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  1. Compare Discussion Tools

    Discussion Tools Comparison Chart For a great description of each discussion tool, visit the demo course site and click on the enroll button. Download the Accessible and Printable Version of the Discussion Comparison Tool Chart ...
  2. IDN Home Page About the Facilitators Cortney Leigh Cox Instructional Technology Support Consultant  Session:   Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools Drop-In Booth  (In-...
  3. Creating a Sandbox Site with a Basic Instructure Canvas Account

    We cannot create course sites before the Extension and Summer Schools have set up the course catalog and registrar system.  You can create a sandbox site yourself by setting up an outside Instructure Canvas account and build out things ther...
  4. Teaching in Zoom for 3 Hours

    1) Incorporate Active Learning (Interweave active learning with your lecture for peer interaction) Simple Activities  Polls Think-pair-share via breakout rooms  Student mini-presentations Bigger Activities Debates and...
  5. Content & Lecturing

    Choosing Your Content  Learning to Know:  Acquisition + development of skills Learning to Do:  Use of skills in one’s career Learning to Live Together: Development of values and teamwork skills Learning to Be:  Self-anal...
  6. Assessments & Feedback

    Formative + Summative Assessments & Feedback:  helps your students build on their work and understand how their work connects with the larger picture of the class 1a) Formative Assessment:  evaluates learning throughout the course (typically lo...
  7. Community & Interaction

    Defining Community & Interaction:   is defined differently for different classes, instructors, and students Student-to-Student: 1) Discussions with each other, 2) Networking, 3) Group Work Student-Instructor:  1) Knowing your instructor...
  8. Justin's tips for doc creating

    How I start a doc depends on the source: Doc360 port: I can usually copy over text and images fine. At the very least, I copy the text and then insert the photos one by one. Copy/pasting can cause formatting issues that are sometimes easier to a...
  9. Teach site Keywords and Tagging - Answers to FAQs

    Updated 2022Apr14 Q: What if there is more than one Keyword/no Keyword that best fits my piece of content? No Keyword For now, tag to the best available Keyword, and *also* tag it to a more specific tag of your own design in one or mor...
  10. Inclusive Online Teaching Strategies

    Strategy  Steps Community Agreements  CONTEXT & PURPOSE:  Setting classroom expectations & cultivating a brave space for sharing & learning  TOOLS:   Zoom Chat Box WHAT YOU WILL GAIN:  Classroom ...