On 5 February, subject sites will be published for Autumn 2024. To get you off to a good start this session, we’re once again sharing our guide through the key stages. This will ensure you can tick all the boxes for creating a successful and fulfilling learning experience for your students.
Before 12 February: get your subject site ready for students
- Follow the step-by-step subject rollover checklist along with the subject readiness checklist to work out what you might need to check and update.
- Review your Canvas site using Student View and make sure the content you want students to see is Published. Unpublish any content that you want to remain hidden.
- Provide students with clear links to library resources by updating your Reading Lists.
- Make sure your Canvas site is accessible to everyone when teaching session commences. An inclusive teaching environment and practices will boost your students’ sense of belonging at UTS.
- Keep everyone on track and create a subject schedule in Canvas with schedule templates from your Faculty Template Site – get access to your Faculty Template Site by signing up here.
- If you need help with videos, check out our various resources under Rich media and interaction.
12 February: connect, communicate and offer support
Send your students a welcome announcement to introduce yourself, make your students feel welcome and establish a social connection right from the beginning of the session. Let students know how you will be communicating with them throughout the session, how they can access support, and your expectations for the use of generative AI in your class.
To add co-teachers, tutors and other staff to your Canvas site, follow our resource about People in Canvas (note that a new tutor/marker role was added in 2023).
19 February: Week 1
Start building belonging and community in your teaching from your very first class so that students feel they play an important part in the subject. Provide a clear strategy for all communications in your subject without making it complicated and encourage students to ask questions. Give your students all the resources and tools that they need to be prepared for learning in your subject.
Help and support
Where can your students go for support?
- Canvas 24/7 online and phone support
- IT Support: log a ticket for online IT support, phone 02 9514 2222 or drop-in to Building 10, Level 2, room 212 (CB10.02.212)
- UTS Canvas Student Guide
- UTS Student Centre for administrative and hands-on support
- Student Learning Hub for advice and guidance on UTS student support services, including peer to peer coaching on how to use Canvas
- Online exams for information about exam conditions and technology requirements
- Supporting Study page for support options, study resources, fun stuff and general help with being a student at UTS
Where can you go for support?
- Online or face-to-face consultations with the LX.lab team
- Self-help resources on LX Resources
- Get the latest news and workshops delivered to your inbox by subscribing to the LX Digest
- Canvas 24/7 online or phone support on 1800 (+61) 1800 017 123
- IT Support: log a ticket for online IT support, phone 02 9514 2222 or drop-in to Building 10, Level 2, room 212 (CB10.02.212)
- Contact the Library for support with setting up Reading Lists, embedding your discipline study guide, or requesting a bespoke Information Literacy workshop/resource for your students
- Plan your academic year with the Library’s downloadable calendars including key dates for each teaching session
Academic integrity and AI at UTS
Help your students navigate academic integrity and generative AI at UTS by making use of the following:
- Use the Academic integrity communication toolkit to educate and communicate with your students about academic integrity and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)
- Students can soon enrol themselves in the new Academic Integrity at UTS tutorial and quiz in Canvas
- Embed the Library’s Gen AI study guide directly into your Canvas site to help your students understand what they should be thinking about if they are using GenAI in their assignments
Coming soon in 2024
- UTS’s Microsoft enterprise license will soon include Copilot for Microsoft 365 so keep an eye out for support resources.
- Guardian browser will be made available for online invigilated exams. This will not impact you, but will change some processes in the student experience of online exams.
Communities of practice
There are a number of learning and teaching focused communities of practice at UTS where you can meet like-minded colleagues, discuss helpful approaches and develop new skills. Check out our Events section to see what’s coming up for:
- The UTS Learning Design Meetup
- UTS Video Meetup
- First and Further Year Experience (FFYE)