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Latest events, announcements, multimedia, and professional development from the UChicago Language Center
Assessment webinar: Recording and materials
Here are the recording and materials for Ahmet Dursun's presentation titled "Remote Assesment of Language Use and Knowledge." Recording, hosted on Zoom Slides Rubric templates Some more follow-up materials: Polling during class sessions: https://www.polleverywhere.com...
Update regarding UChicago Zoom accounts
By this point, if you are teaching this Spring you should have received an email from IT Services about your Zoom account. At present, you will use your CNET and password to log in to Zoom, and there are three different ways you can log in: Going to...
Zoom Webinar – Recording and materials
Thank you to the 90+ participants who were able to attend the webinar live. A recording of the webinar can be found at https://youtu.be/EkjBU8Fu0VA, and embedded below. The video may still be processing, and we are working to add/improve the quality of the captions as...
‘Instructional Continuity’ and Remote Teaching Resources
One bright spot in these chaotic times has been the amazing response by the instructional technology community. Below are some resources to help with the transition. If you have more, please send them to nswinehart[at]uchicago.edu. I will add new resources to the top...
Going online–in a hurry
Ready or not, online teaching has arrived at UChicago. Here we will cover two topics regarding UChicago going online for Spring 2020: 1) how to prioritize your online transition, and 2) how the Language Center is helping with the transition. Please also note that here...
LPII Course Development Example – Materials and Tasks
In this post, we'll share an exemplary model of the type of materials and tasks created through Language Pedagogy Innovation Initiative (LPII), facilitated by the UChicago Language Center and funded by the College. After helping developed an Advanced Language...
New Printer in CLC
Exciting news from the CLC! The Language Center has replaced our old Toshiba color copier with a new Canon color copier. The new machine is in the same space near Cathy’s office as the one it replaces and uses the same PaperCut system as before. However, there have...
Spring Workshop Series
Join us throughout Spring Quarter for an exciting series of workshops led by UChicago's language instructors and Language Center staff. TalkAbroad: Online Speaking Practice with Native Speakers - Diana Palenzuela (Spanish) Wednesday, April 17, 3:30-4:30 in Cobb...
Renovations to Cobb Classrooms
Most large classrooms in Cobb Lecture Hall were renovated over the summer of 2018 with more modern, higher quality AV equipment. Some features: Projectors: large rooms received new laser projectors, with a sharper image and a quicker start-up time TV monitors: bigger...
Uploading files to shared folders on Box
What is Box?? 'Box' is a cloud storage service, similar to Google Drive or Dropbox. The University of Chicago has a site license with Box, so that you have free unlimited storage when you log in with your CNET-ID. There are many useful things you can do with Box, and...