Center for Innovative Learning

3D Printing for Medical Education

About the CIL Innovation lab Reserve the 3D Printer – To reserve the 3D printer, please email cil@unthsc.edu Courses Bioprinting: 3D Printing Body Parts University of Wollongon, delivered through FutureLearn. Curriculum Stratasys Introduction to 3D Printing: From Design to Fabrication. Download the curriculum guide for grading tools and more detailed information on each unit below. […]

UNTHSC Faculty Development Framework

The Faculty Development Framework for UNTHSC Educators provides a set of domains to guide practitioners in their development as educators and preceptors of healthcare learners. There are five developmental areas which aim to enable educators to develop themselves. The Center for Innovative Learning uses this framework to plan and deliver high quality faculty development. The […]

CIL Innovation Lab

The Center for Innovative Learning Innovation Lab is a shared learning and collaborative environment for the next generation of health care educators to explore the classroom application of technology enhanced learning using 3D printing, medical and educational video games & apps and Augmented/Virtual/Mediated Reality (VR/MR/AR). We serve the UNTHSC community of educators who are looking […]

Canvas Clinic

CANVAS Canvas Clinic, selected Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 PM, Register here. Canvas Clinic is a 14-session workshop dedicated to covering the main features of Canvas beginning August 2018 and running until March 2019. For each session, the CIL team will cover the basic and intermediate details of a single Canvas feature. You’ll have the opportunity to explore […]

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Blended Learning Series Registration

Selected Mondays, October 2018 – April 2019, 11:30 am – 1:00 PM, LIB 400 See session descriptions. Research has shown faculty often need assistance to move into a blended learning delivery paradigm. In this interactive series, the facilitators will guide participants in articulating their needs related to blended learning in order to identify possible ways […]

Students, faculty, and staff are getting a new studio space for videos, webcasts, distance learning and more

UNTHSC is opening up two new studio spaces for faculty, staff, and students. Faculty and staff will have access to a reservable studio space featuring a configurable design to promote the creation of high-quality educational media. Students will have access to a walk-in studio and editing room and will be able to check out additional […]

Mindomo Concept Mapping Tool

Mindomo Handout

How to Set Up a Canvas Conference

The Conferences tool in Canvas allows the instructor and students to communicate in real-time using video (via webcam), audio (via USB headset) and text (via the Chat pod). Conferences allows you to broadcast real-time audio, video, demo applications on your desktop, share presentation slides, or demo any online resources. Currently, Canvas integrates with BigBlueButton. Note: BigBlueButton […]

Blended Learning Series

Blended learning lanyard Blended Learning Faculty Development Series Selected Mondays, October 2018 – April 2019 LIB 400, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM REGISTER HERE   Research has shown faculty often need assistance to move into a blended learning delivery paradigm  In this interactive series, the facilitators will guide participants in articulating their needs related to […]

2018-2019 Teaching Excellence Seminar Series

  Coming in September, 2018. See the tentative schedule below. Teaching Excellence Seminar Series Teach for the Stars! Please see detailed information on each session here. Summary: Quality learning begins with quality teaching. This seminar series is designed to provide a brief overview of educational philosophy, and research supporting a variety of effective teaching practices […]

DxR Clinician

DxR Clinician is a web based patient simulation package that allows the student to question the patient, conduct a simulated physical examination, and order lab tests. At each step, the student can review the results and responses before making diagnostic and management choices. Find out more about DRX Clincian Here. Need an account for DxR […]

Teaching Assistant Requirements and Process at UNTHSC

In order to have a Teaching Assistant added to a course, please complete the following steps: The TA Name, course name and number, instructor and level of TA access (masters or PhD) is emailed to canvas@unthsc.edu and copied to registrar@unthsc.edu Canvas confirms the student has/has not completed TA BootCamp If not, the student must register and […]

Canvas I, II or III Training Registration

Together We…A Message from the UNTHSC System Chancellor

TOGETHER WE … A MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR February 22, 2018 UNT System Faculty & Staff: This morning at our quarterly Board of Regents meeting I discussed a unified vision for our system — inclusive of our universities. The board, our university presidents, and I are aligned in this vision. We believe in the talent […]

Using Audacity to create portable lecture podcasts

Do you wish to create portable audio lectures for your students? One tool to consider is Audacity. Audacity is a simple, free program for recording and editing audio and saving them in a small, portable format. A great place to begin to learn Audacity would be Lynda.com. Since the UNT University System recently purchased Lynda […]