UCATT Impact Report 2025

University Center for Assessment, Teaching & Technology Impact Report AY 2024/25

STUDENT FOCUSED FACULTY DRIVEN

Thank you both so much for your time, guidance, and for always creating a learning environment that is not only incredibly supportive but also feels like a truly safe space to grow and thrive within higher education.

WAC Faculty Fellow Program

The care and the intent and the clarity and the patience and the passion was really inspirational... I'm excited to take back with me, all of the tools.

Adobe Digital Literacy Institute Participant

MESSAGE FROM UCATT Three years after the Offices of Digital Learning and Instruction & Assessment came together, this has been our strongest year yet.

Through steady collaboration, we expanded initiatives, welcomed new colleagues and programs, and strengthened our ability to support instructors and students across campus.

This growth reflects the dedication and expertise of our entire team. We look ahead with confidence, knowing we are well positioned to continue advancing teaching, learning, and student success.

LISA ELFRING

MELODY BUCKNER

Vice Provost, Assessment, Teaching, and Technology

Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives

In March 2025, we held the inaugural Teaching Exchange Symposium to foster collaboration among educators and instructional support staff across campus.

This inspiring and playful event created a space for the teaching

TEACHING EXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM

community to connect and share ideas.

Recipe Card

CULTIVATE A LEARNING COMMUNITY! For in-person or asynchronous online.

Ingredients: 1. Establish that everyone — including you — is a learner.

We all learn from each other.

2. Practice & model cultural humility.

3. Design & implement activities where everyone has an opportunity to ENGAGE each other and the learning.

4. Keep modeling safety and trust.

5. Give feedback.

6. Repeat!

By Meg Chandler

Our model—balancing

Supporting Instructors Every Day

responsive help with instructor skill development—led to outstanding outcomes.

A positive growth trend across our

DIRECT-SUPPORT

metrics demonstrates our strategic impact

INTERACTIONS

adaptability to meet the needs of the university.

650K

Instructor visits to Instructional Technology Help Center

Ensuring immediate problem resolution

1,713 ONE-ON-ONE

CONSULTATIONS

Ensured immediate solutions while building long-term instructor capacity

IMPACT

Driving Teaching & Learning Forward

3 MILLION

Platform user interactions supporting daily teaching and learning

153 CONTINUOUS 42 WEBINARS DELIVERED IMPROVEMENT COURSES

946 TOTAL ATTENDEES

Fueling Creativity & Innovation

UCATT is shaping what comes next by

1,162

Adobe workshop attendees across 82 workshops

167% Jump in Express workshop attendance

Expanding Our Reach

120,181 NEWSLETTER OPENS 208,737 EMAILS SENT 44,521 WEBSITE USERS

technology with human connection to strengthen teaching and student success.

BY THE NUMBERS

965 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROJECTS COMPLETED 1,129 VIDEOS DELIVERED

combining AI and

In partnership with colleges, we’re expanding creative capabilities across campus to provide handson digital experiences for students and instructors alike.

AUGMENTED REALITY MURAL AT LUNDGREN EXPANDING INNOVATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS We launched the Digital Maker Space in the Lundgren Consumer Sciences Lab designed to empower students as active creators, building digital literacy and preparing them for modern careers.

Interactive mural by Jenn Liv, the first of its kind on campus.

JENN LIV

is an award-winning Chinese Canadian-

American illustrator and a full-time assistant professor at the University of Arizona, School of Art in the Illustration, Design and Animation program.

She has illustrated for notable clients including All Nippon Airways, Microsoft, Google, Cadillac, AirBnB, The New York Times, and many more.

She is also the recipient of The Society of Illustrators 66 Silver Medal in the Advertising category.

[…] we are fortunate that these UCATT Digital Makerspaces were in place already to accommodate U of A innovation laboratories […]

This year UCATT expanded our portfolio, welcoming four

FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES

established units and initiatives that broaden our impact on teaching

A YEAR OF GROWTH

and learning.

CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOMS & LEARNING ASSISTANTS

WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

CENTER FOR THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH, TEACHING, & LEARNING

UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ASSESSMENT, TEACHING, & TECHNOLOGY

Fulbright US Scholar and International Administrator, Awarded January 2025, Completed March 2025

LISA ELFRING Henry and Phyllis Koffler Award for Teaching Excellence, Awarded, University of Arizona, Fall 2024

ERIN GALYEN Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award, Awarded, Graduate College, Fall 2024

ACCOLADES

MELODY BUCKNER

WORK WITH UCATT

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