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

Empowering Change Through Inclusive Education | Ep. 7
10/30/24
Dr. Seval Yildirim, UB's Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence, joins us on the Teaching Table podcast to tackle a pressing question: How can we foster an inclusive environment that excites and engages everyone on campus? Discover her strategies for managing change and progress in equity, diversity, justice, and inclusion as she shares her personal journey and the importance of understanding a campus's unique culture.

Past Updates

Brightspace Student Chatter
10/4/23
Overall, the Brightspace roll-out is viewed as successful. It is new for all of us, faculty, staff and students. Hear what the students have to say about the rollout and their experiences as learners in the new learning management system.
Embracing the Future Now: Instructors and Artificial Intelligence
9/20/23
Alarm bells are sounding about a new danger lurking in the halls of academia. Misunderstood and operating in the shadows, it is assumed to be drawing students into its clutches with the promise of easier, less time-consuming schoolwork. It asks us what we need and then supplies the fix. What is this menace? Artificial intelligence.
Optimizing Brightspace: Tips to Enhance Your Course
9/6/23
The transition from Blackboard to Brightspace is finally complete and the fall semester has started. As you begin teaching your courses, our learning designers have some suggestions and tips to optimize Brightspace and create an engaging course that everyone will benefit from and enjoy
Brightspace Essentials: What You Need to Know for Summer 2023
5/17/23
As the spring semester comes to a close and the summer months quickly approach, we want to provide you with essential information that will help you with the transition to Brightspace, the university's new Learning Management System (LMS), and highlight some of the exciting features that instructors and students will find helpful.
Digital Accessibility: Quick Fixes to Make Your Content Accessible (Part 2)
4/26/23
Understand how to tackle five of the top accessibility issues to help you create accessible content.
Digital Accessibility: Inclusion and Compliance (Part 1)
4/12/23
With the prevalence of digital content in our everyday lives, it’s important to understand why digital accessibility is important and how you can ensure your content is accessible.

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