The following video is a screen reader reading a PowerPoint presentation that does not have accessibility principles applied, notice the reading order, and how images were used to communicate content but skipped over. Then the same presentation slides are fixed using...
When creating your PowerPoint presentation, you have to ask yourself if you will be posting your file online. If you are, we suggest that you save your file in two ways. First, put your presentation together following the tips we provide here for making it as...
Check out this great article on, Sign Language Interpreters: In the Classroom. It gives some great tips and things to remember when working with an interpreter.
If you have had any email communications with the Educational Media Technologies team since the beginning of the semester, you may have noticed some additional text at the bottom of the team member email signature. It should look something like the image below: The...
This semester we had to remove the My Grades block from the Moodle dashboard due to some errors in reporting. Students still have access to their grades by going into the course and accessing them through the Administration block within each course. We recently...
As a trial, last spring semester I tried something new to attempt to get students to read the weekly instructions on Moodle and to complete all work. This is when I noticed the checklist activity. Enable Completion Tracking Before getting started make sure the...
Films on Demand recently updated their server, and although they have a new look, the service still works the same. You should be aware that some of the video links may have changed because of this server update. If you have links to Films on Demand videos in Moodle...
At the last CIE 20 Minute Mentor, we watched a video on what to do when students push our buttons. The discussion that followed was, as always, engaging. I shared one of my strategies to (at least potentially) head off students from "pushing my buttons". I have the...
Wondering how to start each class off right? This article, "Small Changes in Teaching: The First 5 Minutes of Class," from the Chronicle makes a compelling argument that the first five minutes of class really matter and gives some suggestions for what you can do....