Welcome

Learning Excellence and Innovation Department

We provide operational leadership in support of a variety of projects related to quality assurance, teaching and learning.

Information about academic policies, procedures, and more.  You can also find the remediation form and invigilation request information in this section. 

The Northern College Libraries is your resource for library cards, books, periodicals, reserves, audiovisual materials, and laptops.

The Centre for Innovation in Campus Health provides a great deal of resources for campus mental health. Free webinars and training are available on a variety of topics.

In Ontario, colleges have quality assurance policies and processes in place to meet specific system-level requirements through a five-year cyclical review. You have to be connected to the college network to access Quality Assurance videos Noraction.

Orientation Videos for Faculty

New Faculty Orientation

Professional Learning for Faculty

Grading Made Easy

Lockdown Rsepondus Browser with Rebecca Schkade

Textbook and Resource Confirmation Process

There is a new process for confirming and ordering textbooks as well as creating book lists for Fall 2025. There was a need to improve and streamline this process, which is now fully automated. Please refer to the
User Guide for instructions on how to confirm textbooks and resources.

Invigilation Requests

The first step in scheduling an invigilation request is to decide if it is for a class, or for one or two students.

Invigilation Request Form
Integrity During a Test

Information Technology

IT Help Need help connecting to the college Network, Citrix, Blackboard, Collaborate or Email? Please send an email to ITHelp@northern.on.ca or call 705-235-3211 ext 7000.

Please note that our normal hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. All emails received outside of these hours will be responded to within a 24 hour period when possible.

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