UB’s Graduate School of Education has partnered with GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center of Buffalo to provide UB students with in-classroom experience teaching students with disabilities. UB students were photographed at the center working with clients in July 2021. GSE professor Claire Cameron is working with the program.

CATT News & Updates

Featuring teaching tips and stories highlighting teaching and assessment innovations happening around UB.

Latest News & Updates

Introducing the Lumen Circles Fellowships on AI and Prompt Development
11/19/24
Are you looking to learn more about AI and how to incorporate it into your teaching? SUNY is partnering with Lumen to provide free access to the Lumen Circle Fellowship Program.
Our Office is Moving: What You Need to Know
9/30/24
We are excited to announce that CATT will be relocating from Norton Hall on North Campus to the UB Gateway Building, located at 77 Goodell Street in downtown Buffalo. This move will take place in four phases, and while our physical location is changing, our commitment to supporting instructors remains stronger than ever.

Latest Podcast Episode

Engaging Today’s Learners: Building Skills, Trust, and Success | Ep. 8
12/17/24
Unlock effective teaching strategies that resonate with today’s students in a post-pandemic world. Kathleen D'Alfonso, adjunct instructor in UB’s Educational Opportunity Program, shares innovative techniques for creating accessible, engaging learning experiences—like daily planners, color-coded assignments, and personalized communication.

Past Updates

Generative AI Survey for UB Instructors
9/12/24
As the integration of artificial intelligence in education continues to evolve, we are seeking the input of instructors at UB to better understand how these tools are being utilized.
Introducing the Instructional Innovation and Transformation Team
9/3/24
The Office of Curriculum, Assessment, and Teaching Transformation (CATT) is excited to announce the launch of our Instructional Innovation and Transformation team. This new initiative, led by Dr. Mara Huber, represents a significant step forward in our ongoing commitment to advancing teaching and learning at UB.
Debunking Course Evaluation Myths for Instructors at UB
5/8/24
As the close of the academic year arrives and students complete their coursework, we turn our attention to the importance of end-of-semester evaluation. Course evaluations often carry misconceptions that can influence both teaching and administrative practices. In this blog post, we unravel several prevalent myths about course evaluations, providing insights that can help instructors better understand and utilize this feedback mechanism effectively.
Preparing Grades for HUB
4/10/24
If you have been entering your grades in HUB for a while, you are likely familiar with the classic options of either manually entering every grade for your students - a tedious process especially if you have a larger class, or uploading a spreadsheet with all the final grades for your students. HUB has recently been updated to allow for a new way to upload grades. This blog will guide you on how to export your final grades to import via the New Way in HUB.
Leveraging Course Evaluations for Continuous Improvement
3/27/24
Course evaluations often get a bad rap in the teaching world. The benefit of course evaluations is in their timely and frequent review of the data each semester. Reviewing the information more regularly shows your consideration and respect for students and their success, as well as your own.
Turnitin in UB Learns
2/21/24
UB Learns has a third party plagiarism tool called Turntitin (TII). This tool allows instructors to choose whether to run student submissions through a program that checks for plagiarism, checks for AI-generated work, and can be used to provide feedback to students.

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