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Yellowdig: September 2015 Online Learning Webinar
September’s Online Learning Webinar session featured Yellowdig, a Facebook-like tool for the Canvas classroom. Shaunak Roy, founder and CEO of Yellowdig, joined the Distance Learning team on Wednesday to describe and discuss the merits of the tool. If you missed … Read More
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Featured Tech: ThingLink
Is your course visually boring? Are you tired of using only readings and videos to present content? Are you looking for more ways to keep students engaged and add interaction between students and course material? If you answered yes to … Read More
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Seven Resources for Designing with Accessibility
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) presented a number of resources for accessible course design at a recent accessibility workshop. The best of those resources are highlighted here, with information about how each can support designers and faculty in improving course … Read More
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Flipgrid: August 2015 Online Learning Webinar
The first topic in our Online Learning Webinar series was Flipgrid, a video collaboration tool created and pioneered at the University of Minnesota. Flipgrid allows instructors to interact with students through short and informative self-created video clips. The goal … Read More
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NUIT Post Exchange: Designing Your Course with Mobile in Mind
This article was originally posted on the NUIT LMS blog on July 27, 2015. Students use Canvas on their phones. Some instructors do, but many do not. Instructors can make it easier for students to interact with the course via … Read More
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Saying Goodbye to Blackboard
On August 31, 2015, Northwestern University will no longer use or access Blackboard. In SPS, all online courses have been migrated to Canvas as of Summer Quarter 2015, but individual instructors may still have information in their archived Blackboard course … Read More
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Join the SPS Distance Learning Team!
We are excited to share two open positions in the Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies (SPS) Office of Distance Learning: Director of Online Program Development and Learning Designer (three vacancies). Ideal candidates for both positions will bring experience and … Read More
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The Importance of Icebreakers In Online Classes
If you read the Chronicle Of Higher Education or follow coverage about online learning in popular media, a persistent question emerges: How can teachers build community in online courses? These publications frequently cite the importance of creating community in online … Read More
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How to Make the Most of the Canvas Community Site
This year at InstructureCon, Canvas made some big announcements, including a presentation on the Canvas Community site called Community 2.0: Meet the All-New Canvas Community. One thing I’ve learned from the presentation is that I currently fall into the … Read More
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Increasing Student Engagement in Discussion Boards
At InstructureCon 2015, I attended the presentation “Creating Online Learning Communities through Discussion Boards” by Marcella Caprario and Belinda Clements from Council on International Educational Exchange – Teaching English as a Foreign Language (CIEE-TEFL) The presentation highlighted three key findings … Read More