Faculty & CIE Articles

Summer Shorts

Summer Shorts

Summer Shorts are a series of SHORT videos on how to use different technology tools in your teaching.  The series has included videos on Google Docs, Ensemble video recording, etc. To watch any of the videos from the series, visit the Summer Shorts Playlist.

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A Call to Order

A Call to Order

I learned something really cool about Moodle's ordering questions. If you are familiar with these, skip to the last two paragraphs; otherwise, read on for a description of them and how they work. Mark Delonge turned me on to "ordering" questions in Moodle a couple...

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Learning Communities Celebrates Its Second Year!

Learning Communities Celebrates Its Second Year!

 celebrates its second year! Congratulations to all those faculty and staff that made Learning Communities great this year.  Groups included Belongingness, New Faculty, e-Portfolio, Coaching, and Collaboration for Universal Design. Participants in the Belongingness LC...

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Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

GoPRO’s serve many instructor and student needs Jason Slade has met the assessment challenge by using GoPRO’s (cameras that attach to your body) with his RAM120 robotics students.  He has figured out all kinds of uses for the GoPro that help not only students but...

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Important Upcoming Moodle Dates to Remember

Important Upcoming Moodle Dates to Remember

Summer and Fall 2017 Moodle courses are now ready for you to develop. As we wrap up the Spring 2017 term and prepare for Summer courses, please keep the following Moodle dates in mind: May 7th - Students populated in Summer 2017 (1703) courses. You'll be able to see...

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Coming Fall 2017: New Moodle Theme & Features

Coming Fall 2017: New Moodle Theme & Features

In the Fall of 2017 Moodle is going to look and feel a little different. We're upgrading from Moodle 2.9 to 3.2, which offers improvements to current features and several new features. We'll also be installing a new theme, changing the visual design of each of your...

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Long Night of Grading – May 4th

Long Night of Grading – May 4th

Now there's an alternative to those long, lonely hours of grading --The Long Night of Grading brought to you by CIE, the Osterlin Library and Educational Media Technologies. On Thursday, May 4th, just when you are most buried by tests and papers and projects, the...

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Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Parshall

Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Parshall

Communications instructor Nancy Parshall has had a big year: in the past twelve months she has had stories published in Dunes Review, Dime Show Review, Bear River Review, and KYSO Flash. And now, she's been chosen as the winner of the 2017 Michigan Writers Cooperative...

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