Online Learning Services
We support pedagogical practices through innovative and inclusive instructional technologies that improve the online learning experience and promote student success.
Sign Up for Professional Development
OLS offers many professional development opportunities, We offer in-depth, multi-day, workshops that cover how to develop an online course, and the best practices to teach online, in addition to short sessions that cover specific technologies.
Share Your Questions
Have questions about teaching online? Need help with something in Brightspace? Join the discussion in the UA Teaching Community in Brightspace. Look for the button on your Brightspace homepage.
Schedule an Appointment
Need additional help or, do you have a question that involves student information? OLS staff are available to assist during normal UA business hours. Schedule a virtual appointment with one of our Instructional Designers or Multimedia Producers.
Online Course Development
- Developing an Online Course
- Sample Course and Syllabus Template
- Quality Matters (QM)
- UAkron Online Promise
UA Logins
- Brightspace
- Brightspace [local]
- Panopto
- Qualtrics
Instructional Technologies
- Brightspace (Learning Management System)
- Brightspace ePortfolios
- H5P (Interactive Activities)
- Learning Glass
- Microsoft Teams
- Panopto (Lecture Capture)
- Respondus Monitor and LockDown Browser
- Respondus (Test Generator) [pdf]
- Top Hat
- Video Production
