Much is unknown about the teaching and learning situation that we will encounter this Fall quarter and beyond, but like you, many educators are already thinking about what instruction will look like when at least some students return to campus for in-person classes. To what extent will learning happen in a hybrid or blended manner, with some activities in person and some online? What flexible learning options will students continue to need? What priorities might guide the balance of in-person and online activities? What new needs, technological or otherwise, might arise in a hybrid/blended classroom? We’ll continue to ask these questions and engage in these conversations as the Spring and Summer quarters unfold. If you’re looking to learn more about effective practices in hybrid teaching and learning, this overview from Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching and Learning is a good place to start.

Automatically move your course meeting recordings into Panopto by following the instructions at Set up your Panopto Zoom integration. Once your recordings are imported into Panopto, you can improve accessibility by enabling automated captions for your recordings.

Even though automated captions improve your student’s experience, there are circumstances where you may want to edit or correct them (specially for enduring materials). Remember that our team is here to help with our new Caption Editing service!

Qualtrics is our high end survey system. This popular system (more than 200 active users in our community) keeps working to improve you survey authoring experience. As part of that process, they will be introducing a new look and feel to this part of the program. If you want to learn more about these changes, please watch the Brief overview video or for detailed information, visit New Survey Builder Basic Overview.

If you know young researchers preparing to collect data, this is a good opportunity to learn from the experts! Between April 26 – 29, UW Libraries will be offering this free online program. Registration open until April 23rd

This module-based workshop consists of activities and peer discussion forums that will provide tips on how to construct an effective data management plan for your data and will provide information on tips and tools to help with your research data needs.

By asking students to share experiences with one another, this workshop provides the space and opportunity for you to reflect on your skills and to see how various techniques and tools can be employed to help you build your data management plan and most effectively share and preserve your data.

As we navigate the transition from socially distanced to new hybrid models, there is increasing awareness of the challenges this may rise. In an article recently published by Microsoft, we can consistently see the impact of social disparity in the workers’ experiences. For instance, managers’ report a better work from home experience than other people.

The pandemic triggered important strategic changes to support fully online experiences. As we increase face-to-face activities, some changes will be rolled back while others will become the new normal and yet we will need to be prepared for new changes to accommodate to the needs to come.