From the Yammer Blog “Did you know that Yammer is a great way to kickstart conversation inside and outside the classroom? How?” Well rather than me telling you here is what one of your colleagues, Kim Stokes has to say about using Yammer! “We use Yammer as a communication platform for our clinical year students. … Read more
And summer break! Take some time, look at some of these tools Turning Cloud – Clicker Technology Socrative – Clicker Technology Voice Thread – feedback video tool within Blackboard My Mediasite/Mediasite – Mediasite is the university’s enterprise video strategy. My Mediasite, an all-in-one tool for recording, uploading and managing video, now gives … Read more
Webex serves as a feature-rich web conferencing tool for ECU users. On Friday, June 30, 2017, ITCS finalizes the transition from our current “on premises” version to the new WebEx Cloud. After this transition on June 30, the on premises WebEx version will no longer be available. You Can Transition Now WebEx Cloud is now live, … Read more
I am often asked if Presenter View is available in the classrooms. Unfortunately I have to answer no as the system does not recognize the screen as a 2nd monitor! So how do you utilize this feature? Using a laptop either Mac or PC will allow you to use Presenter View. Another way to view … Read more
Over the course of the summer I plan to highlight various tools, how they work and perhaps you would like to try in the fall. Last week I blogged about clickers in the classroom so I already started my plan of action. This week I want to highlight “AirMedia” a tool available in all classrooms … Read more
Clickers, polling, audience response systems are great ways to create interactivity in the classroom, keep the students awake and find out just how much they are listening/understanding. Turning Point Cloud is loaded on all classroom computers in our building and to use it for anonymous polling you just can go to Tools in your Blackboard … Read more
Here are some tips for organizing your computer and Blackboard sites. Remember to Update your Computer Windows and Mac Hiding courses from previous semesters (they are not gone, just hidden) Being a good steward of student information (make sure no grade files etc are on your hard drive, they should be saved to pirate drive) … Read more
I blogged about this before but recently had a question come across my desk about creating a calendar to avoid “an organizational nightmare”? As we head into the final third of the semester it may come in handy when setting up presentation times/dates for students as well as meeting times/dates. Doodle.com According to the website … Read more
or private at least.
This article states “It’s easy to forget that convenience can also leak information about you to anyone who can touch your iPhone or iPad.”
Here are some of the tips the article offers
“Although Apple generally positions itself rightly as privacy conscious vis-a-vis the information about yourself that it allows itself and others to see, there’s no one-stop-shop for dialing up or down what appears on the lock screen. You have to visit several places in Settings:
This question pops across my desk every semester and the best answer I have found is to follow these steps – 1. Open Blackboard using the Chrome browser (if you don’t have it you can download it) 2. In test options set your test to “Open in Own Window” 3. Open the test as if … Read more