What you say? I am just finishing grading final exams! But yes Spring Semester is less than a month away and preparations are underway. Blackboard will be undergoing Maintenance 12//18 – 12/22 and will be unavailable. Click here to find out what’s new after maintenance. Instructions on course copy, merge sections can be found under … 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
An idea I found and would work well with the Air Media Tool in all our classrooms. “. . .prepare a set of questions, that students will be able to answer by paying careful attention to a video presentation. Ask the students to bring their laptop or tablet to class for an assignment they’ll complete during class. … Read more
Many of our most popular classrooms were refreshed over winter break. The refresh included a new monitor which is actually a “Smart Board” letting you annotate on any screen displayed on the computer, save your annotations and share! The new Document Camera by Wolfvision is much sleeker than the old one, has an enhanced … Read more
Greetings, CAHS! We have had the recent pleasure of welcoming new staff and faculty to our CAHS College, so I wanted to send out a few classroom tips and tricks reminders that may be of benefit. All our general classrooms and some labs have the following features to help when presenting to your class Extended … Read more
Greetings, CAHS! We have had the recent pleasure of welcoming new staff and faculty to our CAHS College, so I wanted to send out a few classroom tips and tricks reminders that may be of benefit. All our general classrooms and some labs have the following features to help when presenting to your class Extended … Read more
Make a routine and stick to it. Set your alarm and exercise first thing. It’s so energizing. Don’t let a lack of gym options be your excuse. There are so many streaming services available to get your blood pumping. Find a class on YouTube or see if your gym is recording virtual classes. Short on … Read more
All our general classrooms and some labs have the following features to help when presenting to your class Extended Desktop – Clicking Extended Desktop on the computer monitor will allow you to use presenter view in PowerPoint. Click Duplicate to exit out of this view. Sympodium Pen – Pick it up and double-click on the monitor! … 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
A few years ago I did the countdown to fall semester. I received various comments and some groans but in less than 3 weeks we have many new students and returning students headed into our classrooms so are a few resources to check out! Some BB tips and some connecting with others in and around … Read more