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Teaching with Zoom

September 1, 2021

This blog post provides the recording and session files from the Teaching with Zoom session by Inga Breede on August 31, 2021.

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Supporting Accommodations for Students

August 18, 2021

Do you have students in your course that you’re accommodating online until they can arrive on campus?

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MathMatize Your Classroom: A Webinar by Prof. Jonathan Herman

August 16, 2021

MathMatize is a new online math-learning platform co-developed by Prof. Jonathan Herman. This reviews his Lessons Learned Webinar.

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Tips and Tricks Learned Teaching Math Online: A Webinar by Prof. Mark Ebden

July 28, 2021

Prof. Ebden joined us on Zoom to share some of the Tips and Tricks he learned while teaching his Probability and Statistics course, ECE286, online.

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ePump: Patching the Leak in the STEM Pipeline

July 13, 2021

This article is about the ePUMP project – the goals, the project team (what the project team is doing and what the ETO is doing), and how the project has maintained momentum through a very momentous year.

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How to Motivate and Retain Online Learners

March 19, 2021

Dr. Curtis Bonk gives ideas on how to motivate students online, hosted by Contact North.

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Teaching with Quercus – Managing Online Discussions of Difficult Topics

February 23, 2021

Discussing difficult subjects is challenging in both face-to-face and online/remote teaching contexts, but when done well, can result in a meaningful learning experience for you and your students!

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Helpful widgets to embed in your Quercus page

February 9, 2021

So, what exactly is a widget?
A widget is a small application embedded within an interface that provides quick access to information.

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Adapting Group Projects and Software Skills to Online

February 4, 2021

Working in groups remotely can be difficult for students. Join Professor Drake as she shares her experiences with online groupwork for CIV550!

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EngSci’s Top 10 Recommendations for Online Learning

January 13, 2021

This list was compiled by the Division of Engineering Science (EngSci) Leadership Team. Links to resources were added by the EdTech Team.

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Engaging Students through a FASE Template

November 26, 2020

Time is of essence! Quercus is complicated, and teaching teams might not have enough time to create a source from scratch. This is why we’ve developed a FASE Quercus course template that can be imported and customized within your own Quercus course shell.

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Accommodations and Accessibility in Remote/Online Teaching

October 27, 2020

Learn more about registering with accessibility services, facts and figures, and considerations for online and remote learning.

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