Fall is Here!

Hello ,

Can you believe the Fall semester has started already and you’ve already made it through the first week?! As you continue to forge ahead, we wanted to share 5 important updates and tips to help you stay on the right track with your new V, W or M course.

Am I Ready?

Now is the perfect time to review the CDL Semester Start-Up Guide, just to make sure you’ve started on the right foot. Learn how to import content from another course, publish your course, request additional instructors or TAs and don’t forget to publish your course!

Required COVID-19 Statement

Please include the required statement about COVID-19 in your syllabus. The Syllabus templater tool has been updated to include this message? Consider other statements depending on the format of your course. 

Are you using Panopto or Zoom?

Consider taking Panopto Essentials and/or Zoom Essentials to learn more about each tool. Follow the link to the course and self-enroll.

Teaching Tips & Strategies

Explore the Design with Quality in Mind series to discover strategies informed by best practices in online learning from real online and blended courses at UCF. If you have specific questions about teaching tips and strategies, send an e-mail to eot@ucf.edu and an instructional design mentor will respond to your inquiry.

Thinking Ahead

As an EOT completer, you hold a one-year provisional credential to teach mixed-mode (M) and online (W) courses, if you believe you will have a need to continue developing and teaching M/W courses beyond the one-year provisional period, you have the opportunity to obtain a permanent credential by earning a Quality course design designation, via the course review process. Review the UCF Quality webpage to learn more.

Hopefully you found the tips above helpful. Have a great Fall 2020 semester.

Need Help? For any technical issues or questions pertaining to Webcourses@UCF or any other technology tool, please contact Webcourses@UCF Support. 

Stay Updated. Remember to review the Keep Teaching web page for the most recent updates pertaining to teaching during the pandemic. The page is updated weekly.