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Posted on February 28, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Testing | Tagged With: NCLEX, Practice, Question, Test Prep

NCLEX-RN Practice Questions

In the short time I’ve been here in the School of Nursing, I’ve heard several conversations about the need to find good NCLEX test questions to help students prepare for the exam.

 

Well, recently, I stumbled upon a resource that I hope will be helpful to you and your students: Khan Academy.

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Posted on February 23, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps | Tagged With: Audio, Box, Canvas, Media, Video

The UT Box Mobile App

utboxStudents can use UT Box for lots of things. And, instructors can use it to make their own lives and their students’ lives a little easier with the UT Box Mobile App. No matter where you, or your students are, you can access and share files all within your Canvas course.

For example, if a class assignment requires students to record and submit a video as part of a class project, they can record that video on their smart phone, then upload that video file from their phone straight to their UT Box account.

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Posted on February 20, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Testing | Tagged With: Canvas, Clicker, Engagement, FUN, Interactivity, Kahoot, Poll Everywhere, Quiz, Slido

Classroom Response Systems

If you’re looking for ways to increase interactivity and get more student feedback in your courses, classroom response systems are a great tool and there are lots of options available to you. This article will cover some pros and cons of 6 of the most popular and commonly used systems at UT.

Hint: scroll all the way to the bottom for details about the “best” option(aka: most fun and it’s FREE).

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Posted on February 17, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps | Tagged With: Bandwidth, Media, Network, Wifi

Purchasing or Increasing Bandwidth

049 Students in the School of Nursing sometimes tell us that they’re running out of bandwidth when asked to do things like take quizzes or download files from Canvas.

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