s view
• Block entry to your hiding place and lock the doors
• Silence your cell phone and/or pager

Take action

As a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger

• Attempt to incapacitate the shooter
• Act with physical aggression and throw items at the active shooter

Call 911 when It Is safe to do so

• Location of the active shooter
• Number of shooters
• Physical description of shooters
• Number and type of weapons held by shooters
• Number of potential victims at the location

When law enforcement arrives

• Remain calm and follow instructions
• Put down any items in your hands (i.e., bags, jackets)
• Raise hands visible at all times
• Avoid quick movements toward officers such as holding on to them for safety
• Avoid pointing, screaming or yelling
• Do not stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating

With an active shooter situation

• Be aware of your environment and any possible dangers
• Take note of the two nearest exits in any facility you visit
• If you are in an office, stay there and secure the door
• Attempt to take the active shooter down as a last resort

Bomb Threat/Suspicious Object(s)

If you receive a telephone bomb threat:

• Remain calm
• Obtain as much information as possible; note specific details

If you observe a suspicious object, package, etc.:

• Do no touch, move or tamper with object(s)
• Call 911 from a safe area
• Keep yourself and others away from object(s)
• Do not use cell phones or radio equipment within 100 feet of object(s)
• If told to evacuate, follow building evacuation procedures

The complete Emergency Response Plan is at

MyPima > Intranet > Health and Safety.

PCC Alerts

Signing up for PCC Alerts will allow you to receive text messages in the event of a campus emergency. Employees and Students may subscribe by accessing their personal information in the Banner system. Parents and members of the community may subscribe by texting the word alerts to 79516.

The system is designed to alert recipients to:

• Violent activity: active shooter; immediate threat to the PCC community, including off-campus events.
• Hazards: major fires, hazardous materials leaks or spills that threaten health and safety
• Major disruptions to the College: building closures, campus closures, severe weather, Information Technology emergencies

Text messages

To sign up:

Please follow PCC Alert Signup Instructions for Employees.

You will receive a confirmation message. You can text the word stop to the same number to stop receiving messages. There is no limit in the number of cellphones that you can register to receive messages. Note: contact your carrier to see if there will be a charge, you can request for emergency alerts to be non-chargeable.

Email

PCC student & staff email accounts automatically receive alerts.  To add a personal email account, send a request to maintinfo@pima.edu or call 520.206.2733.

You will receive a confirmation email.  It will contain information on how to opt-out of future messages.

PCCAlerts enforces a zero spam policy that clearly prohibits unsolicited messages.  PCCAlert does not sell contact information to third-party marketers.  If the text message short code is anything other than 79516 or 50911, then it is not from PCCAlert.

Learn more by reading the PCCAlert FAQ.

Classroom Access

Access to classrooms and laboratory facilities can vary by campus depending upon whether the rooms are internal or external to the building. Many campus rooms will be accessible by either ID Badge access, a keypad code, or may remain unlocked. If your supervisor has not provided guidance, please locate the room locations in which you will be teaching to determine what is needed.  See Pima ID Badge & Access Information at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rtz471zXUJSuDrsa4whHexd_zhYGDZupM4lp_AG9n0I/edit?usp=sharing

ID Badge access must be initiated by your supervisor. Should a keypad code be needed, please contact your supervisor for guidance.  If a room is unexpectedly locked for your class period, please contact Campus Police/Campus Security dispatch at (520) 206-2700.

Facilities Management

FAMIS Work Requests (How to Create a Request Guide)

Facilities Purchase Approvals 

• Chemicals and Hazardous Materials
• Furniture and Appliances
• Vehicles, Golf Carts, and Wheeled Equipment
• Emergency Service Process Flowchart

Employee ID Badges SOP

Keys and Access Card Work Requests (FAMIS 360)

• Select “Create Request” to start a new request.  Services include:
• Create Access Request – ID only
• Create Access Request
• Pima Card Photo Submission Guidelines
• Key and Card Return and Receipt Form
• Lost Key Card and Replacement Report
• Key Station Locations

How to use your Access card (video)

Pima Access Card – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Voicemail

If a voicemail account would be  a helpful communication tool, please submit an IT-Telephone Services Request Ticket.

 Note: Supervisor approval may be necessary once the ticket is submitted.