Any digital badge your have earned from TLi, OneHE, and other organizations that issue badges using Badgr should be located in your Badgr Backpack. You can organize badges into collections to easily share badges as evidence of micro credentials you have earned related to a common topic (i.e. Online Teaching and Learning) or category (i.e. Professional Learning AY 2021-2022) in your professional portfolios, social media networks, website, etc.
Jamboard by Google creates an interactive whiteboard space in which instructors and students can interact in both synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. The 12 minute video below illustrates how to use Jamboard and ideas for incorporating it into the virtual classroom. How to Get Started with Jamboard Jamboard is free…
Using VoiceThread at CI includes an auto-captioning feature that generates automatic captions that you can easily edit. An important thing to note about this feature is that it only works on newly recorded comments, so you cannot add captions to recordings you’ve already made. Please note, this is not a…
When navigating online platforms you encounter information you may want to revisit in the future. To efficiently save and locate these resources it is a good idea to establish a bookmarking or curation system to organize and collect web based content in a way that fits your organizational style. What…
Use New Course Analytics to monitor student activity, academic progress, and course interactions. Consistently reviewing your course data can inform teaching decisions and help you identify and reach out to students who may seem to ‘go missing’ or begin to struggle academically, to offer humanized ‘just in time’ support. Getting…
Zoom allows you to record yourself and share your screen to incorporate visuals (i.e. presentation slides, websites, etc.). By using the auto transcription feature, you can easily edit and add captions to your recordings in Canvas. Caveat: This process works best with short video segments (14 minutes or less). Suggested…
Video announcements keep the human touch in online communication. Video allows you to convey a great deal of non-verbal communication through facial expressions, body language, and voice tone. As long as you provide the same ‘message’ in written format, you can communicate with students virtually while displaying empathy and reassurance….
Recording your lecture is one of the simplest ways to continue to provide instruction in addition to the text-based materials. However, for a video lecture to support learning, there are some simple steps you can take to ensure your lectures are accessible to all learners. Keep in mind, lecture capture…
You have been invited by a colleague or professor to add content to a Pressbook as an author. This article will show you how to: Login to Pressbook Setup your Password Add a Chapter Add and edit content Add Accessible Images Logging into Pressbook You will receive an email invitation…
Instructors and students have free access to VoiceThread. For students who need to access the tool that isn’t set up directly in their Canvas course, please refer to the following directions. Students: Instructors: To locate your account and view your VoiceThread Dashboard: Locate a VoiceThread you have created Logging Into…
