Texthelp recently added some new STEM tools to EquatIO I thought you would be interested in hearing about. They have added an interactive Periodic Table and expanded their partnership with Desmos and added a Scientific Calculator. Check out their recent blog about the...
Google has decided to standardize the sharing interface throughout many of its applications including Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms in My Drive and Shared Drive. Check out this Quick Bytes video covering these changes. New Sharing in Google Apps Other...
Take 5 minutes and learn a new and relevant technology skill! Creating Multiple Signatures in Gmail Creating Shortcuts in Google Drive Formatting with Google Docs Snipping Tool How to use Bookmarks in a Chrome Browser For more video and eLearn Modules on...
We are living in a new world, so why not live virtually in a new Moodle? While NMC may have been forced by the Internet security gods to upgrade to Moodle 3.8 a bit earlier than desired, we think the improvements and new features will be popular with faculty and...
Keep the following Moodle-related dates in mind as we approach the start of the summer term: Monday, May 4th — Students populated in Summer 2020 (2003) courses. You’ll be able to see student lists in Moodle on this day. Students will not be able to see courses unless...
Apr. 20, 2020 “Star Blazer Zero is ready for lift off!” “Mooooom, I’m hungry!” “She took my bug catcher! It’s MINE!” “Will you play ‘Come Here Go Away’ with us?” The sounds of the COVID-19 shutdown for some houses probably include Zoom meetings, awkward laughter,...
I teach several online and traditional CIT Developer courses. When the campus closed, I decided to run my two traditional classes (CIT218 and CIT228) “live” in Zoom at our regular class meeting times. I also moved all my office hours to online hours in Zoom. In...
Perhaps one way to accomplish the goal of challenging students during exams is to infuse critical thinking into your exams. When we look at test banks provided by publishers or think back to our own undergraduate college days, the one thing that, perhaps, stands out...
In this time of rapidly converting our courses to distance or online learning modalities, perhaps one of the biggest questions that remain is how to do testing so that students don’t cheat. Perhaps there is another way to look at this question. How can we reconstruct...