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Archives for February 2018

Posted on February 25, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Engagement, Learning, Media

News & Events for February

There are always lots of cool, new, innovative things happening around campus and here in the School of Nursing. Here are just a few that I wanted to share with you and highlight. If you know of anything you’d like to add to future emails, please let me know!

 

Mid-course Surveys

Mid-semester is upon us (or will be soon!) and here’s a great, simple resource that can help you get feedback from your students to help make changes or improvements to your courses now, rather than at the end.

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Posted on February 22, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Dynamic, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Video, Visuals

Take your PowerPoint Slideshows to the Next Level

Are you (and your students) tired of the same old PowerPoint slideshows? Would you like a few different ways to take your slideshows to the next level?

Well, then you’ve come to the right place! We have several new resources to help you do just that.

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Posted on February 15, 2018 | By pr5337 | Filed Under: Uncategorized |

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Posted on February 8, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Conference, Engagement, Interactivity, Media, Screencast, Video, Virtual

BigBlueButton Deeper Dive

 

Take a deeper dive into BigBlueButton and learn about how you can get started using this in your Canvas course right away.

  1. Create a New Conference with BigBlueButton
  2. Invite Students to Join Your Conference
  3. Record Your Conference
  4. Share Your Conference Recording

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Posted on February 8, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Conference, Engagement, Media, Screencast, Video, Virtual

Zoom VS BigBlueButton

Which One Should You Use?

Zoom and BigBlueButton are both “video conferencing” tools, and they have a lot in common. But, they also have some important differences. And deciding which one you should use will depend in large part on what exactly you want to do.

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Posted on February 8, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Conference, Engagement, Interactivity, Media, Screencast, Webcast, Website

Getting Started with Zoom & BigBlueButton

 

Do you ever have guest lecturers who can’t make it to campus, or want to conduct online interviews or “virtual office hours”?

Do you need to record a lecture or short video that you can share with students later on? Is inclement weather preventing you (or your students) from coming to campus?

Or maybe you’d like to let students work together in a virtual space that doesn’t require them being in the same room?

Well, luckily, there are two FREE tools available to you to let you do all that and more.

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Posted on February 5, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Engagement, Learning, Thinking

How Vs. Why Knowledge

Because we know how things work, sometimes we think we understand why these things work as they do. That can be a problem.

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