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Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning at UConn
Video Conferencing
Use a variety of video conferencing tools to meet with your students.
Recording Technologies
Use technologies such as Kaltura and the Lightboard room to create and share videos.
Collaboration & Engagement
Use a variety of tools to engage students in the classroom and outside it
Testing & Assessment
UConn offers a variety of testing and assessment solutions to better enhance your teaching.
Accessibility
UConn is committed to providing an accessible digital environment for everyone.
Portfolios
UConn offers Portfolium accounts for all faculty, staff, and students. Valuable learning tool.
Workshops
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Mar
8
DIY Closed Captioning & Creating Accessible Digital Content10:00am
DIY Closed Captioning & Creating Accessible Digital Content
Monday, March 8th, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Other Online
We will discuss best practice when captioning and will explore two applications (Kaltura and YouTube) that can be used to create closed captions for your videos. Both use computer-generated captioning which often requires that captions be edited by the video owner to improve accuracy. Research has shown that closed captions can benefit all learners as they watch the video content.
Learn more about it here: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/8/a-rising-tide-how-closed-captions-can-benefit-all-students.
In addition, we’ll explore tools that you can use to make your documents accessible such as tagging images, using styles in Microsoft Word, etc.
Once registered and if you will be attending via online please plan to join 10 minutes before the session begins to make sure you connect successfully.
Monday, March 8, 10:00-11:00
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1957Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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Mar
9
Feedback And Assessment: New Ideas And Ways To Vary Techniques2:00pm
Feedback And Assessment: New Ideas And Ways To Vary Techniques
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Other Online
At this session, participants will discuss topics like:
• Giving feedback in an online format, the how, the what, and the why
• Alternatives to exams, tests, and quizzes, how to reformat an exam, test, or quiz for use
• in an on line class
• Classroom participation, homework, extra credit, the “fudge factor,” how to use class
• participation and homework effectively on line
• Formative and summative assessment
• Fairness in assessment
• Timely feedback
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1971Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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Mar
9
Preparing Your HuskyCT Grade Center For Grade Calculation And Submission2:30pm
Preparing Your HuskyCT Grade Center For Grade Calculation And Submission
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Other Online
In this session, you will learn to ensure your Grade Center is set up to accurately record and calculate student grades within HuskyCT. We will cover specific settings and features including total points calculations, weighted percentage calculations, categorizing graded items, including/excluding graded items, incorporating tests/exams, assignments, discussions, as well as many other types of assessments and grades in your course. We will also cover how to send a grade column to Student Admin for midterm and final grade submission.
To register, please visit http://www.fins.uconn.edu.Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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Mar
10
Microsoft Teams For Teaching And Learning2:00pm
Microsoft Teams For Teaching And Learning
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Other Online
Microsoft Teams can be used for synchronous meetings with your students. All students, faculty and staff have access to Microsoft Teams as part of the Office 365 Applications. Microsoft will be releasing new features in Microsoft Teams in August. We're hopeful this will occur before this workshop. If not, we'll schedule it for a later date. Right now, Microsoft Teams can have up to 9 videos at once, and adapting the Channel feature, breakout groups can be created. The new features will include up to 49 videos at once as well as breakout groups. We will update this workshop as we learn about any other new features
Wednesday, March 10, 2:00-3:00
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1959Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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Noteworthy News
Mediasite Migration to Kaltura
If you are a Mediasite user and have not already requested your content be moved to Kaltura, now is a good time because ITS is eliminating Mediasite. To convert from Mediasite to Kaltura, send a request to Academic IT.
What's New in Webex
HuskyCT instructors can now integrate Webex directly into their course page, allowing instructors to create/begin scheduled meetings, list class recordings, and facilitate office hours directly through HuskyCT. Also, instructors can now pre-assign breakout session groups. Users in breakout sessions will also be able to move between breakout sessions without the instructor manually moving them, leading to increased flexibility with larger discussion sections. Finally, the hand-raising feature in Webex has moved to the emoji section for mobile users. In addition to hand-raising, users will now be able to use thumbs up/down and clapping emojis along with other seasonal emojis.
iClicker Integration
Instructors and students will no longer need to use iClicker Sync because iClicker Cloud will integrate into your HuskyCT course.
New software review process
Procurement has developed a new software and technology service review process to ensure the safety of FERPA-protected data.
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