Every summer, thousands of UT students enroll in UT online courses to make progress toward their degree, and to move ahead in work toward minors and certificates. “Future you will thank you” has become a tagline seen around campus as registration for summer and fall courses approaches each year. Last summer, more students enrolled in …
When speaking with students a few years ago Dr. Jeremi Suri was taken aback to hear that many had never delivered an oral presentation in any of their courses. Suri feels strongly that helping students build confidence speaking publicly serves them well both on and beyond the Forty Acres. His conversation with students revealed the …
The UT Student Success Tool, available in the UT Canvas App Store, is an easy-to-use reporting and messaging tool that draws on real-time data to help prevent students from falling behind in a course. The tool allows instructors and TAs to reach out directly to students via Canvas Inbox or email in order to respond …
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What are the stories told about Texas’ history? How do particular places help those stories be told? Dr. Edmund Gordon has built his interdisciplinary course “Power and Place: Making Texas History” around using the built landscape as a window into the state’s history. Gordon has partnered with the Dev Studio to produce on-location documentaries that …
On-Location Documentaries Brings “Power and Place” to the Student Experience Read More
Looking for new ways to harness technology in his teaching, Dr. Jeremi Suri and the Dev Studio partnered in 2015 to launch his first live online course. Suri immediately leveraged the studio’s capabilities and identified what would become a crucial part of his instruction – the ability to annotate historical maps live for students using a green …
Students in Dr. Steve Lundy’s Introduction to Classical Mythology course worked throughout the semester to bring a performance of Euripides’ The Bacchae to life online in real-time. They created sets, designed costumes, and rehearsed before the show. This performance allowed students to more fully understand a very complex and often difficult-to-understand play.
How did it come to be that 700 Jazz Appreciation students are able to watch a live, interactive jazz performance with some of the most talented musicians in the Jazz Studies program here on campus? It all starts with the meeting of Dr. Jeff Hellmer and the Liberal Arts ITS Dev Studio. Dedicated to the art …
Students of Jazz Appreciation enjoy live jazz performances online Read More