End of the semester tasks, preparing for summer session, online course development grants
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Happy May!

We've almost reached the end of another semester! As we conclude another school year, take the time to reflect on your personal accomplishments (big or small) and what your goals are for next year! Some of you may be looking to close out the semester, while others may be ready to start preparing for future courses. To help prepare you for both, this newsletter will give you tips and tricks to tie up loose ends and prepare for those summer and fall courses. 

 

This newsletter also contains information about our 2023 Award winners, information about where Digital Learning is moving to, and the most up-to-date YuJa Information and Workshops.

AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Innovation in Teaching with Technology

2023 Recipients - Becky Lutte & Gwyneth Cliver

Join us in congratulating our 2023 Outstanding Innovation in Teaching with Technology award winners, who were recently honored at our 2023 Digital Learning Faculty showcase on April 25th! 

 

The Outstanding Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award honors faculty who have implemented outstanding innovative teaching approaches shown to increase student learning, engagement and success. The award recognizes faculty members who have contributed significant, creative teaching innovations that promote effective and deeper learning via technology.

WE ARE MOVING!

Digital Learning and the Center for Faculty Excellence are Moving to Criss Library!

Within the next couple months, Digital Learning and CFE will be moving into office space on the third floor of the library; however, the space isn't quite ready. With construction starting in the Eppley Admin Building soon, the Digital Learning team will be working remote this summer until our library space is ready; but don't worry, we are still here to help you:

  • Drop-in our Virtual Support Room, open 9-4, Monday-Friday 
  • Book a 30-minute meeting with an instructional designer or technologist on our bookings website.
  • Send us an email at uno.its.digitallearning@unomaha.edu

CFE can be contacted at unofacdev@unomaha.edu

Typing up loose ends

End of Semester Checklist

The resources below will help you complete all end of the semester tasks needed!

  • Final Grade Import into MavLINK
  • Extending Course Access for Individual Students [Incompletes]
  • Finding End of Semester Course Evaluations
  • Managing Your Canvas Dashboard
PREPARING FOR SUMMER AND FALL

As you prepare for your summer and fall terms, use the following resources to help you get started, especially the beginning of the semester checklist to make sure you're all ready to go!

  • Beginning of Semester Checklist
  • Importing an Entire Course in Canvas
  • Importing Individual Items in Canvas
  • Personalizing Course Navigation
  • How to Build Courses Faster
  • 6 Quick Tips for Making Accessible Courses
  • Use the Canvas Link Validator to check for broken links
  • Use Canvas Design Studio for inspiration and Canvas templates
  • Use the Canvas Accessibility Checker
  • Import Templates from Canvas Commons
course development grants

Grant Application Deadline is June 1st!

Three times a year, the Office of Digital Learning awards grants for faculty to develop or improve the online delivery of one of their courses; the next approaching due date is for courses that are marked for spring 2024 course delivery. Click the button below to learn more and apply for a grant today!

Learn more and apply today!
YuJa

What's Been Going On?

We are less than two months away from our contract ending with VidGrid on June 30th, 2023. In preparation, YuJa has been swapping VidGrid links and videos with YuJa links and videos in all Canvas courses prior to the spring 2023 semesters. Note: there were a few small issues related to page names, captions, and thumbnail images when swapping out videos and links in courses prior to the Spring 2023 semester.  Please select the more Information button below for additional details.

 

What's Still to Come?

Starting around May 8th, links and embedded videos in spring, summer, and fall 2023 courses will begin. We encourage you not to add any more VidGrid videos to Canvas at this point.

 

NOTE: If you have VidGrid videos created on web pages or outside of Canvas courses, you'll want to ensure you swap out the VidGrid videos before the end of June to ensure it is accessible for everyone. For help with how to access YuJa Links and Embed Codes, check out this YuJa Tech Tip Video.

More information on the YuJa Information Page

 Looking for other YuJa resources? Check out our YuJa Resources Page.

Summer YuJa Workshops

YuJa Basics

YuJa is UNO's new video platform! The YuJa basics workshops will introduce faculty to the new video platform and deliver an overview of the features it offers including: video making options, using YouTube videos in YuJa and basic editing. Join us to learn how you can get started creating your own academic videos!

  • Thursday, May 11, 2:00-3:00pm
  • Tuesday, June 6, 10:00-11:00am
  • Thursday, July 13, 2:00-3:00pm
Register to learn how to start making videos!

Editing Videos in YuJa

YuJa offers video editing capabilities that allows you to improve your media content. Join us to learn how to use the video editing tools including: cutting and trimming, inserting/overriding videos, captioning editing and more!

  • Wednesday, May 17, 1:00-2:00pm
  • Thursday, June 22, 2:00-3:00pm
  • Tuesday, July 18, 11:00am-12:00pm
Register to learn video editing techniques!

Adding Video Quizzes with YuJa

YuJa Video Quizzes are a great way to increase student participation and interactive learning in your course! In this session participants will learn how to create and implement two types of video quizzes in YuJa, how to navigate the YuJa Gradebook and how video quiz grades seamlessly feed from YuJa into the Canvas Gradebook.

  • Monday, July 24, 1:00-2:00pm
Register to learn more about video quizzing!

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