How Have UT Instructors Curated or Created Online Content?

 

Teaching online lets you take advantage of a vast array of online materials to help shape your students' learning experiences. The table below shows different kinds of media and examples of how instructors have used them to curate or create content.

Kind of Media

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TEXT /

TEXT & IMAGES

POWERPOINT: Kavita Radhakrishnan (School of Nursing) uses a combination of texts and images in PowerPoint to introduce her students to the study of health care informatics.

PDFs and IMAGES: Mia Carter (English) brings literary modernism to life with visual images of authors and representations of their cultural context.

AUDIO /

AUDIO & VISUAL

 

SCREENCASTOMATIC: Li-Chen Lin (School of Nursing) created a video using Screencastomatic to walk her students through a website navigation for a licensing exam.

YOUTUBE: Karen Kelton (French) curates educational French videos on YouTube to engage students in listening comprehension and discussion.

VIDEO / ANIMATION / INTERACTIVES

STORYLINE: Janet Walkow (Pharmacy) and her team were looking for new ways to engage students in the drug development process. They opted for to use a Choose Your Own Adventure [CYA] game built with Articulate Storyline.

INTERACTIVES: Michael Webber (Mechanical Engineering) created several interactives for his Energy 101 edX course.

Additional Resources

Use the resources listed below as you begin to develop a create/curate strategy for the content of your online course. 

Tools and Technologies (Canvas Training Center)  Readings and Resources     Download Unit 3 Worksheet