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 Announcing
Online Instructor Toolkit
Resources to take your course online
Creating a quality online course requires careful planning and considerable time and effort as compared to a traditional lecture-based class. To assist prospective online instructors, OIT has developed a comprehensive Online Instructor Toolkit.
Both novice and experienced online instructors will find the Toolkit full of valuable information: step-by-step instructions on developing and teaching an online course; useful web
links and handouts; and guides for specific software used to create digital content, engage students, and assess student learning online.
Access the
Online Instructor Toolkit and give us your feedback at
[log in to unmask].
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ITCoP
to Highlight Faculty First Grant
Faculty, staff, and GTAs experienced a great demo and discussion pertaining to iPad apps for teaching and learning at the March IT Community of Practice meeting. Dr. Joanne Logan,
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Sciences, demonstrated classroom uses for Nearpod and Doceri, and Dr. Dick Bennett, Engineering Fundamentals, shared OneNote as others livened the discussion with various app uses and inquiries.
April's meeting will highlight OIT’s Faculty First Grant
as past recipients briefly share their projects’ impact on Teaching and Learning. The Faculty First Grant Program is a partnership between a faculty member and OIT in the design and development of instructional materials to reshape an existing course or
course component. Presenters will be listed on the
ITCoP website in early April. The meeting will be held Thursday, April 25, from
11:30 am-12:30 pm in the Practice Presentation Room in Commons North (220E), located in Hodges Library. Bring your lunch and join the discussion and demo! OIT will provide coffee and something sweet; looking forward to seeing you there!
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OIT
Launches iPad Loaner Program
OIT will launch an iPad loaner program beginning with the mini-term. Faculty members may borrow an iPad for themselves for up to 4 weeks to explore the device and determine how
it can support classroom teaching/learning experiences. Faculty may also borrow up to 20 iPads, for students to use in their classes, for up to 4 weeks (or 1st or 2nd summer session). For more information about this program, go to the
iPad Loan Program webpage.
In addition to the Loan Program, OIT offers two levels of iPad training. You are encouraged to sign up for the class that will meet your needs prior to requesting loaner iPads. You can view a list of dates and times, as well as register, on the
OIT website under "Productivity Tools for Instruction" click "Introduction to the iPad" or "Mobile Technology for the Classroom". For additional training or a consult, please contact the OIT HelpDesk at 865-974-9900 or
complete the online form.
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 ATLAS.ti
Site License Available
ATLAS.ti 7, developed by Scientific Software Development GmbH, is a software package that assists in qualitative data analysis. You can also use ATLAS.ti in conjunction with Microsoft
Office Excel and SPSS for quantitative analysis of coding and variables. The logical organization of ATLAS.ti’s interactive interface enables students to easily find the options they need to organize and navigate data for dissertations.
One of ATLAS.ti's strengths is its ability to handle a variety of data types, such as rich text, images, audio, and video files.
A site license is now available for ATLAS.ti. Students, faculty, and staff at all University of Tennessee campuses can download the software.
Click here to download software.
ATLAS.ti is also available for use on the server at Apps@UT.
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2013
Summer Teaching Institute
OIT and the Tenn TLC will partner to facilitate the
Summer Teaching Institute, which is sponsored by the Provost’s Office. Twenty-six faculty participants representing 15 departments have been selected for this year’s Summer Teaching Institute. The participants will receive authentic, hands-on learning experience
and guidance to redesign and develop exemplary courses. These courses will be in one of the following three formats:
ONLINE: A course that is offered totally online in an engaging, interactive format.
BLENDED: A course that uses online technologies to replace a subset of face-to-face sessions (for example, one session a week is online and the others are face-to-face). The online time is instructor-designed and facilitated, with interaction between instructor
and student, and student-to-student.
FLIPPED: A course that uses a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements are reversed. Lecture/content material is presented in an engaging online format so that class time can be spent on problem-solving, discussion, and group activities
that produce higher levels of learning.
This year’s Summer Teaching Institute will be held from June 4 through June 21.
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ChemBioDraw
13 on Apps Server
The
ChemBioDraw® Ultra 13.0 suite provides scientists with an up-to date-collection of scientifically intelligent applications for chemical structure drawing and analysis. These applications are combined with customizable drawing tools for common pathway diagrams,
as well as for biological and biochemical structures.
Currently, ChemBioDraw is free for installation on personal computers to faculty, staff and students at the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. Instructions for obtaining, installing and activating current and older versions of ChemBioDraw can be downloaded
from
OIT Software Distribution by logging in and clicking the vendor, “Cambridgesoft”, then clicking ”ChemBioDraw ultra 13.0 Installation Instructions”.
If you prefer to work "in the cloud" rather than downloading the software. Just go to
Apps@UTK and log in with your UT NetID and password.
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UTK’s
Clicker Technology Program
Upgrade News
UTK’s Clicker Technology Program will upgrade to TurningPoint 5 beginning with the Summer 2013 mini-term. Faculty using clicker technology in courses offered mini-term and summer can begin testing on
bblearn.utk.edu on May 1, 2013. All other clicker technology faculty users can begin testing the TurningPoint 5 software with Blackboard at
online.utk.edu beginning June 15, 2013.
Upcoming Training
Turning Technologies will provide on campus training sessions Tuesday, April 16, 2013, from 9:00-11:30am and 1:00-3:30pm. Turning Technologies will also provide training on
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, from 9:00 am-12:00 pm and 1:00-4:00 pm. In preparation for the fall, additional sessions will be provided throughout the summer by OIT and Turning Technologies staff. Check the
OIT workshop calendar to view additional dates and times and to register for all classes.
Clicker Roundtable
Our end-of-semester Clicker Roundtable with Turning Technologies will be held on
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, with a luncheon presentation from 11:45am-12:45pm in the Carolyn P. Brown University Center, Room 226.
NOTE: The luncheon presentation is offered between the morning and afternoon training sessions. For more information and to reserve lunch, contact Dr. Christina Goode at 974-6470 or
[log in to unmask] by Thursday, April 11, 2013.
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Blackboard
Mobile™ Learn
Now available for free!
Blackboard Mobile™ Learn is now available for free to all UTK students, faculty, and staff. The site license was purchased by the UTK Technology Fee at the request of the Student Government Association (SGA) and the Technology Advisory Board (TAB). Everyone
at UTK can now access and contribute to their courses wherever and whenever desired.
With an elegant and intuitive design specific for each mobile platform, students can check grades and assignments, view documents, create threaded discussion posts, comment on blogs and journals, upload content and view documents, and more. Instructors can
also post announcements. For more information, check out these links:
Mobile Support |
Mobile Feature List
Extend and enrich your course experience! Download the appropriate app by clicking one of the following links and take your learning experience mobile: iOS®,
and
Android™ smart phones.
Blackboard Mobile™ Learn is now also bundled into
Tennessee Mobile.
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OIT's
Instructor Led Workshops
Workshops for April 1, 2013 through May 3, 2013.
Learn more or register.
Instructor Focused
- Turning Point Clicker Technology
- Introduction to Online@UT
- Best Practices for Online@UT Assessment Tools
- Blogs and Wikis in Online@UT
- Assignment Tools in Online@UT
- Grade Center Best Practices
- Introduction to the iPad
- Mobile Technology for the Classroom
- Introduction to LiveOnline@UT
- Engagement in the Online Classroom
- LiveOnline@UT: Plan and Publish
Researcher Focused
- ATLAS.ti Advanced
- Utilizing the UT Google Search Appliance
- R (full day workshop)
Sharepoint
- SharePoint SharePoint Documents: Creating, Editing, Sharing, and CoAuthoring
- SharePoint Lists
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