TA Video and Consultation

NOTE:  DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR VIDEO RECORDINGS IN FALL QUARTER, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE YOUR VIDEO RECORDING IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU WILL BE TAING FOR OTHER CLASSES IN WINTER OR SPRING QUARTER, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO SCHEDULE YOUR VIDEO RECORDING THEN.

The TA Video and Consultation Service allows faculty, Teaching Assistants, and Teaching Associates to be recorded (free of charge) while teaching. Recordings can then be viewed with a consultant.To schedule a TA Video, click here to complete the online form.

If scheduling a recording, please give the day, time, building, and room number. At least 72 hours advanced notice is needed. If possible, give more than one date for your recording. A notice will be sent to you confirming the day and time of your recording. Recordings are 50 minutes. If your class or lab runs longer than that and you want the entire class recorded, please note that as a special request.

Once you have been recorded, you will receive an email with a schedule of Consultation times for which you may sign up. If you find that you need to cancel your Consultation, please give us at least two days notice so that graduate student consultants do not get "stood up."

To schedule a Consultation, email taconsult@id.ucsb.edu. Consultations are held in 1120N Kerr Hall.

Viewing TA Videos

Teaching Assistants and Teaching Associates may view their tapes with consultants who are experienced graduate students from various departments on campus. They have been trained in facilitating taping feedback on teaching.To schedule a Consultation, contact taconsult@id.ucsb.edu.

Faculty wishing to view their recordings may do so with an Instructional Consultant (Kim DeBacco, Lisa Berry) from the Office of Office of Instructional Consultation. All Consultations are confidential.

The Consultation provides a non-evaluative atmosphere in which you may:

• reflect on the teaching methods you are already effectively using;
• discuss aspects of your teaching you want to improve or modify; and
• explore new methods and strategies to experiment with in your teaching.

Evaluating the Video and Consultation Process

If you have had a TA Taping and Consultation, and haven't already filled out an evaluation form, click here for our online form. 

Comments about the Service...

"It gave me a new perspective on my teaching - let me view myself as the students might."

"I learned a great deal; how to look and act when lecturing, how attentive I am to student needs, and how to make my explanations clearer."

"The videotape consultation gave me the chance to view my teaching which helped me to reinforce what I was doing well and illuminated some problems of which I was not aware. I was offered useful advice."

"The consultations were less stressful than anticipated. The consultants offered much food for thought." 

As a result of their viewing and discussions with consultants, instructors report many changes in their classrooms and in themselves, including: increased confidence, greater sensitivity to students' instructional needs, use of effective questioning techniques, and better utilization of class time.

This Consultation service is free of charge to all teaching assistants, associates, and faculty. For further information contact taconsult@id.ucsb.edu.

Consultations are held in 1120N Kerr Hall. All Consultations are confidential.