Tech Tips

Blog about Blogging!

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Many are trying one of Blackboard 9’s new features, Blogs so follows is an excerpt from a recent article regarding this tool!

5 Tips for Blogging

  1. Have a clear pedagogical purpose for incorporating blogs into the instruction, and clearly state the purpose and requirements of student blogging on the class syllabus. “Students need to see a purpose for the blog, and they need guidelines for entries and comments,” explains Stuart Glogoff, senior consultant in the Office of Instruction and Assessment at the University of Arizona. “In the cases where faculty have incorporated blogs without establishing their purpose, student participation has been uniformly low.”

  2. Blog contributions and comments should be a graded element of the course. “Your grade is your currency for your course,” explains Ruth Reynard, associate professor of education and the director of the Center

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What to do with . . .

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All those videos you made in Camtasia?  Let me move them to our Mediasite server.  This will give easy access to all your class recordings in one place, security through Active Directory and management will be hosted by us. Specifically, it allows faculty who create course content with Camtasia Relay to automatically upload their recordings … Read more

New Year’s Resolution!

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Try something new in your classroom!  OET can supply you with tips and tools to stick with that resolution! Let’s start with clickers, a/k/a Audience Response Systems and here at ECU we use Turning Point. Students make their selection on a “clicker” and you project your “audience’s” response in your PowerPoint!  Audience Response System aka … Read more

Not just for Distance Education

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Our students are connected and will stay connected.  However when in the classroom their focus needs to be on what is happening at the front of the room not on what is on their phone, Ipad, computer or other electronic device where they are “taking notes”.  Well make that happen for the students by having … Read more

Better late than never!

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Yes, October was Cyber Security Awareness Month.  But I did not post about it and figured I would piggy back on it now.  Can’t say enough about cyber security but just wanted to reiterate some of the highlights from last month: Protect your passwords. Did You Know? 1 in 3 workers write down their computer password … Read more

In a flash!

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How–and Why–to Destroy Old Flash Drives By Emmett Dulaney 09/29/11 The value of the ubiquitous flash drives that many of us carry in our pockets or on our key chains is much more than the $10 we pay for them at the big box store. Rather, they’re worth as much as all the data they … Read more

Word, Blackboard – Test Creation made easy!

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Click Here for a tech tip from Respondus on converting from Word – Do you use Microsoft Word to write test questions that include images, equations, tables, or other advanced formatting. The Import Questions feature in Respondus makes it easy to bring those questions into Respondus 4 intact and then publish them to a learning … Read more

Story First Slide Second

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Some great slide presentation tips in this Mediasite presentation, not only for those who record their lectures but for any presentation!  Just watch the first minutes for a good laugh! Story First, Slide Second Contact our office for other presentation ideas!

Save the Mouse!

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For the next person to use the room! Please remember to put the poor little mouse back in its cradle! But 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 … Read more

Keeping in touch

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With Irene gone but not forgotten you might want to make up for lost class time and both Mediasite and Centra can help!  Mediasite is our lecture capture system which allows you to record your class and then post the link via Blackboard or in an email.  Centra is a web conferencing system in which … Read more

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