Tag: connecting to students

Teaching in the Age of Distraction: Engagement Through Games

27 March 2026

Academic Innovation is proud to host an interactive workshop with Cindy Roberts, Faculty Champion in the Math Department. What if your students were excited to learn Calculus? Spoiler alert: it’s possible — and Cindy is living proof. She’s cracked the code on transforming one of the most feared subjects into an experience students actually look forward to. Join [...]

Creativity in AI : Identity and Expression in Photoshop

30 March 2026

Harness the power of Adobe Photoshop's AI tools to elevate your skills. This workshop will empower you to create stunning visuals, from enhancing your own headshots to designing compelling promotional materials and much more. Beyond technical skills, we'll delve into the ethical considerations of AI-enhanced visuals, ensuring you can guide students in building strong, [...]

Adobe Peer Network

30 March 2026

Ready to ignite creativity in your classroom? Join the Adobe Peer Network, a dynamic community where faculty like you come together to explore innovative ways to integrate digital literacy and creativity into teaching. In these online sessions, you will: Engage with other faculty interested in the topic. Learn the newest tips, trends and tools [...]

Integrating Generative AI into Engineering Education: Design and Deployment of an AI Studio for MEP Class | Generative AI Peer Learning Network

31 March 2026

Are you curious about how generative AI is transforming higher education? Do you want to be at the forefront of these changes at UT San Antonio? Join us for this month’s Generative AI Peer Learning Network featuring Tianzhi He, as we connect with a supportive community dedicated to exploring how AI tools can transform [...]

Make It Accessible Drop-In / Co-Working Hour (Alt Text)

31 March 2026

Do you have questions about alt text or accessibility in general? Join the Digital Accessibility Team for open drop-in hours and get direct support for your digital content. Whether you need a hand with alt text, color contrast, or using tools like Ally, we're ready to help. Stop by for a few minutes with [...]

PDF Training Part 1: Working with Scanned PDFs and Saving PDFs Correctly

7 April 2026

Did you know scanned PDFs are challenging for many users to read and limit engagement? Do you have Word documents and PowerPoints that need to be converted to PDF? In this interactive training, we’ll cover two key topics in PDF accessibility: working with scanned PDFs and converting files accessibly. Learn to save PDFs correctly, [...]

Beyond the Classroom: Designing Powerful Experiential Learning (Student Engagement Series)

9 April 2026

Take learning off the page and into the real world. This session explores how to design experiential learning opportunities—such as service learning, internships, and simulations—that deepen understanding and foster transferable skills. Define experiential learning and its benefits in higher education. Develop a plan for incorporating experiential learning into a course. Choose appropriate digital tools [...]

AI-Enhanced Education – Empowering Faculty to Foster Student Agency | UT System Webinar Series

9 April 2026

Join us for this month's Educating for Impact: Building World-Ready Students | UT System Webinar Series featuring our own David Han. As AI transitions from passive tools to agentic systems capable of independent reasoning and action, higher education faces a pivotal design prompt: will this technology make our students more dependent or more decisive? This [...]

Grade Smarter, Not Harder: Meaningful Assessment in Action

9 April 2026

Rethink assessment for better learning. Join us to explore how to create assessments that are authentic, clearly aligned with your course outcomes, and efficient to grade. You'll learn to craft feedback that genuinely helps students, improving both their learning experience and your grading workflow. By attending this course, participants will be able to: Differentiate [...]

Make It Accessible Drop-In / Co-Working Hour (PDF focus)

14 April 2026

Join the Digital Accessibility Team for open drop-in hours and dedicated co-working time designed to help faculty and staff improve the accessibility of their digital content in alignment with ADA Title II requirements. Whether you're writing alt text, addressing color contrast issues, or navigating accessibility checkers like Ally, support is just a question away. [...]