Captioning: The First Step to Improve Video Accessibility
By Vanessa Garza Learning Experience Accessibility Specialist Even after the return to more face-to-face classes, we know that online courses are not going away. Many...
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Garza Learning Experience Accessibility Specialist Even after the return to more face-to-face classes, we know that online courses are not going away. Many...
Continue ReadingBy Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology Students...
Continue ReadingBy Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology Adjusting...
Continue ReadingFlexibility, Accessibility and Compassion As we prepare for a mostly remote teaching and learning experience this semester, we encourage faculty and students to keep these...
Continue ReadingBy Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology As...
Continue ReadingUpcoming Workshops
Hello and welcome back! For Spring 2021, Academic Innovation is providing professional development opportunities by offering Quality Matters workshops/Courses. Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer-review process designed to certify the quality of online and blended courses. UTSA became a Full Subscribing member of Quality Matters in October 2019 and began implementation in January 2020. Note that all [...]
Want to add Adobe programs to your course but you aren’t sure how? Stop by Adobe Office Hours for a casual conversation on how you can implement Adobe in your classroom. Register and Join [...]
In many courses, faculty broach relevant but difficult topics surrounding race, ethnicity, civil rights, and much more with sensitivity and caring----but this may be especially difficult in an online classroom. In this session, Dr. Shelley Howell will discuss how faculty can create an inclusive classroom environment digitally to allow for conducive conversations for all [...]
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