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Posted on February 24, 2021 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Audio, Canvas, Classroom, Discussion, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Proctorio, Rich Content Editor, Screencast, teaching, Video, Virtual, Zoom

Need help?

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You need help. But maybe you’re not sure whom to contact.

So… who you gonna call?

 

Below are three resources you can always turn to for assistance:

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Posted on March 13, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Classroom, Discussion, Engagement, Learning, Proctorio, Screencast, teaching, Zoom

Preparing to Teach Online

3/13/2020

To help you prepare for the likelihood that most of our classes need to be conducted online once we return from Spring Break on the 30th, here are some resources available right now as well as a few others that will become available within the next two weeks:

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Posted on April 10, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Engagement, Learning, Thinking, Video

News & Events for April 2018

There are always lots of cool, new 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!

 

New Canvas Gradebook

This past weekend, Canvas updated the Gradebook with some new features that I hope will make things easier for you and less confusing for your students. Click here for more details.

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Posted on August 11, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Engagement, faculty, Learning, workshop

Fall 2017 Faculty Training Workshops

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!

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Posted on March 15, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Testing | Tagged With: Clicker, Discussion, Engagement, Quiz, Test Prep

Getting Started with Kahoot!

One thing instructors frequently mention is a lack of student engagement in their classes. Or, they’re looking for ways to increase interaction with and between students.

Maybe instead, you’re looking for a way to “check in” with your students during a long lecture and check their understanding; or, you just want to break up the monotony of a 3-hour lecture (as much for yourself as for your students). Or maybe you just want to liven things up in your course and help students relax a little before a stressful exam.

AND, what if on top of all that, you’re looking for a tool that’s not only easy to use, by free?   

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Posted on March 1, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps | Tagged With: Assignment, Audio, Canvas, Discussion, Page, Quiz, Rich Content Editor, Speedgrader, Video

Recording Audio or Video into Your Canvas Course

There are lots of different ways you can add engaging, interactive content to your courses and you don’t even have to leave Canvas to do it.

Using the features built right in to Canvas’ Rich Content Editor and your computer’s webcam and microphone, you can record video or audio directly into any page, quiz, assignment or discussion with your course. Your students can even do the same thing.

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