July 20, 2022: Special Summer Issue
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| | CommuniCATE: News from Moody College's Center for Advancing Teaching Excellence (CATE)
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The Moody College Center for Advancing Teaching Excellence (CATE) shines a spotlight on outstanding teaching and encourages effective teaching practices. Our newsletter, CommuniCATE, features news, events, tips, and stories of teaching and learning in Moody College.
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| | Highlights from 2021-2022
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CATE had a big year in 21-22 including the successful launching of this newsletter! We held our first Learning Community, Small Changes for Inclusivity, which focused on faculty finding small ways to incorporate inclusive teaching strategies and foster a sense of belonging in the classroom for all students. Our ULA program grew a lot this year, from the usual 10 per semester to 30 in the fall and 18 in the spring. We’ll have a record 35 ULAs in fall 22. Additionally, we added student graders for the two large COM Foundations courses – more jobs for Moody students and more help for faculty! Another highlight was the introduction of social media campaigns, thanks to the hard work of our first communications intern, Aliayaé Haynes. Finally, our Moody Shout Outs have been hugely successful with over 1000 shout outs shared this year! We have big plans for next year, so stay tuned for more news, events, tips, tricks, and stories. Have a relaxing and safe summer and we’ll see you in August!
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News
Congratulations to Kevin Robbins, Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Journalism and Media on being awarded the Provost's Teaching Award!
Congratulations to Madeleine Holland, Assistant Instructor of Instruction in the Department of Communication Studies, on being awarded the The Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship.
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Moody Voices: Summer Teaching Stories
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The CMA building is quiet during summer evenings.
Mostly.
On a recent evening in late June, one corner of CMA’s 6th floor bursts with energy, as students in Dr. Erin Reilly’s Immersive Hack Lab prepare for presenting their group projects. Over the next three hours, flowers play music, Greek gods offer advice, and virtual cars careen off the virtual sidewalk. The class is small, hands-on, and laser-focused on giving students the opportunity to experiment.
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Upcoming Events
New Instructor Workshop and Syllabus Workshop (Zoom)
- Tuesday August 9, 11-1
- Wednesday August 10, 11-1 (Syllabus Workshop, open to all instructors)
- Thursday, August 9-11, 11-1
New Teaching Assistant (TA) Training (Hybrid)
- Monday, August 15, 10-3 with one hour lunch break
Inclusive Teaching Workshop (Hybrid)
Canvas & Zoom Training (Zoom)
- Thursday, August 11, 3-4
- Tuesday, August 16, 10:30-11:30
- Monday, August 22, 11-12
- Tuesday, August 23, 1-2
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Review the following resources to help you prepare to teach:
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One Thing That Works: Hear from Moody faculty about how they use small, easily implementable improvements to their classes to really make a difference.
Kick It Up a Notch: Looking to boost your next class? Incorporate some new tools? Check out these short videos to learn ways to make your classes pop.
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| | Technology: Tips & Updates
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- Spring 2022 Canvas courses will become read-only after August 19, but you can extend course participation dates.
- The Scantron system will be replaced by Gradescope on September 1.
- Zoom recordings will be retained for 365 days, then removed from the Zoom Cloud. You may request bulk downloads of Zoom recordings by emailing zoom@utexas.edu.
- Starting June 1, Panopto videos that have not been viewed in 15 months will be automatically archived. If not viewed in 5 years, they will be deleted.
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| | Submit a CATE Testimonial
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Has CATE helped you with your teaching? Or has something you learned at a CATE event positively impacted your classroom? Share a testimonial with us that we may add to our website to encourage others to benefit from CATE services. Thank you!
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Follow CATE on social media to stay up to date on all things teaching and learning in Moody College.
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Submit your general feedback and suggestions for CATE, ideas you have to improve this newsletter, or nominations for spotlights using this form:
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