Got a question about Blackboard, Office, ECU, Banner? Check out ECU’s newest portal “Ask.ecu.edu”. Click here to see what it looks like. The OET has also created a Blackboard site for CAHS in which you are enrolled. Lots of information, tutorials and demos can also be found here. Just login to Blackboard and click … Read more
And the students say B is the correct answer. Audience response system software a/k/a “clickers” is available in all the classrooms in our college. Turning Point is available on the classroom computers and for you to download in order to incorporate in your lectures. Our department has 3 receivers and over 100 clickers that can … Read more
Where – HSB 1355 When – M – F, 7:30 – 6:30 or by special request Who – you, your colleagues located here or anywhere How – Contact our office and we will assist in getting you setup once you have contacted Vicki Johnson first for room reservation.
Do your students’ eyes glaze over during your PowerPoint presentation? Are you the executioner in a “Death by PowerPower” scene? Even if your answers to these questions are “No,” check out this slideshow on Do’s and Don’ts for PowerPoint presentations. There are some other interesting videos on this site, too.
I have been in Blackboard 9 training for the past day and a half and since there is plenty of BB9 information available right now I decided to make this week’s blog a bit lighthearted and share something I came upon in my Google reader. Just a little distraction as we near the end of … Read more
At ECU we are using I-Webfolio to create electronic portfolios and in Allied Health the Department of Occupational Therapy now has the Class of 2011 and 2012 using the system. “Electronic portfolios allow students to collect evidence of learning outside the classroom so they don’t need to be tied to the classroom to learn. The … Read more
The last person to use the room? If the wireless mouse in your lecture room is dead do not worry. These mice all have rechargeable batteries located on the desk, they are those small items with a blue charging base. Still not sure where they are call OET and we will be glad to demonstrate! … Read more
Don’t let any of the above stop you from class lectures. How? Lecture capture with Mediasite if you are here in the building there are 9 rooms with the recording equipment installed and OET has 2 portable recorders that can go easily to any classroom or lab. Just send a request. Stuck at home or … Read more
As the beginning of Spring Semester approaches quickly I could use this blog to remind you about rolling content over in BB, copying content in BB, making your course(s) available, submitting your Mediasite or Centra requests, reserving your Turning Point clickers or the many other start of semester housekeeping tips that come across your inbox hourly.
But no instead I am going to blog about reading! You say, but that’s what I am doing. Yes that is correct but do any of you remember the old mind teaser test that started “Please Read Before Completing this Paper” and the last item was “Sign your name and Hand in the Paper”? With so many emails and so much data coming across our desks we barely have time to breathe. But breathe we must and take a deep breath and continue reading so that we pick up that last bit of information on the last line!
On that note I send you to another blog “The Lost Art of Reading” or for just a quick glimpse check out this article on the same topic.
Happy Reading! and for my last line