Are your students reading course materials on laptops or other devices? Online annotation tools can support students’ close reading of texts in an online environment. These same tools can be used to support collaborative reading where students add annotations, questions, and discussion directly on the texts themselves! Intentional use of social annotation tools make texts…
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Introducing “Digital Connecticut College”
Yesterday we held a workshop to introduce Digital Connecticut College. Thanks to everyone who attended! What is Digital Connecticut College? Digital Connecticut College provides students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to register a domain name and create a digital presence through various mediums such as blogs, portfolios, and wikis. You can easily install open source applications…
A Student Experience With The Digication Portfolio
This blog post was written by Rigoberto Reyna, who worked as the Instructional Technology Student Assistant last summer. He is a junior and a member of the Social Justice & Sustainability pathway. In the post, he reflects on the use of an ePortfolio in the thematic inquiry course. Thank you, Rigoberto! As a sophomore I…
Most Frequently Asked…Moodle and the First Week of Classes
After the first full week of classes, let’s look at some of the most frequently asked Moodle questions: 1. Where are my Moodle sites? This question pops up every year from students and faculty alike. Students frequently look to Moodle to get a jump on their assignments or to get a preview of the syllabus…
Open Educational Resources: OER Explorers and Informational Libguide
The headlines are frightening: “Student Debt Nears One Trillion Dollars,” “College Costs Out of Control,” and “Betrayed by the Dream Factory.” These are not Hollywood blockbusters, but articles written in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Slate.com about the skyrocketing cost of a college education. A steep increase in textbook prices is a major factor…
Find Us at Camp Teach & Learn
Instructional technology is co-sponsoring two sessions at this year’s Camp Teach & Learn. We hope to see you there! Integrating Global-Local Experiences: Using ePortfolio Wednesday 23 May 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM Connections asks students to not only develop purposeful plans for off-campus learning (through internships, community involvement, study away and so on), but also to integrate…
Moodle OR Google?
In this post I would like to build on Ariella Rotramel’s and Anthony Graesh’s posts on course management systems and describe how I use Google Sites to deliver content and manage students’ assignments. What is Google Sites? Google Sites is the website building application in the G Suite productivity suite. The application allows you to…
Appointment Slots in the New Google Calendar
With advising week fast approaching we’ve been getting questions about using appointment slots in the new Google Calendar. It still works in the same way that we outlined in our original post, but finding the link to share with your students is different. Here are instructions. 1. Begin to create an event on your calendar,…
A Handy Trick for Duplicating Google Docs
Faculty often create assignments in which students are asked to complete a worksheet or template. When using Google Docs for this, a common practice is to either make multiple copies of the template and share the copies with individual students , or to give students access to the original document so the students can make…
Snow day planning…
Due to demand, we are re-publishing this post from earlier in the year! Did you miss the weatherproofing workshop last week? We focused on three types of activities you can do with your students if you are unable to attend class. Here are just a few ideas we shared. If you want more information or…