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CallWe know that teaching will look and feel different this year, and will present a set of challenges and special opportunities to experiment in new ways. The physical classroom will be different. New teaching modalities have emerged. In an effort to help you prepare, we have curated existing OIT resources, organized to support each teaching modality offered this semester. We hope you will find this resource informative and helpful.
New Website to Learn the Classroom Technology
Visit the new Classroom Technology Resources website to find specific instructions for campus-hosted classrooms and training resources for using your classroom technology to its fullest. We have specific information and instructions available online now, and we are working to complete all of the classroom support documentation daily until the list is complete. If your specific classroom is not listed yet, start with our general training support available under the “Technology Training” link on the site.
Information for All Teaching Modalities
UTK is asking all instructors who are teaching on-campus classes to create a seating chart for all face-to-face components of the class. The seating chart will be used to expedite contact tracing if needed. For more information about class seating charts, see the guidance provided by the Provost office.
You can also quickly prepare a class seating chart and track attendance using the Attendance Tool in Canvas. More information may be found at this Canvas Support Guide.
Check out classrooms.utk.edu for instructions and ideas on using the technology in your campus-hosted classroom.
Note: This site does not cover information in departmental classrooms.
The Clicker Self-Service Training course will equip you with the tools and knowledge to pose response driven questions in real-time during your course instruction. Whether you teach with PowerPoint or other presentation styles, you can use the TurningPoint software to ask and receive responses. This response system also allows you to sync the responses to Canvas for class participation scores or quizzes. By completing this course you will have ability to:
- Setup your Canvas course to use clickers
- Create questions in PowerPoint, Anywhere Polling (questions over other software), Self-paced quizzes (participants answer at their own pace), or Scheduled quizzes.
- Sync grades to Canvas
Best Practices for Online Assessments
Putting your final exam online? Need ideas for how to assess learner progress in Canvas? This is a one-stop location for asynchronous, self-paced training related to designing and delivering effective tests and assessments online. Topics include pedagogy and design, using Canvas to construct assessments, and facilitating feedback effectively.
Enroll in the Canvas course to learn How to Create Online Tests and Assessments
Online Proctoring
Campus-supported online proctoring tools include Respondus Lock Down Browser (prevents students from browsing the internet while taking a test) and Respondus Monitor (a system for online proctoring). Respondus 4.0 supports test creation for easy upload into the Canvas Quiz Tool. If you are interested in employing any of these Respondus products, you can watch these short videos:
Here are some tips for providing for accessibility of your course content:
- Tips for Accessibility
- Learn more about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) through our asynchronous online course Implementing UDL on Canvas
Remember that regardless of your preferred teaching modality, the best way to be prepared for any teaching/learning scenario is to create a robust Canvas site for your course. Doing so will provide you and your students the flexibility to fully participate regardless of the delivery mode (Face-to-face, Hybrid, Online).
A Robust Canvas site is one that:
- Includes an inviting course Homepage.
- Employs a course template designed by OIT to help structure your course site.
- Uploads course content to include recorded lectures, PowerPoints, links to external web resources and other materials.
- Creates assignments that are automatically linked to the gradebook and the course calendar and establish a standard method for students to submit assignments.
- Creates online assessments using the Canvas quiz tool, in which quiz questions and distractors can be randomized to create unique student attempts.
- Delivers live lectures and conducts office hours online in Zoom.
Available Training
- Complete the Online Canvas Training for Faculty at your own pace (log in with NetID/Password)
- Explore OIT’s Online@UT (Canvas) Resource Guide to familiarize yourself with using Canvas
- Teaching Online Reboot: Canvas and Zoom. Learn the general framework for easily creating Canvas course sites by applying a new course template as well as techniques to manage the online classroom environment using Zoom.
Explore information about Zoom, UTK’s supported asynchronous teaching and meeting tool.
There are a variety of collaboration tools that you and your students can use before, during, or after a class session that will facilitate communication and collaboration between students in the classroom and online. Explore what options are available to you.
Check out our guide on instructional tools, recommended uses, and available training.
- Visit our page, Tools for Creating Instructional Materials
- Download the PDF