All documentation for IS-supported instructional technology tools and platforms can be found in the lists below. To request documentation, email teachtech@conncoll.edu.
Digital Connecticut College (Blogs & Websites)
Digital Connecticut College allows students, faculty, and staff to create their own domains, then create websites or blogs.
View our short video tutorials on Google Workspace (login required). The following are step-by-step written instructions:
Hypothesis
- How to add Hypothesis to Moodle
- How to use Hypothesis for private highlighting and collaborative annotation (1 minute)
- How to add bold, italics, links and quotes to annotations (2 min)
Kaltura
Kaltura is the college's video storage resource. You can use Kaltura for screen and lecture recording and sharing digital video resources on Moodle. In addition to the step-by-step written instructions below, view our video tutorials in MediaSpace.
Moodle
Moodle is the college's Learning Management System and allows faculty to set up interactive, online course spaces. Moodle can be used to share course resources, host discussions, accept assignments electronically, offer online quizzes and more. In addition to the step-by-step written instructions below, view our video tutorials in MediaSpace.
- Moodle: Adding Files
- Moodle Assignment Activity
- Moodle: Communicating with Students
- Moodle: Copying Course Content
- Moodle: File Sizes
- Moodle Forums
- Moodle: Google Assignments
- Moodle Gradebook
- Kaltura Video Resource (uploading video files and linking to digitized films)
- Moodle Quizzes
Student Engagement Tools
- Flipgrid - Video Discussion Forums
- Hypothesis - Collaborative Annotation Tool
- A short video tutorial showing how to add Hypothesis activities to Moodle
- Kahoot - Interactive, "gamified" quizzes
- Padlet - Mindmaps and online bulletin boards
- Socrative - Polling application
- Thinglink - Multimedia projects
- Voicethread - Audio and Video Discussion Forums
Video Resources
For more information, see the Kaltura menu above.
Zoom
Zoom is the recommended videoconferencing system for remote and hybrid classes. In addition the the step-by-step written instructions below, view our video tutorials in MediaSpace.
- Activating your Zoom account
- Zoom for Teaching (Basic)
- Zoom for Teaching (Advanced)
- Zoom for Students
- Zoom Security Recommendations
If teaching in a hyflex enabled classroom, you will need to make adjustments to the audio settings and select the correct camera, speaker, and microphone. The following screenshots show how to do this in Zoom. Any questions related to classrooms should be directed to mediaservices@conncoll.edu.
