Did you know you can grade the discussion board directly through control panel? Also if you need to have separate discussions for individuals or groups you can manage access to the various forums so that one student may perhaps keep a journal that only the instructor and student can view or perhaps small groups can … Read more
Want to try something new for Fall Semester? Want to get started now? Would you like to publish your thoughts on various topics for your students to read before class? Perhaps a blog is the best tool for you. It is an easy way to share your thoughts, photos, and more with your friends and … Read more
Add interactivity to your Power Point presentations. Our Clickers (aka Audience Response Systems or just think of Millionaire’s Poll the Audience!) will allow you to put short, multiple choice questions in a Power Point presentation and get response from the students. The students think it’s fun and you can see where you may need to … Read more
Join Academic Outreach for this weekly summer series! This summer tune in as AO chats with faculty teaching Many Students at a Distance. ECU faculty are successfully teaching distance education classes with 75+ students; all with lives beyond these classes! Academic Outreach is offering this series to disseminate best practices in teaching Many Students at … Read more
A handy tool for quick exchange of information etc. Yes it is basically an Instant Message tool but it is supported by ITCS and works much better than your original instant messenger. With many advanced features, Communicator 2007 works with your Outlook address book and calendar so that: • You communicate securely with ECU colleagues … Read more
Click the Watch Video Link Do you have a group of students on clinical rotation away from the classroom? Twitter can be an effective system to let them communicate with each other and with you while they’re away from class. Not only will it work on a computer connected to the internet but it can … Read more
With Office 2007 it has become a simple step to convert word, powerpoint or even excel files to pdf documents. But what if you want to convert a pdf to word, here is an online service which will do the conversion for you. The results are editable duplicates of the pdf file. http://www.convertpdftoword.net/Default.aspx
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For those of you who use video links provided by Laupus Library please be advised that they disable EVERYTHING at the end of each semester. If you need to re-activate access to a particular recording, you must visit their web site and fill out another video request at this link http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/videorequest.cfm The video still exists, … Read more
Centra is a web conferencing learning management system that provides a virtual classroom using live and recorded sessions. It provides voice and video communication with your students in a structured online learning environment replicating a traditional classroom. AO offers a training course that is not only designed to help you effectively use the tools available … Read more