Helping students practice conversation skills is one of the most challenging aspects of our foreign language classes! Your students may not get enough 1:1 time with you, they may not…
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AI as my Copilot – Improved ALT-text
Published: May 3, 2024Creating accessible web-based content is important for everyone , whether we’re creating public-facing web pages or uploading instructional content. A fundamental aspect of web accessibility involves providing ALT-text for images…
Read MoreSmall Bytes Workshops return for Spring!
Published: March 22, 2023The Small Bytes workshop series returns in the spring of 2023! We look to introduce a new instructional or research tool (or topic) on a weekly basis. These are not…
Read MoreLearn Bruin Learn!
Published: November 24, 2021Since early Fall Quarter 2021, UCLA has been transitioning online teaching and learning content from CCLE to its its new home on Bruin Learn (built on Canvas). Canvas has become…
Read MoreUsing Forums for Group Work or Peer Review
Published: March 17, 2021By now, many UCLA instructors have discovered the native Forum tool in CCLE to engage with students and create a space for discussion. But did you know that you can…
Read MoreExtended Reality (XR) Series (2/4): Exploring the Impact of VR in Higher Education with Francesca Albrezzi
Published: January 2, 2020Written by Megan Reusche As part two of four in our XR series, this article focuses on the use of virtual reality (VR) in higher education. Insights and commentary regarding…
Read MoreGoing Serverless with the UCLA Writing Center’s Scheduling App
Published: October 23, 2019In Fall 2017, UCLA Humanities Technology was faced with needing to undertake a major PHP version upgrade of a locally hosted, custom application that provides web-based 24/7 scheduling for thousands…
Read MoreEmbed WI+RE Workshops in your Course Site
Published: September 28, 2019Writing Instruction and Research Education, known as WI+RE, is a community at UCLA that fosters student success in their writing and research projects. UCLA’s WI+RE team has developed 7 online…
Read MoreGrading on the Go: Setting up Turnitin Offline
Published: April 9, 2019It’s typical at the end of every term. While our students go off to celebrate the end of classes, final exams, and projects, we get busy marathon-grading away and trying…
Read MoreHow to make your next academic presentation a tech success
Published: February 5, 2019Written by Megan Reusche You’ve completed your study, you’ve written your research paper and now it’s time to present your work to your fellow colleagues and classmates. Whether you’re looking…
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