This post was written by Kristen Szuman, Instructional Technology Student Assistant. The third of three posts exploring productivity apps, this post will explore IFTTT, a chain-based events service; Vault, a password keeper; and Forest, a sustainable take on the classic timer app. IFTTT (IFTTT Inc, $Free) What Is It? IF This Then That (IFTTT) is…
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Student View: Apps for Accessibility and Productivity (2 of 3)
This post was written by Kristen Szuman, Instructional Technology Student Assistant. The second of three posts exploring productivity apps, this post will explore Bear, a note taking app; and Adobe Scan, a mobile PDF scanner. Bear (Shiny Frog, $Free) / Bear Pro (Shiny Frog, $1.49/month or $14.99/year) What Is It? Bear is a minimalist note…
Student View: Apps for Accessibility and Productivity (1 of 3)
This post is written by Kristen Szuman, Instructional Technology Student Assistant The first of three posts exploring productivity and accessibility apps, this series will focus on apps that have practical application in anyone’s life, but are especially helpful for students with difficulties focusing and learning. This first post focuses on Tide, a Pomodoro timer app,…
Do you have our upcoming Google calendar session on your calendar?
This Thursday afternoon we’ll talk about this easy tool that can help you organize your time and share information with colleagues or students. Learn about basic and advanced calendar features, as well as appointment slots and invitations, that will: make your availability visible (or not) to others, help you streamline advising and other sign-ups, and keep everybody…
Asynchronous Collaborations: Using Google Docs to Facilitate Working in Community
This semester Ariella Rotramel and I are engaging in community-based teaching and research. In order to work efficiently in our collaborations with community partners, we have both turned to Google Docs as an important tool. This post describes how each of us use use Google Docs in this work. Joyce My course, ANT/LAS 431 Globalization,…
Google into Moodle
About a year ago, I shifted my course syllabi to Google Docs as a strategy for more nimbly handling the inevitable hiccups and improvisational changes to scheduled meetings during the semester: snow days; opportunistic class visits by colleagues and other scholars; newly published research addressing course topics; etc.. As a result, any updates to syllabi…
Rubrics for efficiency and structure
*This post was written by Joyce Bennett and Rachel Black Why use rubrics We have been using rubrics for the new ConnCourse that we co-designed “Power and Inequality in a Globalized Word.” Joyce first taught the course in the fall of 2016, when she used rubrics for each of the writing assignments and the in-class…
Don’t Yuck Anyone’s Yum*: Using Google Drive and Moodle for Courses
In 2017, many faculty use an online platform to provide their students with course content and engage with them in or outside of the classroom. At Conn, we have two major ways to organize such work – Moodle and Google Drive. As I started to use Google Drive to organize my work from job applications…
Using a Course Website to Recruit Incoming Students and Promote Community Engagement
I have the happy challenge of needing to communicate with students over the summer. Most of them are incoming first-year students or transfer students who are trying to decide how they will spend their time at Connecticut College. This means quite a few questions regarding the types of choral ensembles that we offer, how often…
September Teaching with Technology Productivity Workshops
The first two workshops in September focus on productivity. We will spend time organizing and developing new strategies to keep our email and Drive from overwhelming us, allowing us to focus on more important tasks. Registration is recommended (food is provided), but not necessary. Please join us! Take Control of Your Google Drive Monday, September…
