Help and Frequently Asked Questions

There will be a $50 fee for registration for the fully online conference. The registration fee will be waived for faculty and staff from our Gold-Level institutional sponsors, Planning Committee members, presenters, and volunteers. Students can register for one or both days for $25.

Interested in being a 2024 Conference Volunteer? We love our volunteers who make FTTC so great! We are always looking for session conveners, help desk support, proofreaders, caption editors, etc. Students, this can be a great way to learn the behind-the-scenes of a virtual conference! Email fttc@umsl.edu if you are interested in helping out and attending for free. 

We do not have fee waivers or complimentary registrations available this year. The fee is waived automatically for faculty and staff participants from our Gold-level institutional sponsors, Planning Committee members, presenters, and volunteers. 

Interested in being a 2024 Conference Volunteer? We love our volunteers who make FTTC so great! We are always looking for session conveners, help desk support, proofreaders, caption editing, etc. Students, this can be a great way to learn the behind-the-scenes of a virtual conference! Email fttc@umsl.edu if you are interested in helping out and attending for free. 

FTTC 2024 registration opens on July 1, 2024. After this date, you will find the registration link active on our Registration Page.

Want to be sure to get registration and other important conference updates? Sign up for our mailing list!

You can cancel or change any registration date(s) up to September 1st. Just email fttc@umsl.edu and we can cancel your current registration and refund your fee. You can then re-register with your corrected registration options. 

For more minor registration changes (e.g. change a name or email) that do not impact the fee paid, just email fttc@umsl.edu and we will be glad to update your registration information.

There are no registration refunds after September 1, 2024.

Check your junk/SPAM mail. If you don’t find the conference confirmation email there, reach out to us at fttc@umsl.edu and we’ll be glad to forward relevant information and make sure we have your email address correct for future correspondence. We will do our best to respond within 24 hours. During conference hours (8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Central Time), stop by our Zoom Reception and Help Desk.

We are not able to issue continuing education credits. We will be collecting Zoom participation logs during online sessions.  If your name is clearly identifiable on your Zoom account, we will note you in our records as having attended the conference. We can create an attendance certificate upon request. Email fttc@umsl.edu after the conference to request a certificate of attendance.

Our synchronous sessions will be provided using the Zoom web conferencing tool. It is advisable that you have the most recent version of Zoom downloaded before the conference so you can access all engagement options provided during sessions. 

Zoom links will be housed in our Sched eProgram and will only appear 10 minutes before the start of each session. You must have created a Sched account and be logged into your account to see the Zoom links.

For an overview of the conference see our Schedule at a Glance. Detailed descriptions, Zoom links, presenter bios, etc. can be found in our eProgram Sched (requires registration to access). Once registered for the conference, follow the instructions under “How do I create my Sched account?” to create your Sched account and customize your schedule. To access virtual conference sessions, participants must create a Sched account and be logged into Sched within 10 minutes of the session. Zoom links will become available 10 minutes before the session start time.

Yes, a link to a downloadable version of the schedule will be provided ahead of the conference to all registered participants. You can opt to print this schedule at a glance. Please note this does not contain details such as presenter affiliations and Zoom links. You need to access those in our electronic program, Sched. 

We are excited to announce Dr. José Antonio Bowen will be providing our virtual Keynote! See our Keynote page for titles and descriptions. Zoom links to the sessions are available to registered participants via our electronic program, Sched.

Yes, Zoom now automatically captions all meetings using a machine-generated captioning feature. If the captions to not appear, use the CC button on your Zoom toolbar to turn them on

Yes, our goal is to capture as many of the virtual sessions as possible. With the presenters' permission, recordings will be posted in our electronic program, Sched within one week following a session. Registration will be required to gain access to the recordings. 

*Captioning will be made available in as timely a manner as possible following the posting of the recording but will likely take longer than the one-week window as manual editing will be required to assure the quality of the captions.  

There will not be door prizes at this year’s online conference. Look for door prizes to return at next year’s in-person event.

Only live interaction is provided this year for Tech Treks. But details for each tool are provided in our electronic program, Sched. Join the Tech Trek sessions over the latter part of the lunch hour on our virtual day and roam the breakout rooms to learn more about each tool!

Links for the overall conference evaluation and evaluations for each session can be found in our electronic program, Sched. You will also receive an email after the conference that will include the conference evaluation link and lots of other conference wrap-up details and links. Thank you for taking a moment to provide your feedback!

See step-by-step instructions on our electronic program page. For additional help with Sched or information on how to build your schedule, see these Help Guides, or email fttc@umsl.edu for assistance.

See Guide for Attendees.

Search for FTTC 2024: Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference.

You may have turned on one of the Sched filters. Be sure to turn off all Sched filters to see all sessions. See the Filter options on the right-hand side of the Sched screen.

Sched defaults to the Central Time zone where the conference is being hosted. Be sure to set the timezone for your account to your time zone to be able to see the correct session times. Look for the Timezone dropdown on the Sched right-hand menu.

Each session on our virtual day will have a separate Zoom link. These can be found in the electronic program Sched. To access conference sessions, participants must create a Sched account and be logged into Sched within 10 minutes of the session. Zoom links will become available 10 minutes prior to the session start time.

Yes, Zoom now automatically captions all meetings using a machine-generated captioning feature. If the captions to not appear, use the CC button on your Zoom toolbar to turn them on.

You can still access Zoom meetings and webinars without having an account. When you click on a link on your computer for the first time you will be prompted to download a small plug-in. You will also be prompted what name you want to display. 

On a mobile device, you will need to install the Zoom app from your app store. Again, you will be prompted what screen name you want to display. Then click the link or type the meeting ID in to join the meeting. 

This should only happen if you try to access the link without being logged into your Zoom account. If prompted, use the code FTTC2024 (note all upper case). If that doesn't work, try fttc2024 (all lower case). 

Fatigue from attending web conferences is a real thing. You have probably figured this out already if you are teaching classes with a web conferencing tool such as Zoom or if you have had days full of meetings. There are many strategies you can use to help mediate this exhausting effect. Read this short article from the Harvard Review on How to Combat Zoom Fatigue. 

Interested in more background? To learn more about why web conferences can be more exhausting than in-person meetings, see these articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education and National Geographic.

In response to evolving privacy considerations and developments in AI technology, FTTC 2024 will not permit the use of AI note-taking bots during sessions until this technology is better developed and reliable. However, participants can utilize other available Zoom accessibility features, and session recordings will be accessible for later reference. If you have an accessibility need that could be assisted by one of these devices, please contact fttc@umsl.edu.

Yes, Zoom now automatically captions all meetings using a machine-generated captioning feature. If the captions do not appear, use the CC button on your Zoom toolbar to turn them on.

We encourage you to do this if you are willing! If you want participants to have handouts either before or after your session, please email them to fttc@umsl.edu and we will load them into the Sched program. If handouts need to be available during your session, please email them at least 24 hours ahead of time. 

We have created separate evaluations for each session that are linked in your session description in Sched. We also have overall questions on the conference evaluation where we occasionally get individualized session feedback. And we will collect input from your session convener. If we receive at least three responses for your session, you will receive a summary of the feedback.