As someone with a fair amount of experience with teaching in online environments, I’ve been asking myself lately what kind of advice I would like to give to you, my fellow colleagues, that would be both useful, general, and different from what you’ve probably already heard. I have taught over 40 online classes in my […]
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Displaying An iPad Screen On a Mac (e.g., to embed a whiteboard in a recorded Teams meeting) — Alyce Brady
This 4 minute video describes the use of QuickTime to display an iPad’s screen on a Mac. The specific context that motivated this video was to describe one of several ways to share a whiteboard in a Teams meeting, especially if you want to record the meeting for students to refer back to. (At the […]
Five Things: Library Resources to Support Teaching
1. Ask us for help Do you need help finding a book, film, or other resources for your class? Having problems accessing library databases or an article or eBook? Any questions about library services? Email us at Library@kzoo.edu. 2. Course Materials Librarians are happy to talk with you about materials for your courses. We can […]
Using Zoom to Record a Video Lecture — Regina Stevens-Truss
Sometimes I have had trouble using Teams to record a lecture using my Mac computer. Here’s how I do that using Zoom:
Sharing Handwritten Work using OneNote and a USB Tablet with my MacBook — Eric Nordmoe
Here’s a short screencast that shows how I prepare handwritten online lessons. Most of the statistics software I use in class doesn’t work so well on an iPad. That means I’m committed to using a computer (in my case a MacBook Pro.) I wanted to incorporate handwritten work with that setup. In this short video […]
Ideas for Low Stakes, High Engagement Assignments — Alyce Brady
For several years I’ve been interested in shifting my grading practices to focus more on learning than on the kind of content knowledge that frequently rewards prior knowledge and privilege. The move to CR/NC grading in Spring 2020 gave me an opportunity to experiment with this further. The key concern that I and many other […]
Goodbye Emails, Hello Teams Chat — Nayda Collazo-Llorens
The Chat option in Microsoft Teams turned out to be an effective way to communicate with students, to the point that we decided to use it instead of email communication. It offered casual and immediate exchanges (many of us installed Teams on our phones) and I would usually reply right away. It was convenient for […]
Math Symbols in Moodle
I know, it isn’t for everyone. But if you need to typeset a math symbol, you need it to be easy to enter and correctly formatted. Moodle has a built-in capability to interpret math symbols using the LaTeX typesetting language. All that’s needed are double dollar signs, like in this little example: I created an […]
Moodle Forums: Subscriptions and Notifications
When you use Moodle Forums in your course, there are a number of settings that control when and to whom email notifications are sent. While its important that everyone receives the notifications they need, we want to make sure nobody is being overwhelmed by too many email notifications. This video presents the methods in Moodle […]
Activity Completion in Moodle
The Activity Completion feature in Moodle helpful for students to keep their work in your course organized, and can be motivating for them: there’s a feeling of accomplishment when checking those boxes! This video is posted at Stream. Click here to learn more about Stream.