The UC Blue Ash College Online Teaching Community is managed by the UCBA Learning+ Teaching Center. Included in these pages, you will find resources to help you navigate various UC technologies. Additionally, faculty will find resources related to creating syllabi, addressing academic dishonesty, and creating well-designed, accessible Canvas courses. If you would like the UCBA Online Teaching Community added to your Canvas Dashboard for quick access, please fill out this form.

Basic Standards Checklist for Courses

Use this checklist to assess whether your course includes components that will help students succeed.

Excellence Online @UC Course Quality Standards

This document is meant to define best practices for the design of courses that will be taught in an online capacity at UC. It was endorsed by Faculty Senate in February 2022. It is not a policy, but should be given strong consideration when designing online courses.

Find Workshops

The UC Blue Ash Learning+ Teaching Center (L+TC), UC Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CET&L), and the Faculty Enrichment Center (FEC) all host workshops on different aspects of learning and teaching and various technologies. You can find live and recorded sessions in these locations:

Canvas

Video Tools

Kaltura
Zoom
Teams
Webex was discontinued as a UC tool after Spring Semester 2022
Breakout Rooms in Zoom and Teams

Online Tools

Syllabus Language

Getting Help

IT@UC: (513) 556-HELP (4357) or (866) 397-3382
IT@UC Service Portal for Online Help Requests
UC Knowledge Base
Canvas Support - Click Help (?) on the left Canvas menu
L+TC Prerecorded Training Videos (click L+TC link under the UCBA banner)
CET&L Prerecorded Training Videos

To create an IT@UC service request for an issue

Go to: https://ituc.service-now.com
Login using your UC credentials.
Click Report Incident
You should use this reporting feature any time you are having an issue with a UC technology tool (Canvas, Zoom, Teams, Kaltura, etc.)