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.…
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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 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.…
Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Upcoming Learning Opportunities CIT Faculty Prep Days It’s midterms and time to focus on your Gradebook. We are here to help answer questions or simply review your settings. Drop in OR schedule a virtual…
Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! We hope that your semester is off to a great start. Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Instructional Tech Changes and Announcements PointSolutions change in classrooms TurningTechnologies is now Echo360 Point Solutions, and the classroom computers will now reflect…
Look for the Point Solutions icon on classroom computers! Last year, TurningTechnologies merged with Echo360. The software and mobile app changed their name to Point Solutions, and the classroom computers will have the updated version of the software. The processes in the desktop software (for instructors) are the same, but with new branding from Echo360.…
The Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) kicked off the Spring semester with two Faculty Tech Prep Days on January 6th and 9th. We were excited to work with colleagues from Arts and Sciences, Communications, Culverhouse, Education, Engineering, Human Environmental Sciences, and Law. Common topics related to adding publisher resources to courses, setting up attendance options:…
Faculty Prep Days IT’S TIME! Time to get your Spring courses polished and ready to go. CIT is here and ready to offer technical assistance, pedagogical assistance, a quiet space, moral support, and coffee and yummies! Come see us! CIT will be joined by representatives from OIT Security, Research Computing, and Audio Visual Solutions classroom…
Hello from your colleagues in CIT! We’re wrapping up Fall 2022 with final grades due tonight by 11:59 PM. Below, you’ll find resources to help you close this term and prepare for the next. Resources for Final Grading: Grading in Blackboard, including downloading and managing submissions and grades. Grade Reporting at UA to import grades…
