Teaching Resources

Items for Action

1. Be on guard against "Zoombombing." Follow the Zoom Security guidelines below.

2. Make accommodations for students facing extra challenges because of COVID-19.

   - Online instruction may require additional accommodations for students with disabilities to ensure their equitable access.
   - Faculty with students in the military in their classes need to be familiar with the University’s policy on military absences and policy on withdrawal for military service. Students who are veterans may be deployed and require accommodations. Learn more here.
   - Many students are coping with extra challenges at home or in their mental health. Learn more here. 

General Resources

• The College's Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science (TIDES) has assembled resources and a list of contact people in CNS who can support faculty teaching online.
• TIDES has a checklist for faculty teaching online courses.
• The Provost's Office has assembled a good comprehensive FAQ for faculty: https://covid.provost.utexas.edu/
• The Faculty Innovation Center has several resources for faculty for online courses and resources for grad student instructors and TAs. 
• Other colleges also are maintaining helpful guides, such as this frequently updated Box document created by the Moody College has new information highlighted regularly up top: 

Zoom and Panopto

• Access Zoom at UT: https://utexas.zoom.us 
• Read "How to Use Zoom to Hold Class and/or Office Hours" by MBS Professor Janice Fischer.
• View short, recorded webinars from Zoom support.  
• Learn about teaching synchronously with Zoom. 
• See a Panopto how-to from the iSchool. 
• Provide a first-run Zoom checklist for students.

Zoom Security 

• Ensure you are using the utexas.zoom.us domain (https://utexas.zoom.us/) for your Zoom calls to take advantage of increased security measures. 
• Do not publish your Zoom meeting links in public forums such as Twitter. Share your links through more secure means such as email, calendar invites, and closed groups.
• Review the entire list of Zoom security features for both private and public events, including generating a unique meeting ID, requiring a password, muting video and audio of participants, and enabling waiting rooms. 
• Anyone using free Zoom accounts (not Zoom at UT) will find Zoom made recent changes. The Waiting Room feature is enabled, and, on all personal meetings, additional password settings are required.
  

Summer Instruction

In support of students and to ensure they remain on track to degree completion, UT is lowering undergraduate summer tuition to 50 of the tuition rates for fall and spring semester courses for Texas in-state resident undergraduates. Out of state undergraduates must by statute pay higher rates; graduate students will continue at the traditional rate of 85 percent. Other details:

• There will be 25 additional summer courses that will include 2,000 seats beyond UT's usual capacity. Registration will begin April 27.

• UT will return to regular university grading for the summer 2020 term.

• Summer orientation sessions for new students have moved online.

Fall Instruction

Monday, April 27 is when students will register for summer and fall courses. The University will make decisions in late June about how to mitigate various risks this fall. Planning for contingencies and developing a plan to deliver courses requires knowing which classes students are registering for. Students can find information about registration processes at Texas One Stop.