CIAT supports Towson University's commitment to excellence in teaching by designing curriculum, developing learning strategies, creating course materials and implementing new technology.
Blackboard
Towson's online learning management system for fully online, hybrid and web-supported classes. Instructors can use as few or as many of the available tools as needed.
Multimedia Services
Media creation for faculty and staff for academic use. Includes video production, graphic design and poster printing.
Instructional Support Guides faculty through the process of effective course design.
Emerging Technology
Presents information and workshops from faculty innovators who are using emerging or established technologies to enhance educational experiences.
Digital Media Classroom (DMC) Offers classroom capture without obstruction to teaching and learning. A video of the class, as well as the professor's written notes and presentations, can be streamed live or archived and viewed at a later time.
WebEx Provides technical support and training for WebEx, an online web-conferencing application.
Faculty Lab Computers (4 PCs and 2 MACs) and peripherals (scanners, printers, etc.) are available for faculty use.
Workshops
Teaching@Towson Workshop Series Presentations and workshops by faculty who are using creative teaching techniques, methods and learning activities in the design of their courses.
Sloan-C OTS sponsors TU's College Pass membership to Sloan-C which gives faculty the opportunity to connect with others involved in higher education through publications, workshops and conferences. A limited number of Towson faculty members can attend two or more workshops for free. Normally, these workshops cost $350 - $500 each. All courses are offered in a fully online format and they require a time commitment over one or more weeks.
OTS Training offers a variety of self-help documents, movie tutorials and workshops (open enrollment and customized) on technology topics for faculty, staff and students.
Workshops Register for free training on a variety of topics including the Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint Designer, iPad, Mac, Section 508 Compliance, WebEx and much more.
Self-help Training Documents & Movie Tutorials Over 460 self-help documents and over 40 movie tutorials are available which guide you through different features of various software applications.
Customized & One-on-One Training OTS Training will customize your training session and bring the training to your department or offer one-hour, one-on-one training sessions on a specific topic.
Lynda.com An extensive online software training tutorial video library. This video collection is available 24/7 on such packages as Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Flash for both PC and MAC.
Service Desk
The Service Desk provides technical support and troubleshooting assistance to students experiencing problems or seeking technology advice.
Computer Lab
The Lab offers 54 PCs, 10 iMacs, and pay-for-print services, with on-site support staff.
Learning Center & Studio
Training and consultative services, multimedia collaboration, recording studio, rehearsal space, workshops and large format printing.
Camera Loan
SCS maintains a collection of digital still and
video cameras, available to students, faculty and
staff.
Serves faculty and staff through telephone, email, remote control assistance, walk-in and on-site support. Provides software and hardware service, manages the Computer Trade-Up Program and assists with the integration of all TU hardware (printers, scanners, laptop computers and smart phones).
Classroom & Computer Lab Technologies Provides design, planning and support for smart classrooms and assists colleges and departments with computer labs.
Field Services When telephone or remote-control based support is
not practical, on-site support to offices is provided by appointment.
8000 York Road | Towson, MD 21252 | 410-704-2000