Making Accessible Media

Facilitator: Kristin Juhrs Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10:00-11:00am Location: Virtual (Zoom) Is your media accessible? Can students with disabilities access your course media? This session covers best practices for making and selecting accessible images, infographics, tables, charts, audio files, videos, Zoom sessions, and Panopto videos. You will also be introduced to accessibility resources on campus that

Build Your Own Course Trailer with Adobe Rush

Facilitators: Miranda Webster and Cheryl Bosarge Date:  Monday, October 4, 10:00-11:30 am Location: University Hall 1308 (Computer Lab) Do you feel like learner engagement is getting off to a slow start in your online course? Would you like to create a compelling message that grabs your students on day 1? Then a course trailer might be the

More than Words: Using Adobe Spark Page to Design Assessments

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to Adobe Spark Page, a multimedia storytelling application that all students at The University of Alabama have access to through the Adobe Creative Campus program. The app allows learners to experiment with the creation of web pages, visual essays, memes, comic strips, and other forms of desktop publishing. Participants

Flexing Flipgrid: There’s More to Flipgrid than Intro Discussions

This session is part of our Online Learning Innovation Showcase (OLIS) series. Facilitators: Crystal Butler and Cheryl Bosarge Date: Friday, October 29, 2021, 10:00-11:00 am Location: Virtual (Zoom) Flipgrid is a great alternative to the student introductions discussion board, but what else can you do with it? Join us in this virtual session to see how

Adobe Celebration Week Kick-Off on the Quad

Free to all UA faculty, staff and students! UA's Office of Information Technology will be hosting a kick-off event for on the Quad Sept. 12 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. as part of the 2022 Adobe Celebration Week, Sept. 12-16. The week features guest presenters and host workshops focused around the Adobe Creative Cloud Tools

OLIS Proposal Deadline

We want to add you to the OLIS 2023 program! Do you have a success story, an innovative strategy, or a demonstration you would like to share with your colleagues?  Submit a proposal now. Submission deadline is November 7, 2022. More details: https://developonline.ua.edu/faculty-training-resources/olis/

Effects of Machine Learning AI on the Classroom Speaker – Andrew Richardson

Woods Hall Room #115

  Effects of Machine Learning AI on the Classroom Speaker - Andrew Richardson While you may freely ask questions about current issues, you may also submit questions prior to the meeting. All submissions are anonymous and may be sent using the submission form linked here: https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_af2MKEx977fCxvg

Engaging Students in Reading with Hypothesis Social Annotation

A232 Gordon Palmer Hall

Are you interested in learning how you can increase student engagement with your course materials in Blackboard? Come see the Hypothesis magic in action and get ideas you can bring back to your courses on how to use Hypothesis for social annotation. In partnership with UA’s Center for Instructional Technology, we will be hosting a

The Pedagogical Implications of ChatGPT: with John Warner, 03/06 5:30-7pm in Tenhoor 125

125 ten Hoor Hall

Monday, March 6, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in tenHoo125. As ChatGPT becomes more prominent, AI promises to change writing, education, and Higher Ed.  Please join UA’s First-Year Writing Program and the Department of English for a talk by John Warner who has written extensively about ChatGPT for Inside Higher Ed and The Atlantic, among other prominent venues.