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Have you been searching for a tool to streamline your evaluation of paper-based or electronic assignments and quizzes? Do you want to collaboratively create and modify grading rubrics? Do you wish it were easier to coordinate teams of TAs as they review student work? If so, Gradescope may be a good fit for your courses.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who attended our first Faculty Forum of the 2022-2023 school year. Below please find a brief five-minute recap of this insightful conversation as well as the recording of the full event for your viewing pleasure.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

I’m writing to invite you to Friday’s Academic Technology Services Faculty Forum at which we will discuss ways that we can best instruct, inspire, and support our students during a time of ongoing change and pandemic recovery. We meet Friday, October 21st at noon via Zoom, and we hope you will join us.

If you're like many faculty out there, you've probably increased your use of instructional videos significantly in the last few years to accommodate remote teaching and the need for increased flexibility to help students succeed in your courses. As more and more of your content is shared through on-demand video, however, you may be concerned that students aren't engaging as actively with their learning as they might in a face-to-face class.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who attended our first DOLCE of the 2022-2023 school year. Below please find a brief five-minute recap of this fast-moving forum as well as the recording of the full event for your viewing pleasure.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Welcome back to another fall of teaching and of ATS faculty support forums at UC Davis. 

At noon on every first and third Friday of the month during the school year, Academic Technology Services hosts faculty forums on teaching and instructional technology topics that will introduce you to the innovative teaching practices of our colleagues, and highlight a community of support that will help to improve your teaching at UC Davis.

The fall start is again upon us, and as faculty scramble to set up courses and kick off the quarter, the team at Academic Technology Services (ATS) stands ready to help you set up technologies for classes, design learning experiences for students, and produce professional instructional video and graphics. Our latest Top 10 Services flier describes our most popular services to make finding assistance a little bit easier. A few highlights:

As the fall quarter approaches, two of the most common questions we receive at Academic Technology Services (ATS) are “What tools are available” and “How can I get started?” 

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Timothy Hyde from Art Studio!

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Mark Verbitsky from Political Science!

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

The Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology (SITT) returns for 2022 next week! Join us via Zoom on the mornings of September 8 and 9 for live presentations by UC Davis faculty, and browse the on-demand faculty talks and interviews that are available now.

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Elizabeth Langridge-Noti and Jolynn Shoemaker!

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Miriam Markum!

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Joshua Hori!

As a teaser for the 2022 Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology, we are posting a series of Wheel articles showcasing interviews with faculty and staff on the theme of this year's SITT, "Unmuting our students." The second of our interviews features Joshua Hori of Academic Technology Services; this year Hori has embraced his new role as Accessibility Coordinator.