Help the Library Better Support All NMC Learners!
As partners, collaborators, and users of library resources and services, we would like to invite you to share your perspective as the library plans some timely updates to our website and online resources. Among the factors inspiring these updates are: Our upcoming...
2020 Student Technology Use Survey
On February 4th, ORPE sent out a survey to NMC students to measure their access to technology at home, on campus, and how they use it in and out of the classroom. If you have a moment this week, please encourage your students to complete the survey that they received...
Quick Keyboard Tricks
Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Work Easier Made a mistake? Accidentally deleted some text and want it back? Ctrl + Z will undo your last command. For Mac users, simply replace Ctrl with the Command key. If you need to make a copy of text...
InfoSec – Using Public* and Shared Devices Safely
*A public device refers to any device, such as a computer, that is available in a public space such as a school, library, government office, or any other open-access area or business and may be used or accessed by multiple people. Keep it Casual. Avoid doing anything...
Tips for Grackle Docs Results
Now that you are more familiar with using Grackle Docs to check your Google Docs for accessibility, here are some tips to keep in mind when deciphering what the results mean. Red X: This means you should correct it. These are criteria that must be remedied according...
The Smile File
Teaching can drain you. We invest so much in to our lessons, planning, giving feedback.... and for what? Proverbially, we are planting seeds that we may never see grow. More often than not, we will never know the outcomes of what students take away from our classes....
The Lock Box Exam: “Escaping the Rhetoric” – Checking Content & Reinforcing Gen Ed Outcomes
Before I begin, I need to give credit and a shout out to Nick Roster, who inspired me with his own lock box activity. I had been wanting to do a group-styled "exam" for some time with my classes, and his idea of the "lock box" gave me the inspiration and vehicle to...
Embracing Neurodiversity in the Classroom
At January's Friday Forum, we heard from a panel on the topic of neurodiversity (the range of individual differences in brain function and behavioral traits including autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia). Two students, Hannah Krohn and Harley Maxbauer; a former...
Learner Centered Teaching Resources from January Conference
We were honored to host learner-centered teaching guru Maryellen Weimer on Jan. 6 for our January Conference faculty professional development. She focused on the five characteristics of learner-centered teaching: 1) students are doing the hard, messy work of learning,...
Moodle’s New Year’s Resolution: Slim Down 3 Terms
Have you noticed fewer classes in your Moodle dashboard this week? That's not a fever dream, but the result of a new Ed Tech policy regarding the number of past classes being maintained on our Moodle server (we reduced the number from 2 years + 1 semester of courses...