Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Fall Faculty Prep Days event!
The 2024 Fall Faculty Prep Days event was hosted on August 15 and 16 with approximately 35 UA faculty members and other instructors in attendance. The event featured 13 unique and UA-specific workshop sessions taught by CIT instructional technologists and vendors. Both in-person and virtual sessions were offered.
A special thank you to OIT’s Audio Visual Services (AVS) team for pre-event technology help and for co-presenting on Classroom Technology and Panopto. We would also like to thank Jenise Jenkins for help with the refreshments.
Fall 2024 Sessions
Not all sessions were recorded.
Blackboard
Blackboard Original Basics – Pre-recorded CIT webinar hosted in Panopto.
Exploring Ally for Blackboard – Pre-recorded CIT webinar hosted in Panopto.
Meet the New Blackboard: Blackboard Ultra – Pre-recorded CIT webinar hosted in Panopto.
Digital Portfolios
Tools for Digital Portfolios – Recording coming soon.
Hypothesis
Creative Ways to Use Social Annotation with Hypothesis
Annotation Starter Assignments
Information Security
Information Security for Instructors
Panopto
Getting Started with Panopto for Lecture Capture, Video Assignments, and More – Recording coming soon.
Perusall
Introduction to Perusall for Collaborative Annotation – The session was not recorded; however, Perusall Academy is presented twice a month.
PointSolutions
Getting Started with PointSolutions: Real-Time Polling for Classroom Engagement – This session was not recorded, but you can watch a vendor-hosted tutorial here: Echo360Classic Getting Started (Pc)
Respondus LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
Secure Your Exams with LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor
Resources:
- Respondus Monitor Instructor Resources – These resources can also be accessed from within the LockDown Browser Dashboard.
- LockDown Browser adds a password to exams in Blackboard – In Blackboard Learn (Original View), LockDown Browser uses the test password functionality to ensure students are using LockDown Browser to access the test.
- Rollout Resources for Instructors – Quickly learn how to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor.
Simple Syllabus
Simple Syllabus Info and Support Session – Recording coming soon.
Turnitin
Turnitin and Draft Coach: Help Students Do Their Best, Most Original Work – This session was not recorded, but you may enjoy these previously recorded sessions:
- Working with Turnitin: A Session for Instructors (U Alabama Fall 2023) – Recorded Turnitin-led session from CIT’s 2023 Faculty Prep Days event.
- Interpreting the Turnitin Similarity Report – Recorded webinar from Turnitin.
- Empower Original Work: Getting started with Turnitin Draft Coach – Recorded webinar from Turnitin