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Digital Literacy – Essential to Student Success

By Adrian D. Ramirez Director of Career Development and College Relations – UTSA University Career Center As students prepare to enter a competitive marketplace, in...

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Canvas Accessibility Unlocked: Ally and Built-In Tools to Create Accessible Courses

27 January 2025

Explore the powerful accessibility tools in Canvas and Ally to create an accessible learning experience for all students. Learn how to identify and address accessibility barriers with Ally, while also utilizing Canvas’s built-in features to enhance your course content. Walk away with practical skills to make your courses accessible and engaging for everyone. Creating [...]

Adobe Roundtable Series: What is Digital Literacy and What Does It Mean for UTSA Students?

29 January 2025

The Adobe Roundtable Series at UTSA is designed to foster an interactive, collaborative dialogue about the integration of Adobe tools into university courses. This series will underscore Adobe’s influential role in enhancing digital literacy and spearheading educational innovation. Each monthly session connects educators with Adobe experts, UTSA staff, and faculty who are adopting groundbreaking [...]

Canvas + Creating Engaging Assignments

4 February 2025

Are you looking for ways to increase student engagement while monitoring their progress in your course? Join us to learn more about how to use tools within Canvas to assess student learning across all coursework, and how you can use this information to make data-driven decisions using New Analytics. Identify currently used methods to [...]

Alt Text 101: Basics and Decorative Image Guidelines

4 February 2025

Ready to enhance the accessibility of your images? In this session, you’ll learn the essentials of writing alt text and when to mark images as decorative. Perfect for anyone looking to make their visual content more accessible and impactful! Creating an effective learning environment for all is important to us. To request an accommodation, [...]

Adobe AI Lunch and Learn Series

5 February 2025

This Virtual lunch and learn series will introduce faculty to the basics of using generative AI to create with Adobe. Each hour-long session will cover a specific tool. Getting started with Adobe Generative AI – Firefly and Express Generating images with Firefly vs. stock images Editing Firefly prompts and Generative Fill Adding type and [...]

Beware of Predatory Publishers

6 February 2025

Have you ever received an email invitation to publish in a journal you have never heard of with promises of lightning-fast peer-review and publication times? Or, have you ever found yourself listed on an editorial board that you have no recollection of joining? If so, you’ve probably heard of predatory publishing. During this workshop, [...]

Word Document Accessibility Series: Part 1 – Creating an Accessible Word Document from Scratch

11 February 2025

Learn to create Word documents that are accessible and inclusive from the start. This training covers key features like headings, image descriptions, and color contrast to ensure your content is usable by all. Leave with the skills to confidently design documents that meet accessibility standards. By the end of this event, learners will be [...]

Generative AI Across the UT System UT System Mini-Conference Series

13 February 2025

We invite faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students across the UT System to join our monthly webinar series, AI Across the UT System. This series will explore how each campus is integrating generative artificial intelligence into teaching and learning. Each session will be organized by the respective Center for Teaching and Learning, or [...]

Publishing Discounts for UTSA Researchers

13 February 2025

Canvas + Leveraging Publisher Content Workshop

18 February 2025

Thinking about using publisher content in Canvas? Join us for a walkthrough of commonly used methods to include publisher content in Canvas. After attending this course, faculty will be able: Evaluate the uses of publisher content in your course. Determine the best way to deploy the content from their chosen publisher into Canvas. Build [...]

Tag: Career Readiness

Digital Literacy – Essential to Student Success