Teaching & Learning

Posted on March 16, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Engagement, Learning, Media, Proctorio, syllabus, teaching, Thinking, Troubleshooting, Video, Virtual, Website, Zoom

Online Teaching Resources

Given the circumstances of what’s been happening around the world within the last few weeks, it’s safe to assume that what follows on this page is subject to change. That said, this is one of the resources available to you as you begin preparing to teach your classes completely on line beginning March 30th.

Evaluate and Revise Your Syllabus

Update any instructions around participation, assignments/deadlines, and other topics.

Submit a Course Plan for Instructional Continuity for each class you teach. The university must have this document for accreditation and other compliance purposes.

Posted on March 16, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Engagement, Learning, Media, Proctorio, Screencast, teaching, Video, Virtual, Zoom

Online Teaching Workshop

Are you ready for classes to resume on March 30^th? Are you ready to teach and conduct business completely online?

All Nursing faculty and staff are invited in person or virtually to a workshop where we will explore new online teaching and communication tools like Zoom and all the other resources available to help you prepare to begin teaching your classes online later this month.

Posted on March 13, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Classroom, Discussion, Engagement, Learning, Proctorio, Screencast, teaching, Zoom

Preparing to Teach Online

3/13/2020

To help you prepare for the likelihood that most of our classes need to be conducted online once we return from Spring Break on the 30th, here are some resources available right now as well as a few others that will become available within the next two weeks:

Posted on March 9, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Adobe Connect, Audio, Canvas, Conference, teaching, Video, Virtual

Virtual Teaching and Campus Disruptions

By now, we are all aware of the public health issues affecting our campus, our city, and beyond. As this crisis continues to evolve, we will continue working to support Nursing faculty and students alike. So, as you plan your own strategies for continuing instruction, please consider the following options and recommendations:

Develop a Plan

The Faculty Innovation Center, working with partners from all over campus, has developed this online resource to provide you with all the information necessary to develop a plan specific to your courses and your needs to allow you to continue teaching in the event of campus closure or other disruptions: https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/continue-teaching-during-campus-disruptions. Or, contact me any time if you’d like some assistance developing your “virtual teaching strategy”.

Posted on January 27, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Clicker, presentation, USB, wireless

Wireless Clickers / Laser Pointers in the School of Nursing

Beginning in the Spring 2020 semester, the School of Nursing can no longer provide clickers/laser pointers to faculty the way that we have in the past.

Why?

Posted on August 8, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, Testing | Tagged With: Canvas, Classroom, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Screencast, syllabus, teaching, Video

It’s Fall 2019!

Ready or not, the Fall semester is upon us.

That means it’s time to put the finishing touches on your syllabus, get your Canvas course up and running, make sure all your slideshows are finished, and so much more.

In addition to the 10,000 other things on your to-do list, here are a few resources that will help you start the semester strong.

Posted on August 5, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas

Faculty Development Workshops Fall 2019

Do you ever wish you have more opportunities to learn about new teaching methods or classroom technologies and how to put them to use?

Well, now you do!

Posted on June 5, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Audio, Camtasia, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Screencast, Video

Camtasia and You

Are you teaching in a “flipped classroom”?

Do you want to easily add a voice over to your PowerPoint slideshow?

Do you have VHS or DVD videos that you wish you could upload into Canvas for future use?

Posted on June 1, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Conference, Engagement, Interactivity, Screencast, Video, Virtual, Zoom

Zoom Deeper Dive

Zoom is an easy-to-use (and FREE) video conferencing tool available for you AND your students.

Zoom is not the university’s official video conferencing tool. However, work is ongoing that may change that in the coming months.

If you’d like to learn more, lot’s of Zoom tutorials are available here.

Posted on April 5, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Audio, Canvas, Classroom, Disability, Engagement, Learning, Media, teaching

Should you use the microphone? Yes!

“If our colleagues and students can’t hear in meetings or in classrooms, they can’t participate. Those of us with low hearing, a hearing impairment, or a hearing-assistive device need you to speak into the microphone so we can fully understand your words. In a crowded or large space, amplification makes it possible for everyone to engage and learn.

Simply talking loudly isn’t enough. It’s not about the fact that you took a high-school theater class and learned to project from the stage. Or that you can use your “teacher voice” to be heard in the back of the room. It’s not about your belief that you are a good speaker.”