Tech Bytes

Learn how to design and implement an impactful Virtual Exchange tailored to the needs of your course. This session is perfect for instructors who are seeking to address more complex aspects of Virtual Exchange, such as fostering cross-cultural engagement, choosing technology, and scaling Virtual Exchanges for high-enrollment courses. Learn from faculty who have successfully navigated these challenges and get expert advice from UFIC’s Office for Global Learning and UFIT’s Center for Instructional Technology and Training in this comprehensive Tech Byte.

• Recording of Digital Bridges: Tools and Tips for Global Classrooms (54:54)
• Additional content shared during the presentation:
  • Virtual Exchange Content and Examples
    • UF Faculty Step-by-Step Guide
    • Virtual Exchange Projects
    • Example Virtual Exchange KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) Whiteboard
    • Example UFL-USFQ Virtual Exchange Google Sites Project
    • Virtual Exchange Training
  • Additional resources
    • Approved Teaching and Learning Tools
    • Gator Cloud Collaboration Services
    • Time Zone Converter

Pilots Leslie Mojeiko and Chris Sharp shared ways to use AI Chatbot tools for teaching and learning purposes. We explored ways to use Copilot as well as NaviGator AI to support teaching and learning. Practical ideas for using these generative AI services as both instructors and as students were shared at this aviation themed event!

• Recording of Tech Byte: Take to the Skies with NaviGator AI and Microsoft Copilot (57:21)
•  Copy of PowerPoint slides (Requires UF login)
• UFIT AI Services (links to NaviGator AI and Microsoft Copilot)
• In-flight magazine: AI Prompt Cookbook
• Request consultation assistance from CITT

UFIT Academic Technology hosted two in-person, drop-in Tech Byte sessions to introduce faculty to UF classroom environments and Canvas. These sessions were not recorded, but please reach out through our request assistance if you have questions about these areas!

August 2024

Undergraduate students from diverse majors will shared their experiences with AI in the UF curriculum. In this panel, students shared how AI is showing up in their courses, lives, and future careers.

Recording of UF Student Perspectives on AI (1:00:19)

Tech Chefs Chris Sharp and Leslie Mojeiko are back to host a Tech Byte Cooking Show that explores how to utilize generative artificial intelligence to increase authentic assessments in the classroom. They shared their AI Prompt Cookbook before that included recipes (or prompts) designed to enhance teaching and learning, but this Tech Byte will feature recipes that elevate our use of generative AI to move beyond introductory use to embracing how it can transform the teaching and learning process. Join Chris and Leslie to learn new AI recipes for debating, role playing, tutoring, and more.

Recap Article

Recording of Tech Byte: AI Prompt Cookbook: Elevated AI Recipes to Encourage Authentic Assessments (44:46)

AI Prompt Cookbook

Interactive note shells and virtual whiteboarding tools can be powerful tools to guide students’ learning during lectures. A note shell is a structured template for students to complete during class sessions, guiding their learning and providing a valuable scaffold to work from. Note shells also allow students to effectively take notes on more complex topics by having charts, data tables, or images pre-drawn for their benefit. Instructors annotating on note shells using virtual whiteboards also have advantages of being able to refer to past lecture notes during class, providing continuity and a library to work from in future semesters. Attend this Tech Byte to learn more about this combination of technology and pedagogy that can be used in UF classrooms! 

• Scaffolding Student Success with Virtual Whiteboards Recording (57:53)
• Scaffolding Student Success with Virtual Whiteboards PowerPoint Slides
• Additional Virtual Whiteboard Resources:
  • About Virtual Whiteboards
  • Microsoft OneNote
    • LinkedIn Learning OneNote Training
  • Microsoft Whiteboard
  • Zoom Whiteboard
    • Getting Started with Zoom Whiteboards
    • Zoom Whiteboard Tips for Teaching and Collaborating in the Classroom

• Faculty panel on AI's impacts
• Adapting assessments with AI in mind
• Tools available within Canvas to enhance your teaching
• Podcasting as teaching and assessment strategy
• Requesting new teaching tools and grants to fund those tools

Unlocking Academic Excellence with Canvas Learning Outcomes

Canvas Learning Outcomes is a powerful educational tool designed to help educators track and assess student learning performance. Faculty and instructors can set up learning outcomes in Canvas to measure student performance against the preset Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). This tool benefits students by informing them of their own subject mastery. Join us in this virtual session to learn how this tool provides data to faculty which can guide their teaching!

