Did you ever need to meet with a student while s/he was off-campus? Would you find it helpful to meet with students who are both off-campus and on-campus all at the same time? Augusta University’s new WebEx platforms offer several options to fill these needs. Continue reading
Instructional Technology
Getting off to a Great Start for the New Semester
August 17th is the start of the Fall 2015 semester. Here are a couple of tips to get you (and our students) off to a great start. If you have questions about any of these tips, please contact me. Also, please share your own tips as a comment to this post.
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open was a big buzz word at the recent Distance Learning Administration conference. Open educational resources basically aim to reduce barriers to academic content. Could such materials work in your class? Let’s have a look at some basics.
GALILEO: High Quality Resources, No-Cost to Students
Through Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG), the University System of Georgia (USG) aims to provide affordable textbook alternatives to distance-learning students. These electronic alternatives are low cost or free (most typically in the form of open education resources), and build on GALILEO and USG library resources.
Recently, ALG shared information about how you can use GALILEO resources within your D2L course. Let’s have a look at what is available to you and how it can benefit our students.
MOOCs: Fresh from the DLA conference
I just got back from the Distance Learning Administration (DLA) conference and let me tell you… it was fantastic. Hosted at the historic Jekyll island club hotel, this conference attracts eLearning administrators, faculty, staff (including instructional designers, technologists, and librarians) from many educational institutions around the nation. One of the topics discussed in multiple presentations was massive online open courses or MOOCs for short.
Enrolling a Faculty Member in Your Brightspace/D2L Course
Need to enroll someone in your Brightspace/D2L course?
If so, the following 30-second video will show you how. The video does not have narration but it does have subtitles. To enable/disable the subtitles, click the CC symbol (found at the bottom right corner of the screen after you start playing the video).
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Getting Ready for Summer 2015
To assist you with instructional design and technology needs for the Summer 2015 semester, Randle and I are offering two types of sessions, as follows:
New D2L Capability: Attendance Tool
Where is it?
Did you notice that your D2L menu just got bigger? It’s because we now have the Attendance tool. Look for it at the top left corner of the screenshot in Figure 1, between Course Home and Classlist. Continue reading
Getting Your Course Ready For The Upcoming Semester, Part III: D2L Post Production
As you get ready for a new semester, let’s have a quick look at how you prepare your D2L course.
Getting Your Course Ready For The Upcoming Semester, Part II: Content and Resources
As you get ready for a new semester, let’s have a quick look at your content and resources.