Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Work Easier Made a mistake? Accidentally deleted some text and want it back? Ctrl + Z will undo your last command. For Mac users, simply replace Ctrl with the Command key. If you need to make a copy of text...
*A public device refers to any device, such as a computer, that is available in a public space such as a school, library, government office, or any other open-access area or business and may be used or accessed by multiple people. Keep it Casual. Avoid doing anything...
Now that you are more familiar with using Grackle Docs to check your Google Docs for accessibility, here are some tips to keep in mind when deciphering what the results mean. Red X: This means you should correct it. These are criteria that must be remedied according...
Teaching can drain you. We invest so much in to our lessons, planning, giving feedback.... and for what? Proverbially, we are planting seeds that we may never see grow. More often than not, we will never know the outcomes of what students take away from our classes....
Before I begin, I need to give credit and a shout out to Nick Roster, who inspired me with his own lock box activity. I had been wanting to do a group-styled "exam" for some time with my classes, and his idea of the "lock box" gave me the inspiration and vehicle to...
At January's Friday Forum, we heard from a panel on the topic of neurodiversity (the range of individual differences in brain function and behavioral traits including autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia). Two students, Hannah Krohn and Harley Maxbauer; a former...
We were honored to host learner-centered teaching guru Maryellen Weimer on Jan. 6 for our January Conference faculty professional development. She focused on the five characteristics of learner-centered teaching: 1) students are doing the hard, messy work of learning,...
Have you noticed fewer classes in your Moodle dashboard this week? That's not a fever dream, but the result of a new Ed Tech policy regarding the number of past classes being maintained on our Moodle server (we reduced the number from 2 years + 1 semester of courses...
Goodbye NMC you’ve been a good friend indeed. 36 years ago a friend of mine who was the office manager in the Communications Office, Barb Maylone, called me after my husband and I returned from a year in Tennessee with an 8-month-old baby boy. My husband had been...