Amathuba training, webinars and related updates

Dear colleagues and students  

All University of Cape Town (UCT) first-year courses will be launched on Amathuba from Semester 1 in 2023. The Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching (CILT) is hosting training for staff and students to familiarise themselves with the different tools and functionalities available on the new learning platform. Guided training sessions have already begun for teaching staff and course administrators whose courses will be on Amathuba from next year. 

• Find out more about the guided training options and visit the Amathuba training page to sign up.

Additional training formats will be available for teaching teams, including general Amathuba webinars and Amathuba-orientated Design Studio course.

As part of CILT’s suite of Amathuba training, guided training sessions for faculty administrators who own academic student support sites started this month. CILT will also be releasing more Amathuba training guides and videos for administrators of on-campus student services and support, including student housing, societies and sports clubs.

• View the Amathuba ‘Getting Started Guide’ and external tool guides available on the CILT staff resources webpage.
• Watch a virtual tour of an Amathuba course site navigating you through how the platform can support face-to-face teaching and learning at UCT.
• Book a quick 15-minute tour with a CILT staff member to take you through the functionality of an Amathuba course site

UCT Zoom users with paid licenses 

From November 2022, UCT Zoom licences will no longer be subsidised by the university. Teaching staff who hold educational plan licenses can either retain them at their own expense, at an annual cost of R350, or downgrade to the basic plan, which is a free license. Microsoft Teams is now UCT’s preferred virtual classroom solution, providing a wider range of features, and is well integrated with Amathuba.

• Read an article on a comparison between the Zoom educational plan and basic plan and what to do if you want to renew your license.

Sincerely

Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching

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• From the UCT Executive
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