Office of Instruction and Assessment

Once again the OIA will offer a day of seminars on a variety of topics geared towards faculty and all who teach on the UofA campus.

The seminars take place on Thursday January 6, 2011 starting at 9am and running into the afternoon.  The 7 seminars that are offered cover topics such as online instruction, the difference between face to face and online teaching, engaging students in the classroom, classroom feedback and cooperative learning.

The following is the schedule, check back soon for our online registration and more information about the seminars.

What: Academic Integrity in an Electronic World: Student Cheating and Plagiarism

What: SafeZONE Training

Mary Graham is a Librarian at the Arizona State Museum, but she is also a yoga teacher. She has been doing yoga for 15 years and is working toward her certification. For the Art Libraries Society of North America: Western Regional Chapter's virtual regional conference, Nov. 4, 2010, she decided to create some short videos on doing yoga at work.

Our web development team is excited to see these new statistics on web browser trends and versions.

The University of Arizona is proud of its reputation as a big university with outstanding teaching faculty. The Great Courses Great Faculty playlist on Arizona Youtube gives you the chance to see why UA students rave about their courses and teachers.

Currently featured on the site are:

Welcome New Faculty!

Luis Carlos Romero-Davis, OIA Multimedia Solutions, was named Man of the Year in the Southern Arizona 2010 class of Arizona Daily Star 40 Under 40.  Luis Carlos is best known for his award winning documentary "389 Miles: Living the Border." 

For Family weekend, October 8 and 9, OIA and partners will provide family's with the opportunity to learn more about what the educational experience is like for students today.

The Offices of Instruction and Assessment, Student Computing Resources, and the University Libraries offer families the opportunity to experience what it is like to be a student at the University of Arizona in 2010.

Family's will be able to:

The use of D2L has grown steadily since its adoption in Fall, 2005. This growth has resulted in a tremendous increase in the amount of data being stored within the D2L system resulting in an immense need for additional storage. Therefore, UITS and Office of Instruction and Assessment (OIA) staff have collaborated in creating a D2L Archive and Purge Plan. The goal is to archive or purge course materials older than two years from the main D2L system to optimize D2L performance.