Welcome to the weekly UTLC Newsletter supporting teaching and learning at UNCG:
Week of February 25, 2025
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TEACHING TIPS: Course Accessibility
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Did you know that reading order matters when designing and displaying content? Reading order refers to the order in which users read your content. Logical reading order means that content is read and/or displayed top to bottom, and then left to right. When students use screen readers and other assistive technology, these tools will read top to bottom, and then left to right. If you've structured your content in a way that is not logical, it will be extremely confusing to students who use assistive technology tools. Reading order affects all content but is especially important for tables and slide presentations. Watch this Logical Reading Order video created by the Office of Civils Rights to learn more about how logical reading order works.
Thank you for this week's teaching tip to Melanie Eley!
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Course Recording Syllabus Language
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Just added to the UNCG Sample Syllabus - sample language for "Recording within a Course." Language provides the instructor with options for allowing or constraining students recording courses for personal use, while addressing students with formal accommodations through OARS.
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"A student must not record activity in classrooms or other instructional settings without the express permission of the faculty member responsible for instruction in the course or the Office Accessibility Resources & Services (OARS). Students requesting the use of assistive technology as an accommodation should complete the accommodations process through OARS and should complete the OARS Welcome Form to begin the process. Authorized student-initiated recordings must be used only for the education of the students enrolled in the initiating student’s class during the period in which the student is enrolled in the class. An authorized student-initiated recording must not be made available to anyone outside of the students enrolled in the class in any fashion, including posting online or through other media without the express written consent of the faculty member responsible for the course or the cognizant University administrator."
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New Opportunity with ACUE and Project Kitty Hawk
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In partnership with Project Kitty Hawk & Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), the UNC System offers faculty a new self-paced course, Effective Teaching 101: Starting the Semester Strong, which is designed to equip faculty with a set of powerful, evidence-based teaching practices to help them start their semester off on the right foot.
This course will help online or face-to-face faculty:
- Actively engage students starting day one
- Set a positive tone for the semester
- Build immediate rapport with their students
- Clarify course expectations
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Use classroom assessment techniques to monitor student learning
Space is limited. Complete the interest form today!
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| New date due to inclement weather.
Please share with Students: This resource fair has been designed to support students and their families with planning for a successful spring semester during uncertain times. Thank you for all you do each day to promote UNCG's Culture of Care to our students.
Have a Plan Resources Fair
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 6-8pm
Elliott University Center Auditorium and Pre-Function Lobby
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COURSE ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLISTS AND SUPPORT
Updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that all campus digital content (public facing websites, digital course materials, digital campus resources – including campus trainings) meet the WCAG 2.1 (level A and level AA) standards for accessibility by spring 2026.
UNCG has several campus resources that you can utilize now to make the transition easier, with more tools and resources on the way.
- Accessibility Checklists outlining the minimum expectations for meeting the new standards.
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UDOIT Cloud is a Canvas scanning tool that will scan your course and provide you with quick solutions that ensure your course is compliance.
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Accessibility.uncg.edu is a comprehensive accessibility website that offers tools, resources, and quick guides to creating accessible digital content for campus.
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FACULTY ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
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The Integrative Community Studies (ICS) program, also known as Beyond Academics invites you to a Faculty Tea & Conversation.
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Save the date for March 4th or March 19th to enjoy some tea and cookies while learning more about the ICS program for possible collaborations for research, teaching, or service.
- For more information and to RSVP, email lmgonza2@uncg.edu by 02/28/2025.
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Click for the full flyer: ICS Faculty Tea & Conversation Flyer
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Upcoming Events, Training, and Workshops
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Workshop: Teaching Effectiveness: Peer Review
This Workshop will focus on current models and rubrics for peer review that may serve as a template or starting place for units-level processes as part of the UNCG Teaching Effectiveness Policy . The models presented were created by decades-long, multi-institutional studies on the evaluation of teaching and learning. RSVP at the link above!
In the Faculty Center
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Workshop: Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Teaching Evaluations
This Workshop will focus on alternative inputs for evaluating teaching effectiveness (e.g., student work products, course reviews, mid-semester student feedback, etc.). Using national models created by decades-long, multi-institutional studies on the evaluation of teaching and learning, this workshop will assist in the development of unit-level processes as part of the UNCG Teaching Effectiveness Policy which is pending final approval by the UNC System, and was developed by an institutional work group. RSVP at the link above!
In the Faculty Center
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TEACHING EVALUATION PILOT
UNCG is administering a pilot of a new teaching evaluation system. The pilot and the current system (Class Climate) will run in parallel for two years; when the Class Climate contract expires, administration will make a decision about which or neither system to keep.
Anthology uses research validated common questions, along with offering units the chance to add custom questions. It’s mobile friendly, which may increase response rates. You can see more information here: Evaluation of Teaching Pilot Project.pptx
If you are interested in participating in the Summer or Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 Cohorts, please click the button below to fill out the interest form.
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