Instructor Checklist - Engineering IT - Fall 2021

1. Designate Your Course Staff by Using Class Tools

• Go to https://my.engr.illinois.edu/classtools/, choose "Edit Staff."
• Use our self-service portal tool to identify TAs and co-instructors. 
• The course staff group is used for administrative permissions in the course (viewing and editing the rosters, editing web information, access to course file shares, etc.).
• For help and more information on using Class Tools, see: https://go.illinois.edu/ews-instructor-tools.

2. Confirm Your EWS Lab Reservations

• 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 at: https://my.engr.illinois.edu/excal/
• To reserve an EWS labs, please request a reservation at: http://go.illinois.edu/EWSreserve

3. Confirm the Software for Your Course

• View the list of installed software.
• If you need software installed in EWS 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. 

4. Confirm the A/V In Your Classroom

• Please visit your classroom prior to your first time teaching and familiarize yourself with the equipment.
• For more information on our supported AV spaces, please visit http://go.illinois.edu/engr-rooms.
• Additional information and instructions for rooms supporting conferencing is also available; please visit https://go.illinois.edu/engr-conferencing. 
• Please contact engrit-help@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).
• Review our offerings here.
• 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
  • Echo360 Universal Capture
• In classroom lecture and event recording:
  • Several classrooms in the Grainger College of Engineering campus are equipped for lecture and event recording.
  • For more information on lecture capture please see Presentation/Lecture Capture.
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  For assistance with any of these resources, please contact us at ews@illinois.eduor (217) 333-1313. Have a great semester!

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