Join us on Jan. 8 for an exciting professional development program featuring leading experts in the areas of authentic assessment and language-based literacy disabilities. Dr. Robert Talbert of GVSU will share strategies for shifting assessment practices...
General Articles
Are you smarter than a first-year student using Chat GPT? Yes, but…
If you’ve been fretting that your students know more about AI than you do, worry no more. CIE has scheduled two hands-on workshops for early 2025 to bring you up to speed on AI basics. Regardless of your opinion on AI, it’s important to have an understanding of what...
NMC Philosophy Instructor Represents in California
Corey Sanderson, NMC Philosophy instructor, recently attended The American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. This professional development opportunity was funded by CIE. Here’s what Corey had to say about...
What’s on your desk, Paul Martin?
Paul Martin is the Network Systems & Data Communication Analyst at NMC, a role he's had since 2011. His title hasn't changed in that time, but his job certainly has. Originally hired to be the Moodle server administrator and to maintain other servers for Systems...
Show Your Mug at Dec. 6 Friday Forum!
Take a break before the final semester rush at a special Friday Forum in Fine Arts! Ceramics instructor Laura Korch invites us to join her in the studio to craft mugs for the CIE Coffee Club. Laura will finish the mugs later. Please take a minute to respond to...
Canvas Corner Volume 11: Creating a Canvas Assignment (Part 3)
Last week's Canvas Corner addressed due dates and rubric creation in Canvas Assignments. This week, we'll concentrate on some lesser used assignment features that can add some exciting wrinkles to your Canvas-supported curriculum: group assignments and the built-in...
Canvas & Moodle Dates for 2025 Spring Semester
ED TECH NEWS: SPRING CANVAS COHORT: Our successful Canvas LMS fall pilot has expanded into a much larger spring cohort, growing from 16 to 56 (!) instructors. This cohort will receive extensive support from both Canvas and the NMC Ed Tech team over the next...
Canvas Corner Volume 10: Creating a Canvas Assignment (Part 2)
Last week's Canvas Corner focused on the basics of creating an assignment in Canvas, including adding an assignment description, types of submissions, setting up an online submission, grade settings, and more. This week, we'll concentrate on setting up assignment due...
Canvas Corner Volume 9: Creating a Canvas Assignment (Part 1)
We discussed the Canvas Assignments Page last week, touching on how graded activities can be created in multiple places in Canvas and how they appear and can be arranged on the Assignments page. This week, we’ll focus on the process of creating assignments in Canvas....