**August 20, 2020 Update** A more detailed version of this information has been published at the College Covid 19 Site. I had a really informative meeting with Susan Lindemann, Director of Facilities Management, about the ventilation systems in our classroom buildings and steps being taken to prepare for on-campus classes this fall. The College is […]
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Student Surveys in Moodle using the Feedback Activity
At the beginning of my course, I ask students to complete a survey to provide me with some information I need to make the course best fit their needs. Especially with online content, it is important for me to know about time zone differences, technology needs, and student preferences about what name to use when […]
Getting Started with Teams for Your Class
Here are a selection of short videos from Microsoft showing some initial steps for getting Teams going for use in your class Getting your team up and running **start here** Guide for you as a team owner Overview of Teams and Channels Work on a document together with your class Post a message in multiple […]
Moodle FAQ
Wait, I thought we just rolled out Teams? Why I am using Moodle? Teams is not designed to replace Moodle. Moodle and Teams can compliment one another. Moodle is an open-sourced, community-supported product that has decades of experience in traditional Learning Management System functions like receiving Assignments, distributing Files, and organizing a course. Though Microsoft […]
Google Jamboard for Whiteboarding with my Organic Chemistry Class — Dwight Williams
In this video blog I share my thoughts on how I’ll use digital whiteboarding in my class this fall. I teach organic chemistry, a discipline that is rooted in drawing chemical structures — lots of pictures! To help students understand this discipline, its helpful to do this work together. I plan to run my class […]
First Year Seminar — Chuck Stull
I think incoming First Year Students will need more structure, so their asynchronous work will have deadlines Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This daily work will be a combination of readings, my videos, and their written responses. Bigger papers will be continue over several days or weeks. Synchronous activities: On Monday and Wednesday, I will meet […]
Econ275/Busn 275 Industrial Organization and Public Policy — Chuck Stull
I taught this class in the Spring, so the online backbone is already in place. This is a combination of my videos, readings, responses to the videos and readings, quizzes, industry research, and some optional materials. This part is all asynchronous. These will be opened Monday morning and due Sunday night. The new part will […]
A Necessary Trick in Teams for PowerPoint Presentation in Live Meetings
At the #KTeachDev2020 Live Session on July 22, I awkwardly tried to work around a little annoyance in Teams: when screensharing a PowerPoint window in a live call, Teams won’t let me see the chat or the list of participants. When using Teams to record lectures that isn’t a problem, but it is a deal […]
Helpful additional features in Moodle quizzes — Duong Nguyen
In this 6-minute video, I show a few features that I found helpful in Moodle quiz Adding random questions Repaginate Preview the quiz User Override
First Year Seminar — Elizabeth Manwell
Enrollment: 16 Typically, this class is discussion-based. Students engage in a lot of group work, write in some form almost daily, and discuss or present course material constantly. Writing is emphasized, and I use time to focus in on practicing skills they can use going forward (i.e., marking a text, close reading, developing a topic […]