Changes to Moodle Question Types
As NMC works to improve equal educational access for all students, the Education Technology department recently completed an accessibility review of Moodle’s quiz question types. While most question types met accessibility requirements in accordance with American...
Spring 2019 Faculty Showcase
Faculty Council is proud to present the annual Spring Faculty Showcase on April 26, 2019 in Scholars Hall 105 from 3:30-5:00 PM. This wonderful event is presented by your faculty peers. They will showcase classroom activities, share lessons, student...
Learning Communities Lunch
WHAT: A Lunch to Celebrate your Learning Community/Learn about Learning Communities WHO: Learning Community Members & anyone interested in Learning Communities WHEN: Friday, May 3rd at 12:00 - 1:30 in FH110 You're invited to break some bread and share what your...
You’re Invited: teachingSOLUTIONS 2019
teachingSOLUTIONS, NMC's online teaching certification and Moodle skills program, will be available again this May. The program can be completed during our face-to-face boot camp from May 14 - 18 or in a separate, self-paced online version. It typically...
Michigan Center for Student Success Invites You. . .
The Michigan Center for Student Success has a number of interesting opportunities coming up in the next few weeks. Though the descriptions below mention Guided Pathways teams, individuals from Guided Pathways schools (such as NMC) are invited to register on their own....
April Friday Forum: Join us for ‘Appy Hour!
Friday, April 5th | 12:30 - 2 PM | O205 Bring your favorite app--ones you use in your personal life or your classroom--to share, and learn what apps your colleagues are using. To wrap up this year's Friday Forum series, we'll learn new technologies we can use...
Creating a Video Quiz in Ensemble
Creating quizzes from videos in your Ensemble library can be a great way to increase student engagement and determine whether or not they have viewed your video content. Best of all, quizzes are quick and easy to create. Here’s how to do it: Step 1: Log on to Ensemble...
March Friday Forum: Helping Students Own Their Learning
At a conference a few years ago, a presenter said something that really stuck with me: the person who does the work does the learning. That really got me thinking. I sure know that when I work hard to prepare to teach something new, I learn a ton. So of course it...
This one time, in Vegas…
Earlier this month, Mark DeLonge and I presented at the 2019 ITC eLearning Conference at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Conference Center in Las Vegas. Our session, called "Herding Cats and Teaching Them a Trick or Two: Strategies for Finding your Piece of the...
New Accessibility Add-On: Grackle Docs
We have a new accessibility add-on available for use with Google Docs. This is a really easy tool that can help you analyze your document and guide you in any fixes needed to be in compliance with ADA. In this video tutorial, we will show you how to add Grackle Docs...