Resources for Online Faculty
UT Online provides leading-edge technologies and innovative pedagogies to instructors in the creation of engaging and effective learning environments where learners can succeed. We provide services and training to all faculty and staff in the following areas:
- Blackboard Learn – The Learning Management System (LMS)
- Blackboard Collaborate – Web conferencing
- Blackboard Outcomes – Assessment system
- Echo360 - Active Learning Platform: how it works (Echo360.com), documentation/user guide; for interactive lecture tools, please see the University Teaching Center (UTC)
- Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor – Restricts students' Web access to help protect the integrity of online exams and may be used with or without the video monitoring service (Respondus Monitor.)
- Respondus - Quiz authoring software to easily import properly formatted text files and Word documents to create online exams and question pools in Blackboard.
Using a team-based approach, staff within the UT Online also assist faculty in many areas of online and blended learning course design and development.
- Instructional design and consultation
- Online course management consultation
- Quality Matters course review
- Faculty development courses and workshops
- Interactive learning objects
- Multimedia production services
- Technical, pedagogical, and course administrative support
- Faculty services and helpdesk
- Instructor Proctor Form: off-site proctored testing for distant students (instructions and form)
If you have any questions feel free to contact us at utlv@utoledo.edu or 419.530.8835.
