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Using Panopto for Student Video Assignments
Some online courses use video not only for instructor created content but also for student assignment deliverables. Arc had been a video platform that made it easy for students to add a video to Canvas, either by posting it as … Read More
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Beyond Entertainment: Using Gamification to Engage Online Students – September 2018 Online Learning Webinar
Gamification is heard a lot in education, but some are still not sure what it means. In this webinar, learning designer Jacob Guerra-Martinez outlined the basics of gamification, focusing on the difference between using game concepts in a course as … Read More
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2018-2019 Web Conferencing Text for Syllabus
Choose one of the groups of text below to copy and paste into your syllabus. Blue Jeans We will use BlueJeans for optional synchronous meetings. The Northwestern IT YouTube channel on Blue Jeans Video conferencing and the Canvas Learning Center … Read More
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Knowing Your Users: A Important Piece of the Gamification Puzzle
As educators, we know that not everyone learns the same. That is why different learning theories and styles exist. These theories allow faculty to adapt their courses to fit the various styles of their students in order to give them … Read More
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Top 5 Missed Quality Matters Standards – August 2018 Online Learning Webinar
When you develop an online course with the Distance Learning department, we have the Quality Matters (QM) framework in the backs of our minds. In this webinar, senior learning designer Krissy Wilson briefly reviewed what QM is and talked through … Read More
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Web Conferencing Options for the 2018-19 Academic Year
With the Fall 2018 quarter approaching you should begin checking if your web conferencing software is up to date and familiarizing yourself with any changes that may have occurred since you last taught an online course. If you regularly rely … Read More
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2018 UPCEA Summit Recap
Introduction The 2018 UPCEA Summit for Online Leadership and Administration + roundtable was held between June 18th and 20th in Washington, DC. Two representatives from the School of Professional Studies attended and gave a presentation on collaboration across departments,”Program CPR: … Read More
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What Should I Do With My Slides Now That I’m Teaching Online?
Introduction If you’ve taught face-to-face before, there’s a good chance you’ve developed slides to help give lectures in your classroom. You may even have structured your course around them: ten slide decks for ten weeks of class. There’s no shame … Read More
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TEACHx 2018 Reflections, Part 2
This year, a majority of the DL team attended and/or presented at TEACHx. Hosted by NUIT, TEACHx is an opportunity for faculty and staff to share innovative and creative uses of technology in the classroom, whether that classroom is physical … Read More
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Academic Integrity and Identity Verification – June 2018 Online Learning Webinar
In this webinar, Jessica Benjamin, Director of Business Development at Examity, and Soo La Kim, Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs at SPS, discussed academic integrity in online education. Topics of discussion included online student identity verification, proctored assessments, and both … Read More