Hello and welcome back! For Spring 2021, Academic Innovation is providing professional development opportunities by offering Quality Matters workshops/Courses. Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer-review process designed to certify the quality of online and blended courses. UTSA became a Full Subscribing member of Quality Matters in October 2019 and began implementation in January 2020. Note that all [...]
In many courses, faculty broach relevant but difficult topics surrounding race, ethnicity, civil rights, and much more with sensitivity and caring----but this may be especially difficult in an online classroom. In this session, Dr. Shelley Howell will discuss how faculty can create an inclusive classroom environment digitally to allow for conducive conversations for all [...]
Join this workshop to explore how this instructor designed and delivered an exemplary course with an innovative design and a student-centered approach. This workshop is focused on the use of virtual labs and interactive content using interactive tools such as PlayPosit and Softchalk for an enhanced learning experience in large classes (more than 400 students). Click here to [...]
Midterms are here and the due date for grades is fast approaching! Join us to learn how to organize and manage the Blackboard Grade Center in your course, including navigating the grade center, create columns, use calculated columns, edit and modify columns, enter grades, manage, and setup a column for the Blackboard Learn to ASAP transfer. Click here [...]
Need help with checking your course Grade Center and transferring grades to ASAP? The Academic Innovation - Digital Learning team will offer open office hours?to assist you with this process. Come by to optimize your Grade Center and be prepared to have your grades transferred into ASAP. Midterm grades are due March 18 at 2 p.m. Register and join [...]