EdTech Blog
Exploring Captioning and Transcription Tools
This blog summarizes the webinar by Tamara Bahr, Ben Poynton and Shayne Trainand on different captioning tools available to use by us.
Helpful widgets to embed in your Quercus page
So, what exactly is a widget?
A widget is a small application embedded within an interface that provides quick access to information.
Weekly Quercus Updates (February 4, 2021)
This Week: Turnit-in Issue Resolved, BB Collaborate Issue Resolved, and Canvas Deploy Notes, This Week’s Faculty Question: How can I give my students from last term access to view their final exam responses?
Adapting Group Projects and Software Skills to Online
Working in groups remotely can be difficult for students. Join Professor Drake as she shares her experiences with online groupwork for CIV550!
February EdTech Events
Upcoming events: Click to register for Prof. Drake Case Study | Sync & Async Discussion in Online Environment | Select Your Online Assessment Tool
Weekly Quercus Updates (January 28, 2021)
This week: Turn-it-in Issues, BB Collaborate Issues, This Week’s Faculty Question: I have a student writing a deferred exam for Fall 2020 in Quercus quizzes. How can I give them access to the course now that the course is over?
Weekly Quercus Updates (January 21, 2021)
This week: BB Collaborate Issues, Canvas Update, This Week’s Faculty Question: I want to assign students to project groups in a large class. How can I do this quickly in Quercus?
Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
Prof. Micah Stickel and Prof. Susan McCahan have been sharing Lessons Learned from the Pandemic in presentations (PDF file attached, below). What have we learned after a full semester online? Well, it has a lot to do with Goldilocks…
Weekly Quercus Updates (January 14, 2021)
This week: Canvas Technical Updates, BB Collaborate Update, This Week’s Faculty Question: Where can my students get help for MyMedia content access issues?
EngSci’s Top 10 Recommendations for Online Learning
This list was compiled by the Division of Engineering Science (EngSci) Leadership Team. Links to resources were added by the EdTech Team.
Weekly Quercus Updates (January 7, 2021)
This week: Canvas Deploy Notes, New Training and Documentation Blogs/Webinars
Weekly Quercus Updates (December 17, 2020)
This week: Breakout Rooms for MS Teams Meetings- now available, This Week’s Faculty Question: How can I set an individual grade for a group assignment for one member of the group?