Information Services presents International Love Data week 2024! This year the theme of Love Data Week is “My Kind of Data.” Join us as we explore this theme encompassing data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data. If you have not participated previously, now is the time! There will be…
Google Productivity Tool Updates Spring 2024
In a recent Teaching with Technology workshop, we covered some of the most noteworthy Google updates to enhance your productivity in teaching and research. Here are some of our favorite new features across the Google Workplace suite: Google Drive Tools for tidying your Storage The College has a new storage policy that puts limits on…
Douglass Day 2024 Transcribe-a-thon
Connecticut College is hosting the annual Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon; together we will help the Douglass Day organizers transcribe all 8,731 pages of the Frederick Douglass Papers, 1841 to 1912 in one day! Come, bring a laptop, and contribute to a nation-wide celebration of Frederick Douglass by making the Frederick Douglass Papers accessible to students and…
Last Chance to Register for Spring Learning Community: AI for Teaching and Learning
Don’t forget to register if you are able to join us this semester! Meeting details will be shared with registrants no later than Wednesday, January 24. Generative AI for Teaching and Learning: A Faculty Learning CommunityTuesdays, 2:30 – 4:00 pmJanuary 30, February 27, March 26, April 30, May 14 This faculty learning community, sponsored by…
Profiles in Open: Emily Kuder
Professor Emily Kuder, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, has been a long-time advocate and supporter of using open educational resources in her courses at Connecticut College. In 2019, she adopted and revised material for SPA 202: Spanish for the Professions. Her goals were to avoid expensive textbook costs and innovate instruction. “I hope the…
The Students Have Spoken: Data-Based High Impact Moodle Practices for Your New Year (Part II)
Based on our recent student survey data, the Curricular Technology team has created a list of six low-lift practices you can implement at the start of the new semester that will enhance your students’ experience with Moodle. What We Recommend: Make Your Site Visible Digital learning spaces such as Moodle are extensions of your physical…
The Students Have Spoken: Data-Based High Impact Moodle Practices for Your New Year (Part I)
We have entered another new year and are standing at the brink of another new spring semester! Perhaps there is, hidden amidst our resolutions for 2024, a goal or two pertaining to teaching and learning at Connecticut College. Ramping up your Moodle page might even be on this list of excellent aspirations. It is in…
New Grading and Export Options in Hypothesis Annotation Tool
Hypothesis has some exciting new features! Hypothesis is the collaborative annotation tool that can be added as an activity to your Moodle site. Students can annotate publicly available websites, PDF files and JSTOR articles. Read on for new functionality available with Hypothesis. Reusing Annotations with Import/Export With this new product function, you can reuse annotations…
Introducing WeVideo for Video Assignments
Information Services now offers a limited number of licenses to WeVideo, a cloud-based video creation platform. Students may create individual or group projects using a large database of ready-to-use video and audio content, or uploading their recorded content. WeVideo is extremely simple to use, allowing students to focus on content and structure rather than learning…
Faculty Spring Learning Community: AI for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Research Support & Curricular Technology team invites you to join a semester-long faculty learning community on Generative AI for Teaching and Learning. We are asking participants to commit to attending all five meetings. If you are interested, please read the description below and complete the linked form…