Tech of the Month

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    The PlayPosit interactive video quizzing is now a supported CU 麻豆影院 campus service for users of Canvas and D2L.This interactive video tool allows you to customize the student experience. Using video from YouTube, Kaltura, or other sources, you
  • Students chatting with their instructor. One of the students appears on-screen on a Kubi device.
    OIT is excited to offer a new service this semester: Kubi - Remote Presence Technology. Kubi is a robotic 鈥渘eck鈥 that holds a tablet and allows a remote user to control the tablet through a Zoom web conference meeting. From their own computer, the
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    As the semester winds down, is your desk buried in piles of ungraded student papers? Is your ink-stained hand cramping from writing comments? Are you dusting off your calculator to tabulate grades? Now there is a better way 鈥 the Canvas SpeedGrader!
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    In 2015, ASSETT conducted a campus-wide Teaching with Technology survey of faculty from across campus.  A theme that emerged was they wanted strategies and tools for motivating students to prepare in advance. Our Tech of the Month, Perusall,
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    Lynda.com is an online library of thousands of high-quality video tutorials, created by industry professionals teaching a wide variety of software tools and skills. The courses are on-demand, so you can start and stop the tutorials and complete
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    The process of selecting a screencasting tool can be overwhelming, especially considering the sheer volume of available options. If screencasting is something you鈥檙e interested in, we鈥檝e provided you with a short list of our favorites. All
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    Formative assessment is a crucial component of teaching and learning. Faculty often ask how to conduct 鈥榗licker like鈥 activities to gauge how well students are understanding, or not understanding concepts. While there are many ways of accomplishing
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    Try Anki. Anki is an application that presents flashcards based on how many times you get a card right or wrong. It鈥檚 design reinforces spaced learning and retrieval practice as mentioned in this month鈥檚 teaching tips section. Anki will show cards
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    G SuiteAside from the name change from Google Apps to G Suite, you may have noticed other updates to these tools. While it鈥檚 hard to stay up to date with these changes, here are a few new features you may find beneficial.Assign Action Items in
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    By Austin ChauHow might students who can鈥檛 be in class still have an in-class experience?Though they are earnest to learn, some students have situations that cause them to miss class. OIT, in partnership with Athletics and Advising, is conducting a
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