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Pre-Conference Workshop – iPad Essentials: List of Tools
This post is to provide the list of tools that were discussed during the pre-conference workshop, “iPad Essentials,” that I presented this past Sunday. Even if you weren’t in my session, feel free to take a look!If you have other tools that you’d recommend, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Productivity
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Effective Online Grading
Joe SafdieGwyn Enrighthttps://twitter.com/evinsmj/status/699984054154694656One of the things that I took away from this session is that the presenters don’t respond to every student’s discussion post. It’s important (clearly) to read them all, but the amount of time it takes to respond to all of them, when they have 5 English comp classes, each with 25-30 students,
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Adventures in Video: Connecting with Online Students Through Camtasia
Tracy Schaelenhttps://tackk.com/elearning2016The beginning of this session focused on what the presenter has been doing with Camtasia and video. Before showing the 2nd video in her class, she mentioned that she uses green screen in Camtasia. You have my attention. She did mention that the “how to” portion will come later in the presentation, but I
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Canvas as the Next Generation LMS
Carli TegtmeierRegional Sales DirectorThis session had a couple of parts to it. During the first part, Carli talked about the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment. Based on a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, experts did a study to determine what the LMS was going to be moving forward. It was interesting to
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Avoiding the Zombie Apocalypse: 2 Tools for Universal Design in Online Classes
Beth Ritter-GuthUnion County CollegeBeth started this session with a lie – she’ll be doing 3 tools; always better to under promise and over deliver! Tool #1: EdPuzzle Create quiz questions within a YouTube video that forces students to be engaged with the video. The questions must be answered in order (can’t skip ahead), and the
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Animated, Authentic, Accessible, and Free: Using Video in Online Courses
Anne Marie AndersonMelanie MorrisRaritan Valley Community CollegeWhy use video? Personalize courses Online courses receive “live” instruction Flip & hybrid classroom Re-watch & review concepts Provide feedback on assignments Universal design for learning Tools that they use: Screencast-o-matic: Never had a need to purchase the paid version ($15/year) Camtasia: Paid licensing per user (~$300 per license)