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The Office of Learning Technologies provides labor market analysis services for demands in the local, regional, and national markets. The viability studies assist academic units by providing valuable data on employment and skill demands to consider when launching a new program or a certificate. In addition, market studies include institutional benchmarks that equip program leadership with concrete insights and recommendations on future directions.

The Office of Learning Technologies, through its Qualtrics license, assists units across campus in customizing, designing, and administering interactive and engaging surveys.

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What We Can Do for You

  • Coordinate market viability study for proposed program or course, generated by Education Advisory Board (EAB)
  • Coordinate data acquisition to support strategic decision-making processes, generated by EAB
  • Extract data on labor market analysis, using Lightcast license.
  • Assist with developing effective questionnaires to extract continuous improvement data, using Qualtrics
 
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How Courses Are Developed

Step 1: Initial Meeting

During this kick-off meeting, you and your assigned instructional designers will discuss your course goals and vision, and develop a course design plan. They will also help identify training and media opportunities.

Step 2: Course Planning

In this step, your instructional designers collaborate with you on developing or refining learning outcomes, activities, and assessments. They will also recommend technologies or opportunities for interactive elements as appropriate.

Step 3: Course Development

In this phase, your instructional designers help you build your course. They will help you manage your content development by providing weekly delivery goals and will help build the course within Canvas. Any media or technology identified for the course will also be developed or implemented during this phase.

Step 4: Review

Once the course is complete, it will be reviewed by an additional instructional designer. You will also have an opportunity to carefully check through the course. Any necessary revisions will be made during this time.

Step 5: Delivery

After you are satisfied with the course, it is time to launch. You may receive instructions on how to publish the course in preparation for the beginning of the semester. Your instructional designers are available throughout the course to address any concerns or issues that arise.

Step 6: Evaluation

Once the course has been delivered, your instructional designers will help you evaluate its success based on student evaluations and your experience. They can provide guidance and assistance with revising your course before its next iteration as appropriate.

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Resources Canvas Login
Canvas Sub-Account Admins Learning Technologies Support Academic Technologies

The Instructional Technology team is here to help faculty with their Canvas needs. Click the desired request button below. Please allow at least 24-48 hours processing time for all requests.

Note: Requests may take up to five days to be processed during the first two weeks of the semester.

Add/Remove User(s)

Add/Remove User(s)

Request that an authorized user, such as a Teaching Assistant, Supplemental Instruction Leader, or Course Designer be added to your Canvas course.

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Course Cross-Listing

Course Cross-Listing

Request that students from one or more Canvas course sections be loaded into a single Canvas course.

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Course Copy

Course Copy

Request that all or select content be copied from one course to another.

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Sandbox Course Request

Sandbox Course Request

A Sandbox course can be used to explore new features and set up future course content, etc.

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Incomplete Course

Incomplete Course

Request that an Incomplete Course be created for students who have received an incomplete.

Request Incomplete Course
Canvas Announcement

Canvas Announcement

Request that an announcement for your event or unit be placed in Canvas.

Request Canvas Announcement
Course Template Request

Course Template Request

Instructors can request to have all or specific components of the Learning Technologies course template to be placed into their Canvas course

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Resource Course Request

Resource Course Request

A resource course can be used to share materials, content, and resources with faculty, staff, and students in a not-for-credit course.

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Resources Instructional Design Process Quality Matters Request Learning Technologies Course Template docx UAB Syllabus Template (Downloads when clicked) Faculty Online Teaching Manual

The Instructional Design team provides services to help faculty design quality face-to-face, blended, or online courses or programs. Whether developing a new course or program, transitioning courses to an online or blended format, improving an existing course, seeking Quality Matters certification, or meeting accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) standards, the designers have the skills to help.

What We Can Do for You

Design

Collaborate with clients to design and develop engaging courses that incorporate relevant technologies to enhance learning activities, assessments, and instructional materials to promote successful achievement of the learning objectives.

Support

Provide instructional design and pedagogy support throughout the course design, delivery, and revision process by discussing options for content delivery, assessments, or activities.

Consult

Advise on applying Quality Matters standards, developing or improving courses, implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and making content accessible.

Train

The Office of Learning Technologies offers an exciting and informative series of workshops primarily focused on online and blended course design and teaching. Visit the Workshops webpage to learn more.

