Instructor Checklist - Engineering IT - Spring 2021

1. Designate your course staff at https://my.engr.illinois.edu/classtools/ (under “Edit staff”)

• Use our self-service web tool to identify TAs and co-instructors. Enabling course staff here grants them access to all Engineering IT class administration functions (course file space, web hosting, adjusting class groups, etc.)
  
  
• For help and more information on using Class Tools, see here: https://go.illinois.edu/ews-instructor-tools.
  
  

2. Review Recommended Teaching Resources and Tools

3. Confirm your EWS lab reservations are scheduled - please note our computer labs are limited to 15 - 30% of their normal capacity due to COVID-19

• If your course uses EWS labs for instruction, please confirm these reservations are present on our calendars. Be sure to check for recurring or one-time events.
  
  
• View the calendar here: https://my.engr.illinois.edu/excal/
  
  
• If you wish to reserve the labs, please request a reservation through our web form, available at: http://go.illinois.edu/EWSreserve
  
  

4. Confirm the software for your course is accessible and the A/V in the classrooms meets your needs.

• Click here to view the list of installed software. If you need software installed in the labs or remote access environments, please submit a software request at http://go.illinois.edu/EWSsoftware. Complications relating to licensing, purchasing, and installation may cause delays, so please submit requests as early as possible. 
  
  
• For more information on our supported AV spaces, please visit http://go.illinois.edu/engr-rooms. Please contact engrit-av@illinois.edu for AV questions.
  
  

5. Review course website hosting options.

• Engineering IT offers several different web hosting options/platforms for courses (including HTML file hosting, wikis, and course management systems). Please review our offerings by clicking here
  
  
• Even if you host your course website on another site, we recommend that you register its URL with us to make the http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ site redirect.
  
  

6. Review Lecture recording options.

• Do-it-yourself software-based lecture recording: Kaltura Personal Capture for Mediaspace and Echo360 Universal Capture
  
  
• Several classrooms around the Engineering campus are equipped for lecture and event recording. Please review our offerings by clicking here.