With our Catholic liberal arts heritage and over 100 degree programs, including nursing and marine biology, from bachelors through PhDs, we've got your options covered. Focus on arts and sciences, business, education, social work, communication, nursing, medical sciences, theology, or law. Take things further with personalized research and experiential learning opportunities, on and off-campus. Enhance your prospects with hands-on internships at some of the country's top organizations.
The Career and Experiential Learning Team educates students and alumni on the essential job searching and life skills to propel them to succeed in the increasingly competitive global marketplace.
Service-learning integrates relevant community service with course work and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience, foster social responsibility and civic engagement, and strengthen communities.
The Honors Program at Barry is designed to challenge, enrich, and prepare especially motivated students to pursue their fullest potential. By participating in a rigorous curriculum rounded out by an array of edifying and interactive events, students explore crucial issues that we face in our daily lives. Students are given the space for discussion and debate and the opportunity to learn from experts in their fields. The Office of Financial Aid can assist with determining eligibility for the Honors Program.
The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library is located in the center of the beautiful Miami Shores campus of Barry University. The Library is named in loving memory of Monsignor William Barry, one of the founders of Barry University and an inspirational figure in the Catholic Church within the Archdiocese of Miami. The extensive Library research collections include more than 950,000 physical items, over 40,000 print and on-line journal subscriptions, and several thousand on-line books and streaming video resources.
At Barry University, you will experience a small community atmosphere where you can always rely on our administrators and faculty for advice, encouragement and personal attention. We take great pride in giving individual attention from the very beginning. You can start building a personal relationship with one of our admissions counselors who will help answer any questions, and guide you through the entire admissions and enrollment process.
Continuing Education (CE) offers a variety of courses and non-credit programs designed to respond to the diverse educational interests and lifelong learning needs of individuals of all ages. We offer certificate, credential exam preparation, and licensure programs for professional and personal enrichment.
High school students: Get a jump-start on your college education with dual enrollment courses from Barry University! You can earn high school and college credit at the same time, right at your own school.
Barry University is committed to provide you with a dynamic and flexible approach to your degree pathway through our online courses and degree programs. We understand that balancing academics, work, and personal commitments can be challenging. That's why our online offerings are designed to fit seamlessly into your busy schedule, allowing you to pursue your educational goals without compromising on other important aspects of your life.
We are committed to providing programs and services that are guided by Barry University's rich educational mission and intended to enhance your Barry experience. Through partnerships with others in the university community, we aim to create experiences that will help transform you into leaders for a just and humane world.
We are an NCAA Division II school and a member of the Sunshine State Conference with 12 varsity teams, including men's baseball, basketball, golf, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. So far, we've won 24 NCAA championships, had 338 All-Americans, 413 Scholar All-Americans, and nine NCAA "Women of the Year" finalists, the most of any Division II school. Not bad at all, but we're going for more.
For students currently enrolled in classes at Barry, we have a wealth of resources you can tap into to bring ease and efficiency to your university experience. Get the help you need with administrative or financial questions, or check out course catalogs to help plan your schedule by semester. All the information you need to excel is at your fingertips.
Connected classrooms, online instruction, hybrid learning and traditional instruction enriched with technology offers endless possibilities to engage, inspire and help prepare students for the future. Committed to fostering an education which knows no boundaries and learning is limitless.
For more information about DTL In the Center for Excellence In Teaching and Learning, contact:
Dr. Randall Peterson
rpeterson@barry.edu
Assistant Professor - Program Director
MS/EdS Leadership
"Technology will not replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational" ~ George Couros
This is the comprehensive Canvas guide for teachers. You will find everything you need to know to use Canvas as a teacher, from creating assignments to managing course settings. Easy to find answers or solutions to your Canvas needs. Includes video and text options.
View concise overview videos on a variety of topics for Canvas LMS usage. Videos can be used by students, admins, instructors, and observers.
Canvas Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources. A digital library full of educational content, Commons allows Canvas users to share learning resources with other users as well as import learning resources into a Canvas course. You can access Canvas Commons from any Canvas teaching shell.
The Office of Distance Education has created dozens of resource portals to support digital teaching and learning at Barry University. You can find resource assistance on how to use Microsoft Teams, using video in your classes, creating an accessible course and many more topics. Updated frequently.
Everything you need to know about Adobe Acrobat from creating PDFs to electronic signatures
Adobe Creative Cloud lets you run wild with your imagination if you want to create videos, edit photos, 3D models, motion graphics, video effects, and so much more.
Ally is an innovative product that focuses on making digital course content more accessible for all students on all devices. Using inclusivity, sustainability, and automation as its key pillars, Ally helps tackle accessibility in a way that benefits all students without adding a burden to instructors. Ally will allow every student to feel included and learn in their own way.
Easy tools that bring lessons to life with video. Everything you need to create, share, and manage videos to empower learning.
Whether for work, home, or play, TechSmith Capture provides a simple, free way to create basic screenshots and screen recordings and share them with others.
Microsoft 365 gives educators the power to unlock creativity, promote teamwork, and provide a simple, safe experience—all in a single solution that’s built for education. As a Barry University faculty or staff member, you have access to Microsoft 365. Don't forget to tell students that they can access it for free.
Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one collaboration tool, where you can meet and collaborate with fellow Barry University faculty, staff, and students through web-conferencing and group chat. The tool also enables file-sharing and real-time document collaboration using Microsoft Office applications like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
The National Standards for Quality Online Teaching provide a framework for schools, districts, state agencies, statewide online programs and other interested educational organizations to improve online teaching and learning. The instructional philosophies, approaches and models for online teaching are practically endless. The standards are intended to provide guidance while providing maximum flexibility for the users.
The ISTE Standards are a framework that guides educators, leaders and coaches in using technology to create high-impact, sustainable, scalable and equitable learning experiences. They have been adopted by all U.S. states and many countries worldwide.
Digital learning has long been a component of the higher education landscape, but the closure of most campuses has shown that higher education faculty, staff, and students still face unique challenges.
Quality Matters is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered non-profit organization that offers a rubric and peer review process, based on best practices, to measure the quality of online and blended courses. QM provides tools, resources, support, and training to empower faculty to design their own quality online courses. QM does not evaluate online teaching, nor the online instructor, but is focused solely on the design of the course.
Check out Barry University’s Quality Matters Resource Portal. Membership is free! Barry University is a member of the Florida Quality Matters Consortium and is committed to the Quality Matters (QM) continuous improvement model for online, hybrid and hyflex courses. QM is the “gold standard” for quality assurance in online and hybrid teaching and learning environments.
Helping you design smarter learning experiences. Research-backed strategies, ultimate list of visual design tools, AI applications and more!
This guide is designed to provide important resources and recommendations to support teacher implementation of digital learning. Digital learning is defined as “any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience and encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practices.”1 Sections in this guide include key considerations, guiding strategies, resources, and reflection questions to help guide your thinking and planning in a way that will be specific to your unique situation and the unique needs of your students.
The shift to teaching in an online environment can feel overwhelming, but that need not be the case. These free and downloadable resources can help make that transition more manageable and can even offer fresh ideas to seasoned online educators.
Inclusive Teaching & Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that aims to improve teaching and learning for all people by creating flexible learning environments that accommodate the needs of all learners. UDL is based on scientific insights into how humans learn, including research in cognitive neuroscience. It's similar to universal instructional design and universal design for instruction, which all advocate for accessible and inclusive instructional approaches.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation, and redistribution by others. OERs range from textbooks to lecture notes, exams, and full courses. The adoption of OER can lead to significant cost savings for students, enhance the adaptability and diversity of course materials, and foster an environment of sharing and innovation in education.
