Category: Announcements


August 24 Instructor News from the Center for Instructional Technology 

Welcome to Fall 2023 from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. As always, email cit@ua.edu, call 205-348-3532, or stop by A203 Gordon Palmer Hall for assistance with UA’s instructional tech tools.  Simple Syllabus –Per the UA Syllabus Policy, Fall 2023 syllabi must…


Adobe Professional Faculty Training

This fall, the Center for Instructional Technology is partnering with Adobe to offer four customized Adobe training sessions exclusive to UA faculty members. Each session is instructed by an Adobe certified trainer and designed to share ideas and resources for infusing creative thinking and communication in the classroom. Participants will receive a certificate and digital…


Respondus 4.0 Campus-Wide Reactivation

Each year we provide a new “activation password” that can be used to reactivate a copy of Respondus 4.0 that was previously installed or to install a new copy of the software. New installations of Respondus 4.0 can begin using this password information immediately. Current users may be prompted to enter the new password upon…


Known Issue – August 12 Turnitin Maintenance

Turnitin will take an 8 hour maintenance window on August 12, 09:00AM – 5:00PM,  with the following services being unavailable during these times: Turnitin (including all Integrations) Originality (including all Integrations) Similarity (including Integrations) Draft Coach Gradescope (Code Similarity & LTI 1.3 Only) Feedback Studio for iOS CIT will post another reminder about this maintenance…


Fall 2023 Faculty Prep Days

Join The Center for Instructional Technology to get your Fall courses polished and ready to go. CIT is hosting two days of workshops and one-on-one technical and pedagogical assistance to get you ready for the Fall semester. Register for a session(s) you would like to attend or drop by and receive one-on-one help setting up…


Simple Syllabus Common Questions

The Center for Instructional Technology is the support contact for UA’s new syllabus tool, Simple Syllabus. Here are some answers to the most common questions: Syllabi “due date” notifications are sent a week before, the day of, and a week after a term starts, even if a particular section does not meet until later in…


April 28 Instructional Technology News

Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs.   Summer and Fall 2023 Syllabi in Simple Syllabus   UA’s new online syllabus platform, Simple Syllabus, launched April 17. All sections must have a syllabus published in Simple by the first day of classes.…


RESOLVED – Blackboard Server Error

Resolved: Blackboard Support reports all issues have been resolved & sites are operating normally since 9:20 AM CT. If you continue to see an error message or if have any questions, please contact us through our support portal. Blackboard Support is investigating a global DNS issue affecting access to its sites. Users may receive an…


April 11 Instructional Technology News

Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Simple Syllabus Launches April 17 UA’s new online syllabus platform, Simple Syllabus, launches April 17. All sections must have a syllabus published in Simple by the first day of classes for Summer 2023 and…


Turnitin AI Detection report launches April 4

Turnitin has announced the launch of its AI writing detection capabilities, available starting Tuesday, April 4, 2023. This feature will help you as instructors identify when AI writing tools such as ChatGPT may have been used to write any part of the content submitted in a student’s assignment. It will be automatically available within Turnitin.…