Ready or not, the Fall semester is upon us. That means it’s time to put the finishing touches on your syllabus, get your Canvas course up and running, make sure all your slideshows are finished, and so much more. In…
Educational Technology & Design in the School of Nursing
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Info about how people learn and best practices for teaching.
It’s Fall 2019!
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Faculty Development Workshops Fall 2019
Do you ever wish you have more opportunities to learn about new teaching methods or classroom technologies and how to put them to use? Well, now you do!
Camtasia and You
Are you teaching in a “flipped classroom”? Do you want to easily add a voice over to your PowerPoint slideshow? Do you have VHS or DVD videos that you wish you could upload into Canvas for future use?
Tagged with: Audio, Camtasia, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Screencast, Video
Zoom Deeper Dive
Zoom is an easy-to-use (and FREE) video conferencing tool available for you AND your students. Zoom is not the university’s official video conferencing tool. However, work is ongoing that may change that in the coming months. If you’d like to learn…
Should you use the microphone? Yes!
“If our colleagues and students can’t hear in meetings or in classrooms, they can’t participate. Those of us with low hearing, a hearing impairment, or a hearing-assistive device need you to speak into the microphone so we can fully understand your words.…
GoPros, Webcams, and Smartphones. Oh, my!
You may have already heard, but in case you haven’t, the School of Nursing now has not 1 but 3 GoPro cameras that are available to help you create videos for your students or as part of your class.
The Blausen Medical Collection
Are you looking for new and innovative ways to help your students understand the complexity of the human body? Do you want to upgrade the outdated images in your PowerPoint slideshows with 3D images? The brand new Blausen Medical Collection…
Start the Semester Strong!
Ready or not, Summer is nearly over and the Fall semester is upon us. That means it time to put the finishing touches on your syllabus, get your Canvas course up and running, make sure all your slideshows are finished,…
3 Ways to Get Students to Read Your Syllabus
Do you ever wish students would JUST READ THE SYLLABUS? If so, you’re not alone. And, we’re going to explore 3 specific things you can do to get students reading (and remembering) your syllabus.
How (NOT) to Use Classroom Microphones
If you’ve taught in any of the classrooms on the first floor of the Nursing building, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that there are microphones available in each room.