Teaching Tips Fall 2019!

11 Strategies for Reducing Cognitive Overload Introduce New Content with Video – Support students’ understanding of what is to be learned. Use videos from Youtube Learning, Khan Academy, and MIT Opencourseware. Also, ECU students, staff and faculty have access to lynda.com, an online library of instructional videos teaching the latest software tools and skills. No Scrolling – If … Read more

Take a Break?

Now that summer session is almost closed you may be able to take a bit of a break before we head into a new school year!  But before you go here are some tips to keep in mind. Backup, File, Protect, Mark, Track, Find and Power!  More on these from this site. Lots of good … Read more

Team work!

With the integration of Office 365 and email updates course groups are no longer available.  Perhaps now is the time to try Teams with your class, here is a quick tutorial. A new feature that will be available is cross commenting across sections if you are teaching more than one section!

10 version 1809 is coming

In case you missed this notice ITCS will release Windows 10, version 1809, for campus Windows 10 desktop and laptop computers.  Some features it includes are Adjust text size, Clipboard history and dark mode for File Explorer.  Still using Windows 7, maybe it is time to upgrade! Want some Windows 10 tips click here.

Happy 4th of July!

Mid week break but some may make it a long weekend. The migration to Outlook 365 and Office 365 gives you access to your One Drive for storing files and content relevant to your courses.  Tutorial on syncing files on your OneDrive. OneDrive for Business cloud storage is available through your Office 365 subscription and … Read more

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