Recently the Instructional Technology team hired a student assistant, Kristen Szuman. Kristen is a sophomore interested in art, politics, and loves animals. We asked Kristen to use and document the many accessibility features available on iOS devices. This is her first, of, we hope, several, blog post about useful technology tools. Accessibility seldom gets the…
Author: Jessica McCullough
From the Archives: Advising Week Tip
By request, I am reposting this information about using Appointment Slots for scheduling meetings with students. The post was originally published on November 9, 2014. Enjoy! Because it is advising week, and because I had a request (thanks, Emily Morash!), this post is all about automating the process of setting up meeting times with students….
WordPress for Reflecting, Creating, Sharing, and Contributing
WordPress is an easy-to-use, yet robust, blogging and website development platform. The College now hosts WordPress, giving you and your students the ability to create professional-looking websites on the conncoll.edu domain that have the potential to reach well beyond the classroom. Last week in our Teaching with Technology workshop we described WordPress’s many functions and…
Don’t Miss March Workshops
We have two great workshops scheduled in March, the first takes place on Wednesday. We hope to see you there! The first, WordPress for Reflecting, Creating, Sharing and Contributing, will take place this Wednesday, March 2nd, from 1:15-2:15 PM at the Visualization Wall in Shain Library. WordPress is an easy-to-use, yet robust, blogging and website development…
The Dilley Room Is Back!
Over the January break we installed a new, state-of-the-art videoconferencing system in the Dilley Room, located on the third floor of Shain Library. The room’s Cisco SX80 videoconferencing system enables connection to other locations with similar or compatible systems. Faculty can share high quality video, audio and course content with students at the other sites,…
Important Workshop on Friday: Open Educational Resources
Access to course materials for all students is critical to their success in our courses. Are your course materials cost prohibitive? Join us on Friday for a workshop to learn about Open Educational Resources (OER). We will present strategies for finding and implementing OER and hear from members of our own faculty who have replaced…
February Teaching with Technology Workshops
Don’t forget to add the following Teaching with Technology workshops to your calendar! Workshops are open to all faculty and staff. We’ll see you there. Get out of your inbox! Gmail Productivity Tuesday, February 9, 12:00-1:00 PM Neff Lab, Second Floor, Shain Library Spending too much time in your inbox? In this session you will…
Weatherproofing Resources Recap
Today seems like an appropriate time to dig up our weatherproofing posts from the past. As always, feel free to contact an instructional technology liaison for help in planning technological solutions for inclement weather (ideally before inclement weather arrives!). Our post from February, 2014 includes four simple ideas for communicating with your students and staying…
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,500 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 58 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
Web Conferencing Kits now available!
Wishing you could bring an expert into your class? Our Web Conferencing Kits make connecting with guest speakers, colleagues, students – anyone – easier than ever. The kits, available to faculty from the Digital Scholarship and Curriculum Center (DSCC), support web conferencing through Skype, Google Hangouts, Zoom, and FaceTime. Each kit contains: one 1080P webcam…