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Educational Technology in UT Austin School of Nursing

Serving the learning technology & instructional design needs of faculty in UT's School of Nursing

Educational Technology & Instructional Design

Serving the Learning Technology & Instructional Design Needs of UT Austin School of Nursing Faculty

Media & A/V

, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning, Zoom

Zoom Update

WHAT’S CHANGING AND WHEN:

 

Beginning Tuesday, December 10th, UT Austin’s central Zoom tenant (utexas.zoom.us) will require a minimum client version to use the service for all UT and external users.

  • All platforms will be enforced to minimum client version 2.10

Anyone not using a supported version of the client will be presented with a notification banner alerting them that an update is required.  It will not be possible to either host or join a meeting on our tenant until their client is updated. This change is being made under the guidance of the Information Security Office to improve the overall security posture of the service and is generally considered best practice.

 

In preparation for this change, I encourage you to update your Zoom client either proactively or when prompted.

 

For information on updating the client to the latest version: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0060716

For information on new Zoom features please see https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061222

For information on file sharing integrations please see https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061285

 

 

, Filed Under: Canvas, Honorlock, Media & A/V, Online Proctoring, Teaching & Learning, Testing, Zoom

How to get help

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You need help. But maybe you’re not sure whom to contact.

So… who you gonna call?

 

 

Below are three resources you can always turn to for assistance:

  1. The School of Nursing Contact (Julia Wolfe, Instructional Technology Specialist at  julia.wolfe@austin.utexas.edu or 512 471 4552.)
  2. The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
  3. Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS)

 

Julia Wolfe – Support within UT Austin School of Nursing

  • Instructional Technology support
    • Need help with Canvas, Zoom, Honorlock, Panopto, Qualtrics, PowerPoint, or… dozens of other software and teaching tools?
    • Not sure if a particular tool or software is approved for use at UT?
    • If I don’t know the answer, I will find it or find someone who does.
  • Instructional Design support
    • Instructional Designers create things that help people learn. So, if you need ANY teaching-related assistance, not just with technology, I’m here to help. I can share ideas from other faculty or help you come up with a custom solution for your class and your students.

More information and lots of resources are available here on my blog: https://sites.utexas.edu/son-edtech-design/

 

CTL – UT Faculty Development & Instructional Support

The CTL provides all of UT faculty with many of the same services that I provide within the School of Nursing. But they also have the ability to do much more.

  • Instructional Strategies
  • Teaching with Technology
  • Grad Student Development
  • New Faculty Symposium
  • Grants and Fellowships

All these and more are offered by the team at the CTL. And much more information is available on their website:  https://ctl.utexas.edu/

 

LAITS – Desktop & Classroom Support

LAITS primarily helps us maintain our computer hardware and our physical equipment. They are also here to help us install and update software, ensure computer security, and more.

  • Desktop support – need assistance with your office or work computer? Maybe you need to software installed or it’s time to upgrade you to a completely new computer.
  • Classroom support – need help in a Nursing classroom with ANY of the audio/visual hardware in our classrooms? Maybe the projector isn’t working, or the microphone is malfunctioning, or you can’t find a USB port for the computer.
  • Contacting LAITS
    • They are available in-person in their 2nd-floor office (NUR 2.104P), please contact them by phone or email.
    • You can call 512-471-5000 or email laits-help@utexas.edu.

 

, Filed Under: Academic Integrity, Canvas, Honorlock, Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, Zoom

Learning Technology Update: preparing for Spring 2024

As the Fall 2023 semester ends and you prepare for Spring 2024, here are a few things to be aware of:

ChatGPT & Plagiarism

Over the course of the past year, artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have gone from relative obscurity to now being nearly ubiquitous in academics.

To help you navigate the confusing world of AI and how it fits into your course, here’s a resource that includes 4 specific things you can begin doing (if you’re not already) to ensure students know exactly what your expectations are and how to handle situations that might arise, including plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty.

… read more 

, Filed Under: Canvas, Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning

Mac Laptops & Classroom Speakers – known issues

Is your Mac Laptop not connecting to the classroom audio?

 

Have you tried using your Mac laptop in one of our Nursing classrooms and discovered that when you play a video from your desktop, the audio doesn’t play on the classroom speakers?

Well, it turns out this doesn’t happen automatically on Mac laptops. Instead, we have to select the correct device for sound output manually.

But luckily, the steps are super simple (if not entirely intuitive):

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, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, Zoom

Nursing Classrooms and You in Fall 2020

In addition to all the changes we’ve made within the Nursing building to keep each other safe, you’ve likely noticed there have been a lot of small changes in our classrooms. So, as you prepare for the beginning of classes next week, and you plan for your “trial run” later this week, I want to let you know about several things that you can expect will already be in your classrooms[1] or which are coming soon.

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, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, Zoom

Alternative Hosts in Zoom

Alternative Hosts in Zoom

Anyone with a UT Austin Zoom account can serve as your alternative host. But you have to know the email associated with their Zoom account to enter it. AND, if they have a UT Zoom account, you will need to enter their EID email address. This is like the email you enter into UT Box and other UT systems that use our EIDs to identify us.

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