Digital Teaching Team of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Table of contents

1. 1. Range of Services
   2. Classroom Equipment for Digital Teaching
   3. Tools and Use Cases
   4. Digital Exams
   5. Accessibility
   6. Funding Opportunities for Your Project
   7. Continuing Education Programs at TU Dresden
   8. Contact
   9. Link Collection

Range of Services

The Digital Teaching Team supports you with a wide range of issues related to digital formats in teaching:

• Pedagogical guidance on creating digital teaching materials
• Support with technical implementation, e.g., for recordings and live streams
• Planning of digital and hybrid (instructional) courses
• Advice on using existing tools
• Collaboration on faculty-specific issues

Please feel free to contact us with any other inquiries—we’ll find a solution that works for you.

For general and administrative inquiries regarding the OPAL learning platform, please also contact E-Learning Support.

Of particular interest to new instructors: The Digital Teaching teams have put together a comprehensive onboarding page to help new instructors get started and address various questions. Feel free to take a look!

Classroom Equipment for Digital Teaching

There are classrooms at TU Dresden that are already equipped for hybrid or digital teaching. Check the overview to see if, for example, automated recording of your course, the use of a throw microphone, or the integration of video conferencing is possible.

For specific inquiries, please contact our colleagues at ZIH or Unit 8.7 directly:

• For borrowing (media) equipment :
• for automated lecture recordings:
• for necessary repairs to classroom technology or media technology training for classrooms:

Tools and Use Cases

What methods can support self-directed learning? How can digital tools be used for this purpose? A toolkit has been developed to support instructors, providing suggestions and examples. The explanatory video demonstrates how to use the toolkit.

Digital Exams

Are you planning to conduct your exam digitally? Please follow the central guidelines from TU Dresden. If you have any questions or encounter problems during implementation, please feel free to contact us.

Guidelines on Framework Conditions and Implementation (Intranet)
Recording: “Minimizing Attempts at Cheating” in Digital Exams as part of the E-Learning@TUD online workshop series

Accessibility

Digital accessibility plays a particularly important role when providing digital materials. You can ensure equal participation by implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council. TU Dresden currently offers numerous support services (https://tud.link/xnuzum) to help create new materials that are accessible and to check existing materials for accessibility.

Guidelines for Creating Accessible Materials and Support Services (Intranet)
Guidelines for creating accessible documents in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and Adobe InDesign from the AG SBS

Funding Opportunities for Your Project

We support you with all kinds of digital teaching projects—however, we must distribute our resources fairly among all interested parties. You can find a selection of additional funding opportunities at the links below.

Additional Funding Opportunities:

• Digital Learning and Teaching Fund
• "E-Learning Gem" Award
• Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education Teaching
• Special Funding for Inclusion

Continuing Education Programs at TU Dresden

The Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, in particular, offers helpful workshops on various topics for both beginners and advanced learners. Workshops cover topics such as the use of existing tools in digital teaching, everything related to digital exams, and higher education pedagogy. In addition, the Center for Continuing Education offers interesting continuing education programs.

• OPAL and ONYX User Training
• Creating ONYX Exams
• Continuing Education Programs Offered by CODIP
• General Higher Education Pedagogy
• Programs Offered by the Center for Continuing Education

Contact

If you have any questions about digital teaching, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Link Collection

Here we’ve compiled a collection of up-to-date links from the world of digital teaching at TU Dresden , curated specifically for you. You’ll also find the latest information on AI guidelines and related notices here. We update and expand this list regularly. Feel free to browse through it!