New to Your Chrome Browser!
You will notice 4 new icons added to your Chrome browser: These are some new tools for accessibility in reading, writing, math, and reading PDF files, available to NMC campus wide and based on your NMC Google login. They are Read&Write, Equatio, Screen Shot...
Get Smart: Two Free Online PD Opportunities
Yes, we can fly off to conferences, and yes, we have our in-house Fall Conference PD opportunity, but what if you just want to sit in your pajamas and learn online? You are in luck! Two opportunities are available. But, especially for the first one, you have to act...
Free Online Tutoring for Students
Did you know that NMC provides free online tutoring for most subjects? NMC has contracted with Nettutor over the last five years to provide 24/7 tutoring for most subjects. Nettutor tutors are highly qualified with the majority of their tutors holding an advanced...
Zoom Breakout Rooms for Office Hours or Study Sessions
Zoom's core feature, Breakout Rooms, is a great tool for online office hours or study sessions. It allows the meeting host to split their Zoom meeting in up to 50 different sessions, deciding to either automatically or manually place participants in the rooms....
Experiential Learning and Reflection
On August 19th Maureen Drysdale came to NMC and talked about using reflection to enhance student learning. Two days later, the Experiential Learning Institute (ELI) held the first EL Fundamentals course for a deeper dive into the components of EL. The theme...
Want To Go to a Conference? Here’s How!
One of the great benefits we receive as instructors here at NMC is the ability to attend conferences and workshops through the financial support of CIE. There is a procedure to follow, however, and in order to have your travel approved in a timely manner, you should...
New Student Resource: Digital & Information Literacy Video Series
Over the summer members of the Educational Technology and Library teams joined forces to create a new Digital & Information Literacy video series for NMC students. The goal of the video series is twofold: To provide students with brief "snackable" tutorials to...
You’re Invited: 2019-2020 Learning Communities
A Learning Community (LC) is a group of faculty, staff, and other interested individuals who get together to investigate a question or pursue a topic of interest. They provide an opportunity for professional learning as well as a sense of community. NMC is among many...
Beginnings
Last week, my daughter pulled out of our driveway, taking herself off to her junior year in college. This Thursday, we drive my son to his freshman year. And then on Monday, NMC's halls fill with all those new and returning Hawk Owls. I feel like I am in a huge swirl...
Important Reminders About the New Online Learning Orientation (OLO)
What is OLO? Beginning with the 2019 Fall semester, students taking an online class at NMC for the first time and students who have not completed an online course at NMC with a 2.0 grade or better will be required to complete an Online Learning Orientation (OLO)...