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First Things to Know About Educational Technology
Resources at UC Davis
A To-Do List for New or Returning Instructors
- Meet your department technical support person (TSC): To find
your TSC’s contact info, visit http://tsp.ucdavis.edu/.
- Get to know the course management tools in MyUCDavis, the
campus’ Web portal. You can create online quizzes, build
a course Web site using an easy template, create your own glo
ssary, construct a course gradebook, and much more. To try it
out, visit http://my.ucdavis.edu,
and look for the course management tutorials located on the log-in
page.
- See what projects are possible in educational technology
with Mediaworks, the campus educational technology and digital
media center. Visit their online gallery at http://mediaworks.ucdavis.edu/.
- Read the UC-wide online journal about educational technology,
the Teaching, Learning and technology Center (TLtC) at http://uctltc.org/.
- Apply to be an ET Partner. The Educational Technology Partners
program (ET Partners) pairs you with a technology-trained student
for an entire quarter to work on educational technology projects
and the specific technology goals that you determine. Visit http://etpartners.ucdavis.edu/.
- Attend free seminars on using technology in your classroom
at the Teaching Resources Center and the Arbor. For a schedule
of the year-round seminars, visit their Web sites at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/ and http://arbor.ucdavis.edu/.
- Communicate with like-minded colleagues and stay up to date
about current tech events by joining FIAT, an email Forum on
Instructional Applications of Technology. For instructions on
joining, visit http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/technology/fiat.html.
- Find out about Teaching Grants and Fellowships to fund your
educational technology projects. Visit http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/grants.html.
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