Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Scantron forms and scanners are antiquated tools still in use at NMC, but many instructors and academic areas are phasing them out in favor of newer assessment technology. During the October PD day I lead a session introducing the Teaching Assistant application, a...
Introducing the NMC Ed Tech Knowledgebase

Introducing the NMC Ed Tech Knowledgebase

This past summer, Educational Media Technologies put together a Knowledegbase to help faculty and students accomplish goals with the various technologies available at NMC. We’re always available to answer emails, tickets and phone calls, but the Knowledgebase...
Moodle Courses – Important Upcoming Dates

Moodle Courses – Important Upcoming Dates

As we finish up summer courses and begin the fall term, below you’ll find a few important dates to remember as you wrap up your semester and prepare for the new one: August 18th: Summer 2016 (1603) courses turned off. Students will no longer have access to summer...
Introducing ReadSpeaker for Moodle

Introducing ReadSpeaker for Moodle

ReadSpeaker is a text-to-speech and document viewing service used by thousands of websites worldwide, and it’s now available for your Moodle course. By adding the ReadSpeaker block to your Moodle course, your students will be able to listen to nearly everything in...
Learning Opportunities: Capturing Lectures with Ensemble Anthem

Learning Opportunities: Capturing Lectures with Ensemble Anthem

Anthem is now available to use through your Ensemble dashboard. We sent out an introduction to Anthem a few weeks ago, and it’s now ready for you to use as your lecture capture tool. Please remember that we’ve started transitioning away from TechSmith...