Christina Bollo
Photo by Grace Mangali
TEACHING AT UO
Architecture professor Christina Bollo teaches a class called “WELL Buildings: Housing and Beyond” (ARCH 407/507) in the Materials Resource Center in Lawrence Hall with students Emma Ball, Quincey Dunlap, Megan Henry, and Adi Yakov. The space allows students to do hands-on learning with actual interior design materials. Bollo received Davis Family funds to support the class.  
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NEWS AND RESOURCES
UO Institutional Review Board Survey
The UO Institutional Review Board is seeking feedback from users. The board’s Human Subjects Advisory Council is asking users to complete a brief survey by Dec. 15 on their experience working with the UO’s Research Compliances Services Office and the IRB.
EVENTS AND LEARNING
New(-ish) Faculty Social | Nov. 19 from 5-7 p.m., McMenamins East 19th Street Cafe
Faculty in their first three years at the UO are invited.
Q&A Training: Preparing Your Tenure File | Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. on Zoom
This training is for pre-tenure track faculty.
GenAI in Teaching at UO | Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. on Zoom, hosted by the AI Council
This information session updates faculty on UO’s GenAI policy and practice guidance, shares examples of how faculty are integrating — or insulating — assignments from GenAI, and suggests ways all faculty might think about responses to GenAI that match their goals for student learning.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Yahoo | Landslides 'are everywhere' in Oregon and more unpredictable than earthquakes
"Over the last couple decades, the landslides and the surface processes and surface hazards that I've been working on have become much more prominent, primarily due to climate change and humans inhabiting more areas in hazardous terrain. We've just seen a really dramatic uptick in global impact from landslides that has really put a lot of attention on better understanding how climate and other disturbances affect them." 
— Josh Roering, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Oregon
ACCESSIBILITY TIP OF THE MONTH
Structure & Layout
Concise structure and page layout can support accessibility and inclusive learning by helping students navigate content efficiently. Well-structured pages also support assistive technology and improve mobile usability. Here are some tips to get started. 
In Canvas:  
  • Use Modules to group content efficiently  
  • Streamline the Canvas Course Navigation Menu  
  • Use bullets and numbered lists to organize information such as steps, key points, or resources  
  • Use paragraphs to break-up lengthy text and reduce visual overload  
  • Use columns and formatting rather than tables for formatting  
  • Reserve tables for data only content  
Review your course pages and implement one of these principles to organize your content clearly. Even small changes can make a big impact on student access and engagement.  
Learn more accessibility guidelines at Basic Digital Content Accessibility, or contact UO Online for help adding heading structure to your Canvas content.  
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