Teaching Resources
Academic Innovation works in partnership with faculty and students to deliver a world-class education. The Academic Innovation Center team has prepared the following resources for faculty and students to create unique teaching and learning experiences for all modes of course delivery.
Teaching & Learning Resources
The course design process involves intentional and deliberate planning in order to create a course that best supports student learning. The following resources help in that process.
| Course Design | The UTSA Academic Innovation Center supports faculty in achieving student success by offering resources and services to create engaging and effective courses tailored to their students' needs. | Resources Support |
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| Digital Accessibility/UDL | UTSA is dedicated to providing an accessible environment where everyone, including individuals with disabilities, can effectively engage with digital content, tools, and resources, as required by federal law. | FAQs Resource Support |
| Generative AI | Using innovative pedagogical strategies can be a major shift in your teaching practice. Learn more about how to integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence into your curriculum to create learning opportunities for students to grow and apply their skills to real-world application. | Find out more |
| OER at UTSA | The UTSA Libraries offers no-cost and low-cost course materials to help your students succeed in online or hybrid modalities. | Find out more |
Academic Technology
Our expert team transforms teaching and learning with technology by offering a full range of support services, from consultation to maintenance, fostering effective learning environments that boost student outcomes. Discover more about our services below.
| Classrooms+ | Classrooms+ is a comprehensive program to advance student-centered learning by providing faculty with teaching spaces that promote flexibility and engagement for their students. | Resources Support |
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| Digital Tools | Visit the Tools & Resources section below to explore our wide range of digital tools and learn how to use them to improve teaching and learning. | System Alerts Support |
Digital Tools & Resources
Check Your Tech
Make sure that your computer is kept up to date and that your browser is compatible with Canvas. Learn more about Canvas browser and computer requirements.
If you use a UTSA issued laptop or tablet, please bring it on campus and connect to our network so it can be updated. It should be noted that this process may take a few hours depending on the number of updates that need to be installed. If you require assistance, contact University Technology Solutions at 210-458-5555 or techcafe@utsa.edu.
Video Conferencing Tools
Zoom
Zoom is a video meeting platform that is now available for free to all UTSA faculty, staff and students.
Content Creation Tools
Canvas
UTSA’s Learning Management System (LMS) and your primary tool for teaching and sharing your course content online.
Panopto
Easy-to-use software for recording, editing, and captioning asynchronous videos that integrates with Canvas.
- Panopto Resources and Tutorials
- Contact Panopto 7:00am to 7:00pm CST (855-765-2341)
- After-hours phone support (1-855-765-2341)
- Go to trainer office hours! Just click the links below to join.
Video Production
Offers instructional and informational video production.
Adobe Creative Cloud
This set of applications and services provides access to a suite of graphic design, video editing, web development and photography software. Creative Cloud Express is a great one to start with. It's an easy to use design app that allows users to easily create interactive and engaging content with minimal time and effort.
Interactive Tools
SoftChalk Cloud
The latest version of SoftChalk is a web-based application which allows you to easily create existing course materials into interactive and engaging e-learning content with minimal time, effort, and resources.
iClicker Cloud
A polling Student Response System (SRS) that enables instructors to ask questions, gather student responses, display those responses in real-time, grade responses, and sync them to your gradebook.
Assessment Tools
Respondus
An exam solution for PC users that allows for the creation and management of exams using a familiar Windows environment, to publish into Canvas.
Honorlock
An academic integrity software solution in Canvas with state-of-the-art facial detection technology and a robust suite of fully automated software. Its remote monitoring platform ensures end-to-end learning integrity before, during, and after the assessment.
Turnitin
Turnitin is a comprehensive tool that helps maintain the originality of student work by comparing submissions against an extensive database of academic content, web pages, and student papers. The similarity reports generated by Turnitin highlight matching text and provide a similarity score, enabling faculty to quickly identify potential instances of plagiarism.
Gradescope
All bubble sheet (Scantron-style) exams will transition to Gradescope for both administration and grading. This digital platform integrates with Canvas and supports various assessment types, including bubble sheets, written responses, and programming assignments, leading to quicker grading, immediate student feedback, and flexible scoring options.
Support
Email academicinnovation@utsa.edu, call 210-458-4520, or book a consultation with our TLDT experts
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