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, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning

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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, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning

Zoom & BigBlueButton: Web Conferencing Made Easy

Do you ever have guest lecturers who can’t be THERE with you and your students in class?

Do you ever wish you could offer ‘virtual office hours’ for your students?

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

Do you need to record a webinar that you can share with students later on?

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

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, Filed Under: Software & Apps

AHRQ/Health IT YouTube channel

AHRQ’s health IT initiative focuses on (1) Improving health care decision making, (2) Supporting patient-centered care, and (3) Improving the quality and safety of medication management. AHRQ (the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) is part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

To learn more, and watch any of their more than 30 videos, visit AHRQ’s YouTube page.

You can also watch their past webinars by visiting their website events page here.

, Filed Under: Software & Apps, Testing

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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