Online@UT/Banner Integration
You may have noticed that your fall semester courses are available in [log in to unmask] This semester, we started processing instructor of record data from Banner. As a result, you will no longer have to activate your course sites using the Online@UT course activation form. We are still working through a few issues related to GTA course assignment. For this semester, GTAs should complete a Help ticket at http://online.utk.edu/contact in order to be attached to a specific class or lab. We hope you find this new integration helpful to you.

Blitz Prepares Faculty for Implementing Technology
At the beginning of each semester, OIT offers a "blitz" of hands-on workshops to prepare faculty to use certain technologies in the classroom. Two workshops in particular feature: the equipment available in the OIT-sponsored Technology Enhanced Classrooms across campus, and the use of personal response devices, or clicker technology. These workshops are scheduled daily for 7-10 days prior to the start of class to provide the introductory or refresher assistance faculty may need to use these technologies successfully.

Technology Enhanced Classroom
If you are teaching in a Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) this fall--especially for the first time--be sure to take advantage of our brief training sessions. (See schedule and a link to register at right.) To schedule a one-on-one session at another time contact the HelpDesk at http://help.utk.edu or 974-9900.

Several new TEC spaces are on schedule for completion by the beginning of fall semester. For a full list of available classrooms, visit the updated Classroom Equipment Search page after August 15. For more information or to register for our TEC workshops, visit the ITC workshops page.

Clicker Technology
Clicker Technology enhances student engagement. It also helps students "stay focused," according to a comment made in Lecturer, Malissa Peery's mathematics class. Additional benefits include:

UT's clicker technology vendor is Turning Technologies. OIt provides workshops on the general and advanced uses of clicker technology for student engagement. All faculty interested in using clickers are encouraged to attend.

For more information or to register for these or other clicker technology sessions, visit the ITC workshops page or contact Christina Goode at [log in to unmask] or call 974-6470.

GTA@OIT Fall Call for Proposals
Each fall and spring semester, Graduate Teaching Associates and Assistants (GTAs) with sole responsibility for teaching a course are invited to submit a proposal for the GTA@OIT Grant. In addition to mentoring, grant recipients receive $500 to purchase software, attend a professional conference, prepare a professional presentation or publication about integrating technology into a course, or use as a stipend.

To learn more about the GTA@OIT Fall Call for Proposals, visit http://itc.utk.edu/services/gta/. The deadline is 5 p.m., September 9. For more information email Dr. Christina Goode at [log in to unmask] or call 974-6470.

Many students may gain an improved educational experience this fall as faculty begin to implement various new-found skills and strategies into their courses. UT's Summer Teaching Institute offered a unique opportunity for tenured and tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, lecturers, and graduate teaching assistants to receive authentic, hands-on learning experience and guidance in designing and developing exemplary courses in one of three delivery formats: face-to-face, blended or hybrid, and online. Faculty developed creative and informative lessons, with and without technology, to stimulate learning and to help their students become more engaged with the course content. For more information, visit

http://itc.utk.edu/events/summerinstitute/

Offerings in August include:

Instructor-Focused

• Clicker Technology
  
• Course Management System: Introduction to Blackboard, Best Practices for Online@UT Assessment Tools, Blogs and Wikis in Online@UT, Using the Assignment Manager and SafeAssign in Online@UT, and Grade Center Best Practices
  
• Productivity Tools: PowerPoint, Camtasia
  
• Technology Enhanced Classrooms
  

• Creative Design: Flash
• Website Design: Webpage (HTML)

• Introductory SharePoint for Faculty and Staff

Registration is required for all workshops. To view descriptions and register for sessions, visit the OIT Training page. If you have questions or need help with registration for any of the workshops listed above, contact the HelpDesk at help.utk.edu or 974-9900.

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Blackboard 9 Introduction
This is not a Blackboard training class, rather an opportunity for instructors to see new features in Blackboard Release 9 and ask questions of the Course Delivery Support Group. If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard software, you should register for the "Introduction to Online@UT" class.
  • Wed, 8/17, 1-2pm
  • Fri, 8/19, 9-10am
  • Tue, 8/23, 2-3pm
  • Thu, 8/25, 10-11am
  • Mon, 8/29, 1-2pm

Grade Center Best Practices
Discover new and redesigned tools for managing grades online using the Online@UT Grade Center.
  • Thu, 8/18, 10am-12noon

Using the Assignment Manager and SafeAssign in Online@UT
SafeAssign is a software resource designed to help students avoid plagiarism and improper citation.
  • Tue, 8/23, 2-4pm

Best Practices for Online@UT Assessment Tools
Learn to create, manage, deploy, and grade online assessments. Develop question pools, surveys, and more.
  • Wed, 8/24, 9-11am

Blogs and Wikis
in Online@UT
Explore Online@UT blogs and wikis, configure these tools for different purposes, and discuss their instructional uses.
  • Mon, 8/22, 9-11am

Turning Point Clicker Technology
OIT is providing training for all current and interested clicker technology faculty.
  • Fri, 8/12, 9:30am-12:30pm
  • Tue, 8/16, 1-4pm

Advanced Uses of Clicker Technology
Take clickers to the next level for deeper learning and more engagement.
  • Wed, 8/17, 9:30am-12:30pm

Using the SMART Classrooms
Learn how to use the projectors, VCRs, DVD players, and other equipment in the Technology Enhanced Classrooms.
  • Fri, 8/12, 1-2pm
  • Mon, 8/15, 9-10am
  • Tue, 8/16, 9-10am

Using the Smart Board/Sympodium System
Get hands-on experience with the Smart Board (a touch-to-click interactive whiteboard) and the Sympodium (an electronic lectern).
  • Fri, 8/12, 2-3pm
  • Mon, 8/15, 10-11am
  • Tue, 8/16, 10-11am

Give PowerPoint a Voice:
Narrated Presentations
Add value to PowerPoint as an effective teaching and learning tool by adding audio to your slide presentations.
  • Fri, 8/19, 10:30am-12:30pm

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