The Office of Instructional Innovation partners with instructors in the College of Education to create high-quality learning experiences that benefit all students. To accomplish this goal, we provide instructional design consulting, advise on teaching techniques, help select appropriate educational technologies, and develop clear and engaging learning resources.
Whether you’re new to college teaching or an experienced faculty member, we want you to be successful. We invite you to work with us for all your teaching and educational technology needs by emailing oi2@utexas.edu.
Services Offered
- Consulting on course design, course redesign, and academic program development, including face-to-face, online, and hybrid learning scenarios
- Design, implementation, and support for social and experiential learning
- Development of meaningful student learning assessments and assignments
- Production of digital course resources, including multimedia and interactive content presentation
- Design and development of custom learning tools
- Facilitation of professional learning for faculty, including online resources, communities of practice, and technology workshops
- Support for digital literacy assessment and instruction across the college
- Responsive support on the use of Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, Qualtrics, Poll Everywhere, and other educational technology resources
Research Corner
Welcome to the OI2 Research Corner! A space for translating research into practice. Stop by every Monday to find new information about how you can implement evidence-based practice into your teaching. Have any curiosities or suggestions for future topics? Email us your thoughts: oi2@utexas.edu.
- Fostering Undergraduate Innovation
- Instructional Design for Multimedia Learning
- Instructional Design Principles for In-Person and Video-Based Learning
- Using Productive Failure to Drive Instruction
- Instruction Then Problem-Solving, or Vice Versa?
- In-Person, Online Discussion: The Best of Both Learning Worlds?
- Incorporating Retrieval Practice in Your Course
- Teamwork Feedback via Reflective Journals
- Incorporating Peer Feedback and Exemplar Analysis
- Developing Student Feedback Literacy
- Theoretical Framework for Instructor Feedback Literacy
- Flipped Learning Part 3: Qualitative Considerations
- Flipped Learning Part 2: Quantitative Rationale
- Flipped Learning Part 1: What Is It?
- Conducting Mid-Semester Feedback Using Canvas or Poll Everywhere
- Mid-Semester Feedback
Quick Tips for Teaching
Professional Development Opportunities
Teaching with Technology
We have curated the following collection of tutorials to help you become productive with tools such as Canvas, Zoom, and Panopto.
- Canvas: a learning management system used by faculty and students to access and manage online learning materials and communications.
- Zoom: an easy, reliable cloud platform for video conferencing, webinars, and classes.
- Panopto: a video platform that allows faculty to record and share videos within and outside of Canvas.
Resources

Panopto
- Upload media to Panopto
- Record a video using Panopto for Windows
- Record a video using Panopto for Mac
- Trim a Panopto video
- Make an interactive Panopto video
- Add auto captioning in Panopto
- Embed a Panopto video in a Canvas course
- Create a Panopto video assignment in Canvas
- Use a Panopto quiz as a Canvas assignment
We also have developed two tools that extend the capabilities of Canvas to create new opportunities for learning.

OI2 Canvas Tool: Journal

OI2 Canvas Tool: Chat
About Us

Lucas Horton, Director

Karen French, Associate Director