• Recording of Tech Byte: Unlocking Academic Excellence with Canvas Learning Outcomes
•  Copy of PowerPoint slides

Tech Byte: Getting to the Core of Group Evaluations with Feedback Fruits

September 14, 2023

Feedback Fruits is a group member evaluation tool that allows students to grow their collaboration skills! Students can use this platform to self-reflect and provide feedback within their group in a constructive and easy way without leaving Canvas. Assistive AI feedback coaching helps guide student comments. At the same time faculty gain valuable insight into student performance and competence. This tool has been funded by the Student Tech Fee Grant and is available to use free of charge within Canvas. Join us for a demonstration from Feedback Fruits to learn more!

Resources for the Tech Byte:

• Recording of Tech Byte: Getting to the Core of Group Evaluations (57:29)
• eLearning at UF: Feedback Fruits
• Group Member Evaluation instructional videos
• Help articles on Group Contribution Factor and Group Skill Factor
• Use cases from other institutions
• For inspiration: an article on 'How to get students excited about group work'

Tech Byte: Classroom Walkthrough

UFIT Academic Technology hosted two in-person Tech Byte sessions to introduce faculty to UF classroom environments in August, 2023. These drop-in sessions gave faculty the opportunity to explore the flexibility and capabilities of classroom technology to enhance teaching and learning.

For assistance with classroom technology, please contact UFIT Classroom Support (352-392-6683) to request a training or get immediate in-class assistance.

Chris Sharp and Leslie Mojeiko return with another live cooking show in UFIT’s Center for Instructional Technology and Training’s (CITT) Tech Kitchen. Join them for this fun event to learn generative AI recipes to enhance your course design and teaching. They will share tips for writing effective prompts for ChatGPT and AI image generators and ideas for how generative AI can help make class prep and assignment design more efficient. Join to see demonstrations of AI in action, gather recipes for course prep, and walk away with a free cookbook of your own to get started with “prompt engineering!”

Link to AI Prompt Cookbook

Recording for AI Prompt Cookbook: Generative AI Recipes Designed to Enhance Teaching and Learning (54:09)

This Tech Byte will demonstrate Gradescope, a new tool being piloted with Canvas e-Learning that streamlines grading of many different types of assessments (e.g., paper-based diagrams or equations, bubble sheets, programming assignments).

Among other features, Gradescope uses artificial intelligence to help efficiently sort homework and exam responses into groups of similar answers to quickly provide feedback, annotations, and marks. Large classes can split grading loads amongst TA’s on a per-question basis, and graders can dynamically update the shared rubric to maintain consistency and fairness. Analytics are provided for insight into students’ performance on each question.

After the demo, there will be a case example presented from Engineering Education to share their experiences with using Gradescope. The remaining time will be used for Q&A and additional case examples.

• Tech Byte Streamline Grading with Gradescope (44:34)
• Tech Byte Streamline Grading with Gradescope PowerPoint Slides

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have led to questions about academic integrity and how AI can transform teaching, learning, and assessment. In this event participants will receive a brief overview of ChatGPT’s capabilities, consider course design strategies, learn how to modify assessments to be less susceptible to AI generated content, and discuss new types of assessments made possible with AI. It is important that we continue to weigh the value of assessments and their relationship to measuring student learning outcomes. Participants will have the opportunity to share existing assessments from courses they teach or work with to see how they could be improved considering the capabilities of AI. 

• Tech Byte Adapting Assessments with AI in Mind (01:25:34)
• Tech Byte Adapting Assessments with AI in Mind PowerPoint Slides

Have you ever wanted to add interactivity to your Canvas pages, or create fun activities that students can use to check their understanding?

Join the Center for Instructional Technology and Training to learn about Lumi — a free tool for editing interactive content widgets that can be exported and used in Canvas courses or on websites. In this online workshop you’ll discover how Lumi works and how to create an engaging, accessible, and gradable online activity in real time!

Recording of Tech Byte: Create Interactive Course Content with Lumi and H5P (01:18:07)

Are you ready to see a cooking show like none other? Leslie Mojeiko and Chris Sharp from UFIT's Center for Instructional Technology & Training (CITT) are co-hosting a new type of Tech Byte event for UF faculty and staff. In this live one-hour cooking show, we will present "30-Minute Recipes" using technology and tools to increase instructor presence in your courses!

We will explain the three dimensions of instructor presence, provide a few demonstrations, and even give you a cookbook handout at the end of the event so that you can prepare these recipes on your own! 

• Recording of 30-Minute Recipes to Increase Instructor Presence (47:47)
• Instructor Presence Cookbook (.docx)