Be sure to congratulate John Velis and Al Laursen when you see them around campus in the next few weeks. They are this year's nominees for the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Award and will be recognized at the NISOD...
Thanks to all faculty who attended the January PD day on Monday. We hope the overview of Dee Fink's significant learning model was useful and helps you feel ready to write or revise your outcomes as well as link your assessments to your outcomes. Here are a couple...
[slideshow_deploy id='11594'] A number of faculty gathered in the library on the last Thursday of the semester to pound out some final grading. Mark DeLonge and Ryan Bernstein were there to solve Moodle problems and Tina Ulrich helped with research questions. We broke...
EMT and CIE are excited to announce the new Sharing Showcase, a collection of videos showcasing the best practices of faculty and staff at NMC. These short videos cover topics from service learning to using the active learning classrooms to specific course activities...
You might notice a few changes this term in the Moodle gradebook User report. We've turned off "Calculated weight" and "Contribution to course total" as default elements that students see when they check individual course grades. Below is an image of what the default...
A collection of videos celebrating best practices of NMC faculty and staff! Appearing January 9, the Sharing Showcase web-page will open with a growing collection of 2 to 3 minute videos within categories such as: Active learning. Engagement. Using technology....
On Christmas Day (12/25/16) we're going to reboot the Moodle server at 12:00 p.m. We expect Moodle to be unavailable for approximately 4 hours. The reboot allows us to perform a forced file consistency check, which is a routine procedure that basically ensures that...
December 3rd was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. You might not have even noticed. There wasn’t a lot of buzz. Sometimes when we see articles that include “international” or “worldwide” in the title we lose interest. Those macro level issues can...
Do you use your Ruler bars in Word? Did you know they can be an easy way to adjust formatting? To make the rulers visible, click View, then select Ruler. You will see a ruler at the top and to the left side of your page. From these rulers you can adjust margins,...