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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

You need help. So, who can you call?

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There’s never any shortage of information here at UT.

So, this is just a friendly reminder about some of the services and resources available to you and other faculty in the School of Nursing.

Three resources that you may find most useful (I hope) are:

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Posted on December 18, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, teaching, Visuals, Website

Create Your Own Canvas Course Navigation

In exploring all the different ways we can customize our Canvas courses, one of the options that many of you have expressed interest in is the idea of adding buttons (or tiles) to your course home page to help your students navigate your course.

Well, here’s any easy way you can create your own, custom-made, buttons quickly and easily.

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Posted on August 14, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps | Tagged With: Canvas, caption, Classroom, Dynamic, google slides, Learning, PowerPoint, transcript

Automatic Captioning – easier than it used to be

Adding closed captions to your recordings is one of the best things you can do for viewers, and not just those with hearing problems. But, now you can also do so in real time so students don’t have to wait from captions to become available, they can read them while you’re talking.

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Posted on March 23, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Canvas, Engagement, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Proctorio, teaching, Thinking, Video, Zoom

Open Office Hours

Do you need any help preparing for Fall 2020 classes?

Beginning Wednesday, 8/12/20, until the 12th class day, I will be available for Office Hours. Office hours will be held each Mon, Wed, and Fri, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm.
  • In person: NUR 5.180
  • Zoom: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94478560321
If you have ANY questions about Zoom, Canvas, powerpoint, Proctorio, screencasts, or anything else, feel free to drop in.
If you need a 1-on-1 consultation where we can focus more on your specific needs, please schedule a meeting with me in Outlook (my calendar is publicly available) and reserve a classroom where we can meet and ensure safe social distancing.

Posted on March 21, 2020 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Narration, PowerPoint, voiceover

Voiceover PowerPoints Made Easy

 

You need to add narration to a PowerPoint slideshow but you don’t know where to start.

 

This 1 minute, video is a great, simple introduction:

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Posted on August 8, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning, Testing | Tagged With: Canvas, Classroom, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Screencast, syllabus, teaching, Video

It’s Fall 2019!

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 addition to the 10,000 other things on your to-do list, here are a few resources that will help you start the semester strong.

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Posted on June 5, 2019 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Audio, Camtasia, Engagement, Interactivity, Learning, Media, PowerPoint, Screencast, Video

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? 

 … read more 

Posted on May 10, 2018 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning | Tagged With: Audio, Canvas, Engagement, Learning, PowerPoint, Video

News & Events for May

The semester is coming to an end and summer is around the corner, but there’s no shortage of 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!

 

Ed Tech Blog

Lecture Capture (video recordings and podcasts) on a Budget! – Custom-made resources to help you easily record audio and/or video of your lectures, guest speakers or anything else.

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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 May 4, 2017 | By Sean White | Filed Under: Media & A/V, Software & Apps | Tagged With: Kahoot, Poll Everywhere, PowerPoint, Slido, Website

Embed Sli.do, Kahoot!, or anything else into your PowerPoint

You can embed ANY web page into your PowerPoint slideshow!

The steps below will show you how to embed a Sli.do poll into your slideshow. The steps are virtually identical if you’re using Kahoot!, Poll Everywhere, or just about any other website.

How do I embed Slido into my presentation?

Slido’s Present view can be embedded into your slides to make poll results and live questions visible directly in your PowerPoint presentation. The setup is really easy! To get started click the link above.

For more detailed instructions, you can also refer to this blog post.

 

 If you have any questions or you’d like to schedule a 1-on-1 training session to learn more about PowerPoint or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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