November 19, 2024, Filed Under: Honorlock, Media & A/V, Online Proctoring, Teaching & Learning, TestingHow to get help 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: The School of Nursing Contact (Julia Wolfe, Instructional Technology Specialist at julia.wolfe@austin.utexas.edu or 512 471 4552.) The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) 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.
August 31, 2021, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & LearningMac 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): … read more
December 18, 2020, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & LearningCreate Your Own Canvas Course Navigation In exploring all the different ways we can customize our Canvas courses, one of the options that many of you have expressed interest in is the idea of adding buttons (or tiles) to your course home page to help your students navigate your course. Well, here’s any easy way you can create your own, custom-made, buttons quickly and easily. … read more
August 20, 2020, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & LearningNursing 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. … read more
November 21, 2019, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & AppsUsing 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. … read more
August 8, 2019, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, TestingIt’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. … read more
June 5, 2019, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & LearningCamtasia 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? … read more
December 15, 2018, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & LearningGoPros, Webcams, and Smartphones. Oh, my! You may have already heard, but in case you haven’t, the School of Nursing now has not 1 but 3 GoPro cameras that are available to help you create videos for your students or as part of your class. … read more
March 21, 2018, Filed Under: Teaching & LearningInclusive Teaching at UT Inclusive teaching and learning is a mindset, a way of thinking that asks you how best to create opportunities for all students to connect with you, the course material, and each other. In collaboration with numerous departments across campus, UT’s Faculty Innovation Center has created a variety of resources you can put to use today to help make your classes more open and inclusive for ALL your students.… read more
February 22, 2018, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & LearningTake your PowerPoint Slideshows to the Next Level Are you (and your students) tired of the same old PowerPoint slideshows? Would you like a few different ways to take your slideshows to the next level? Well, then you’ve come to the right place! We have several new resources to help you do just that. … read more