Navigating Help Desk Priority Levels: ‘To 9-1-1 or Not to 9-1-1; That is the Question!’
Imagine it’s a Saturday morning at the end of a long week of teaching. After surviving difficult classes, endless meetings, and piles of grading, you are finally able to create your midterm exam in Moodle that is scheduled for the following Tuesday. You open your test...
Upcoming (Free) Conference Opportunities
ETOM (Educational Technology Organization of Michigan): The Fall 2020 Virtual Conference will be held on Friday, November 6. They estimate that Zoom sessions will be about 45-50 minutes, but that may change depending on the number of submissions. The keynote speaker...
Active Learning Webinar Recording and Resources
Here is a link to the recording of a webinar entitled “Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques,” presented by Claire Major through The League for Innovation: www.league.org/node/504984. The webinar also noted the free resources of the K. Patricia...
Virtual Event: Earth Day 50.5
Construction Technology instructor Maddie Ek has been involved with a working group through the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum called Michigan Campus Sustainability Collective. This group is working on a virtual event called "Earth Day 50.5" that will be...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Opportunities
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team is rolling out opportunities for staff and students to get involved in making positive social change on campus. In the last months, 3 new subcommittees have been formed to work with our NMC stakeholders. Each subcommittee has...
Get Your FedEx Day Proposal in by Friday!
This is just a final reminder that your proposal for this year's October Conference FedEx Day (Oct. 13) is due to your chair/supervisor by this Friday, Sept. 18. The goal with this day is for you to have time--time to undertake a project that you have been wanting to...
Google Meets Video
Remember when Zoom went down? We hope that won't happen again, but if it does, Google Meet is a good back up. NMC's Google Certified Trainer Alison Thornton has put together this video overview for faculty. Take a look and be ready if we lose Zoom again!
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Zoom Chat Settings
As the Host of a Zoom meeting, if you need to change your Zoom chat settings to disable private chats between your meeting participants open the Chat panel then click on the three dots in the lower right corner. If you pick the Host only setting, participants will...
New Permanent Online Courses
So you want to move a class online or hybrid delivery?!? The normal development process for a class that has never been offered online or hybrid: Fill out the Online/Hybrid Course Development Request Form. Submit the form to your academic chair. After the course has...