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Educational Technology in the UT School of Nursing

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

Educational Technology in the UT School of Nursing

Educational Technology in the UT School of Nursing

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

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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.

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Online Teaching Workshop

Are you ready for classes to resume on March 30th? 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.

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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:

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Using Zoom in the School of Nursing Classrooms

Would you like to use Zoom for your next meeting but don’t know how? Do you want your guest speaker to be able to see and hear your students during Q&A?

These questions and more are addressed in the video below.You’ll also learn two key pieces of information if you want to use Zoom in any of the classrooms here in the School of Nursing.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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It’s 2019! Start the year (and semester) strong!

Ready or not, the Spring 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.

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