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Gamification: How Students React

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D. UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership Fellow Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Whenever I develop or rethink a course, from content to...

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Gamification: Re-Thinking Badges

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D.UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership FellowProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Badges are a central feature of course gamification. Depending on how they...

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Gamification and Assessment Concept Maps

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D.UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership FellowProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy In the previous post I argued how gamification offers, among other benefits,...

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How Gamification Changed My Assessment Strategy

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D. UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership Fellow Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy When I started writing this second blog post, I wanted...

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Flipped Classroom Model and Gamification

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D. UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership Fellow Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Academic Innovation (AI) is excited to offer the latest round...

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Behind the Course – Leadership and Science Integration Program

By Brett W. Copeland, Academic Strategic Communications Chris Packham, professor in the College of Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Carmen Fies, associate professor...

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Creating an Inclusive Teaching Environment

By M. Sidury Christiansen, PhDUTSA 2021-2022 Next-Gen Provost FellowAssociate Professor, COEHD Bicultural Bilingual STD This week our Teaching Tip comes from Dina Drozdov, Senior Lecturer...

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Managing Big Projects

By M. Sidury Christiansen, PhDUTSA 2021-2022 Next-Gen Provost FellowAssociate Professor, COEHD Bicultural Bilingual STD This week our Teaching Tip comes from Ian Thacker, Assistant Professor...

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Promoting Higher Level Thinking

By M. Sidury Christiansen, PhDUTSA 2021-2022 Next-Gen Provost FellowAssociate Professor, COEHD Bicultural Bilingual STD This week our Teaching Tip comes from Whitney Chappell, Associate Professor...

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How digital discussions spark connection and collaboration

By Brett W. Copeland,Academic Strategic Communications There are two types of conversations happening online about M. Sidury Christiansen’s class BBL 7213 Ethnological Theory. The ‘official’ or formal...

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9 June 2023

Join us at the Academic Innovation Center (MS 240, in the Student Success District across from the Tomás Rivera Center for Academic Excellence) to work with one of our experts to answer any questions and help prepare your course(s) for the move to Canvas Fall 2023. Creating an inclusive learning environment is important to us. [...]

Canvas + Adapting Your Content

12 June 2023

Are you looking for ways to make the most of the resources available to you in your course design? Do you want to feel fully prepared for the fall semester? If so, join us for an engaging workshop on how to effectively use Canvas to create a course that truly shines. During this workshop, we [...]

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Canvas+ Communications

12 June 2023

Are you looking for a way to streamline communication with your students? We'll teach you how to create class-wide announcements with delayed posting, comments, discussions, and likes, as well as targeted messages to students who meet specific requirements. Plus, with Canvas's built-in messaging system, students and faculty can easily communicate with each other within [...]

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Canvas Support Hours

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Canvas+ Assignments

13 June 2023

Are you looking for ways to enhance your students' learning experience and help them achieve their course objectives? In this workshop, we'll show you how to develop assignments that cater to a wide range of learning styles and align with the principles of Universal Design for Learning.With Canvas, students can submit a variety of file [...]

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13 June 2023

Canvas+ Quizzes and Tests

14 June 2023

Assessment plays a crucial role in ensuring student success, and with our upcoming training on Canvas quizzes and tests, you'll be able to develop effective assessments that truly make a difference. This workshop is designed to prepare you for using the new Assessment tool in Canvas. You will learn to create questions, customize settings, [...]

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