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“Creative, connecting, illuminating, inspiring.” This is how one instructor described the seminar on remote learning in the fine and performing arts, held in summer 2020 by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the Office of Information Technology’s Learning Experience Designers (LXDs). The seminar addressed specific challenges faced by...

The Syllabus Archive is a tool that was designed by ASSETT to store digital copies of syllabi files from departments within A&S. The service stored approximately 12,000 files. However, due to outdated technology we could no longer maintain this service securely. So in July 2020, we took down the self-service...

How to move forward when the world throws a wrench in your plans This is the last of a series of three articles written by ASSETT’s Student Technology Consultants to support CU students, especially in uncertain times. Check out our past articles that help you understand where you are now...

Your twenties are often as exciting as they are paralyzing. With your whole life ahead of you, it can be difficult to decide what you want and how to get there. Join ASSETT’s Student Technology Consultants for an interactive book club to help you navigate and make the most of...

Thank you for your support of the Places website and the Syllabus Archive . ASSETT developed these resources for the College of Arts & Sciences community, and while they are valuable teaching and learning websites, outdated technology, duplication of information, and limited resources has made them difficult to maintain. Over...

Students Are More Engaged, Confident At first, Professor Janet Casagrand , Senior Instructor in the Department of Integrative Physiology, thought her recorded lectures would be helpful for students who needed to miss class. She had been meeting with them after the fact to share what they had missed and had...

With the start of the fall 2020 semester, OIT will assist instructors who teach in remote-capable classrooms equipped with the Crestron Mercury X video conference system . The Technology Copilots will provide assistance to instructors in remote-capable classrooms as they use the Crestron Mercury X systems, Zoom, and iClicker; and...

A journey from translation through engagement to scholarship of teaching with technologies Phoebe Young , winner of this year’s ASSETT Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award, began teaching as many of us do by replicating how her best professors taught. She followed their methods, and used the same technologies. As...

We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our Spring 2020 Buffscreate contest and helped make it a success. Buffscreate.net is a hosting platform provided by ASSETT and University Libraries to support students and faculty in teaching and learning about digital identity as well as...

When the pandemic hit, those of us at the innovation incubator asked: How can we make a unique contribution to support our campus right now? Resulting from that question, two opportunities for critical community conversation arose. The Innovation & Resilience Conversation Series , co-hosted with the Center for Teaching &...