Week Zero Schedule of Events
Welcome to Week Zero!
Friday, August 14
"Chattanooga as Classroom" Bus Tour
The third annual faculty bus tour will explore the educational possibilities of Chattanooga to encourage incorporating our place in the UTC classroom. Speakers and locations will address the history and future of Chattanooga and how other faculty have leveraged place and community in their teaching. Both new and returning faculty are invited to register below. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Seating is limited to 50.
Chattanooga as Classroom Faculty Bus Tour - Friday, August 14
Monday, August 17
Tuesday, August 18
Coffee Before Full-Faculty Meeting
We will provide coffee at 9:30am in the UC before the Full Faculty Meeting begins at 10am. Please come have a cup on us!
No registration required!
Wednesday, August 19
Learning Technologies Fair
Explore the learning technologies available on campus and discover how they can support student engagement, assessment, and multimedia learning. Each session is 45-minutes in length and offered on Zoom.
Getting Started with Yuja Verity: Our New Online Proctoring Tool
9:00 am - Register
2:00 pm - Register
Engaging Students with iClicker Cloud
10:00 am - Register
1:00 pm - Register
Video Tools for Teaching: Canvas Studio and Kaltura
Thursday, August 20
Teaching and Learning with AI
Discover practical ways to integrate generative AI into your teaching. Today’s sessions will help you establish clear expectations for AI use in your courses, explore assignment design strategies that thoughtfully incorporate—or limit—generative AI, and learn practical workflows from faculty who are using AI to make teaching more efficient. Each session is 45 minutes in length and offered on Zoom.
Crafting an Acceptable Use Policy for Your Course
9:00 am - Register
Assignment Design for (and against) Generative AI
10:00 am - Register
Teaching Smarter with AI: Faculty Roundtable
11:00 am - Register
Friday, August 21
Library Tour and Lunch
We’ll wrap up our week by partnering with the Library to offer meet-and-greet lunch for faculty to get to know Walker Center and Library faculty and staff, followed by a tour of the library’s many services and resources.
Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Tour - 1:30 pm
WCTL Support for You
WCTL Support Hours
The Walker Center is always here to help you get your new semester started off right! Feel free to call, email, or drop by our office during our normal business hours of 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.
[email protected]
423-425-4188
UTC Library, Room 433