Articulate Storyline

Storyline is a slide-based authoring tool used by instructional designers to create interactive content. Instructors can request features that enhance engagement in their course materials, such as drop buttons, dials, sliders, and hotspots. Visit the Articulate Storyline 360 webpage and submit a Storyline Activity Request today.

  • The Office of Learning Technologies helped me structure my course design efforts much more effectively. By working on a regular schedule with a course designer, I was able to make a sustained effort toward revising my course rather than waiting until the last minute. After working with the Office of Learning Technologies, I have not only a much better designed online course, but also a set of templates for structuring future courses—and not just online courses. eLearning offers a unique, hands-on, service that is tailored to the concrete needs of teachers who need help developing or revising a specific course.

    Andrew Keitt, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor Department of History
  • The design team of Learning Technologies are experts in their craft and respect my position as a content expert.  They are the easiest people to work with on campus!   They have assisted me in becoming a better instructor and I appreciate their support and great ideas.

    Martha Earwood, MSCJ

    Teaching Assistant Professor J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice
  • From the office assistant to the head of the department, each and every one of those individuals love being there and they love helping the UAB community. I am less than proficient in anything technology-related and the instructional designers are all amazing at breaking down super complex and unfamiliar ideas into something that not only makes sense but also makes sense in your course. I have been teaching, creating, maintaining, and developing courses for quite a while and I have never enjoyed or learned so much from the process. I cannot recommend the Office of Learning Technologies enough.

    Victoria Dawkins, MSLS

    Instruction Librarian Mervyn Sterne Library 
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    Resources Learning Technologies Support Learning Technologies Learning Technologies Workshops

    The Learning Technologies team provides full training and support services. Services cover Canvas, Zoom, Kaltura and other learning technologies in all aspects of course and program development. Faculty can request one-on-one or group/departmental training sessions where an instructional technologist will provide customized assistance. Trainings can take place at the client’s campus location, the Learning Technologies office, or virtually via a web conferencing tool.

    Request Training Services

    Virtual Training

    Schedule a one-on-one virtual training with one of our instructional technologists. These trainings take place virtually via a video conference software such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

    Schedule a Virtual Training

    In-Person Training

    Schedule a one-on-one training face to face with one of our instructional technologists. Trainings are available at our office or at your campus location.

    Schedule In-Person Training

    Group/Departmental Training

    Schedule a training/workshop for your group or department. We are glad to customize any of our workshops to meet your needs.

    Schedule a Group/Departmental Training

    Custom Guides/Tutorials

    Request one of our instructional technologists to create a customized guide and/or video tutorial regarding one of our supported academic technologies.

    Request Custom Guide/Tutorial

    Support

    Users who have a question about one of our learning technologies or still need assistance after contacting the technology's technical support can reach out to the Office of Instructional Technolgies via our Ask Learning Technologies Support form.

     

    Examples of Training Offered through the Office of Learning Technologies

    • Using Zoom video conferencing software for virtual classroom, office hours, and more
    • What can Canvas do? (Modules, SpeedGrader, Rubrics, Assignments, Group Activities, etc.)
    • Setting up Canvas Gradebook, grading schemes, weighted assignments, and publishing grades
    • Using Kaltura Media Space to record, store, and share videos in Canvas
    • Using GoReact for video peer review, presentation evaluation, and feedback
    • Using any other academic tools such as iClicker, Turnitin, Respondus Quiz engine and LockDown Browser, Poll Everywhere, and more

    • The eLearning office is very easy to work with! I can easily request and schedule one-on-one sessions and choose the location that is most convenient for me (my office, virtually, or their office). They answer my questions timely and have assisted me with a variety of projects, such as learning to use Canvas, developing online courses, and implementing new software. They are an amazing resource!

      Heather A. Bruns, Ph.D.

      Associate Professor Department of Microbiology
    • Developing resources for student use online isn't a trivial affair. In fact, the devil is in the details that even Dr. Google has a hard time answering. The super staff at eLearning spent weeks this past year helping me to understand and create LTI assignment documents (Word) in Canvas that students would fill in for credit. No more upload/download/emailing of files as these functions are automatic through Office 365. Thanks a bunch, eLearning.

      Scott Brande, Ph.D.

      Associate Professor Department of Chemistry

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