As we approach the start of a new academic year, here’s a late-summer “CTLT checklist” you might find useful as you prep for teaching this fall:
- Have you requested Blackboard courses for fall classes? Click to login with your NetID and password, select the courses you want and submit. It takes a few hours to sync with the Registrar, then your courses will appear in Blackboard.
- Need help customizing, prepping or cleaning up a Blackboard course? Need to copy a previous course over? Consult with your liaison for help.
- Have you checked out your classrooms for fall? Meet up with your liaison and let’s tour your room(s) and check out the technology to make sure there are no surprises.
- Do you need a WordPress blog for a collaborative class project? Visit blog.richmond.edu or set-up a consultation with your liaison to discuss.
- Have you ever thought about using mobile devices for class projects (field research, unique mobile app use in class, etc.)? We have iPads for short-term or semester long projects available to students. Reach out to Andrew Bell and we can discuss your ideas.
- Ever thought about having students create short digital stories as a class project? Utilizing narration, photos and/or video, this teaching method of creating while learning has been quite effective at UR for years. Check with your liaison on how to get started or visit our digital stories page for more.
- Do you have a contingency plan in case classes are canceled due to severe weather this fall or winter? Talk with us about some easy solutions to help keep the class going.
- Ever need to provide additional instruction via audio, video or screen capture in-between classes? We have a tool for that! Panopto to the rescue…and it is built right into Blackboard.