Reminders

• Resources for new COH faculty: Faculty onboarding and COH syllabus checklist

• Learn about Blackboard Ultra at UAA. Make a plan to update your courses to Blackboard Ultra. Check out my Blackboard Ultra Getting Started document.

• eWolf ePortfolio support:  Go to UAA Digication then click the "Help with eWolf" eportfolio Click "For Instructors" to see the New in 2025 video.  Informational videos for Faculty and Students can be found on UA MediaSpace (Kaltura).  For technical support with ePortfolio for teaching or P&T, contact the Instructional Media Studio at uaa_instructionalmedia@alaska.edu or book a session on the Media Studio appointment calendar. For support with the requirements for P&T portfolios, contact Faculty Success at uaa_facultysuccess@alaska.edu.

• UAOnline continues to be updated: visit the UAOnline Updates site for information and instructions.

• If you have weird issues in Chrome or Firefox clear your browser cache (Chrome and Firefox)!

• Read about file storage options at UAA. This article will walk you through how to Free up Storage Space Google Workspace. 

• Review these University of Alaska Artificial Intelligence resources, then scroll down this page for more AI resources

• • Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) at UA 

  • Generative AI Security Standard | Office of Information Technology 

• UAA's Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) policy requires faculty to clearly explain how RSI is met within each online "no set time" course. Your syllabus should clearly state that the course has no set meeting times and explain how you will provide regular and substantive interaction with students. Go to the RSI page of this site for examples and to learn more.

• Want to use Honorlock for remote proctoring?  Faculty must register each semester to use Honorlock. If you have any questions about remote proctoring or need help with Honorlock, email uaa_design@alaska.edu.

• Take advantage of our amazing resources and staff at the UAA/APU Consortium Library. See their Services for Faculty & Staff page and reach out. 

Accessibility Training and Tools

• Register for Accessibility Afternoons with UAA's Faculty Success 

• Course content in Blackboard must be accessible. How do you know if content is accessible?  Use accessibility checker tools like Foxit, Word, PowerPoint, and Ally to help you determine if content is accessible. Note that Ally Accessibility Course Reports have been turned on in Blackboard. (To find the Ally Course Report: Go to your Ultra course, click Books and Tools, Accessibility Report or  in your Original course, click Course Tools, Accessibility Report. ) Some content needs to be checked manually (see the COH Accessibility Checklist). Bottom line: Make sure that there is more than one way to get the information (e.g., podcast with transcript, text and color to identify stop/go, image with description).

• Kaltura is UA's media server. I recommend uploading the videos you make to Kaltura to make them accessible. Remember that your Zoom recordings automatically go into your Kaltura account. Access Kaltura from Blackboard Tools (UAA Kaltura Browse, Search, Embed) or UA Mediaspace. Learn more: Kaltura at UAA and Creating Videos.

• UA Grackle Docs is used to check accessibility of Google Docs, Slides, etc. See Accessibility @ UAA: Grackle Docs (video). 

UAA Key Teaching Resources

• Academic Catalog

• Other UAA Academic Policies

• Curriculum (find your official course student learning outcomes)

• COH Syllabus Checklist incorporates the official UAA Syllabus guidance with additional recommendations for creating an effective course syllabus

• College of Health Faculty Onboarding Checklist and Staff Onboarding Checklist can be found on the COH Intranet