Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

GoPRO’s serve many instructor and student needs Jason Slade has met the assessment challenge by using GoPRO’s (cameras that attach to your body) with his RAM120 robotics students.  He has figured out all kinds of uses for the GoPro that help not only students but...

Important Upcoming Moodle Dates to Remember

Important Upcoming Moodle Dates to Remember

Summer and Fall 2017 Moodle courses are now ready for you to develop. As we wrap up the Spring 2017 term and prepare for Summer courses, please keep the following Moodle dates in mind: May 7th - Students populated in Summer 2017 (1703) courses. You'll be able to see...

Coming Fall 2017: New Moodle Theme & Features

Coming Fall 2017: New Moodle Theme & Features

In the Fall of 2017 Moodle is going to look and feel a little different. We're upgrading from Moodle 2.9 to 3.2, which offers improvements to current features and several new features. We'll also be installing a new theme, changing the visual design of each of your...

Long Night of Grading – May 4th

Long Night of Grading – May 4th

Now there's an alternative to those long, lonely hours of grading --The Long Night of Grading brought to you by CIE, the Osterlin Library and Educational Media Technologies. On Thursday, May 4th, just when you are most buried by tests and papers and projects, the...

Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Parshall

Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Parshall

Communications instructor Nancy Parshall has had a big year: in the past twelve months she has had stories published in Dunes Review, Dime Show Review, Bear River Review, and KYSO Flash. And now, she's been chosen as the winner of the 2017 Michigan Writers Cooperative...

FOR FACULTY WORKING WITH OER

FOR FACULTY WORKING WITH OER

Helping bring down the cost of college by choosing free or low-cost textbooks is one way faculty can lighten the load for students and keep them on the path to a degree.  As the cost of textbooks has risen, students have coped by simply not purchasing them.  Having...

Classroom Lecture Capture Users

Classroom Lecture Capture Users

We wanted to let you know that all classroom computers are going to be upgraded to the latest version of Ensemble Anthem once spring semester is over. One plus from this upgrade is the set recording time will increase from 2 hours to 4. After the upgrade, to record,...

More NMC Seinfeld and Summer PD

The 3rd annual Course Development Institute will take place this May 22nd - May 26th.  This workshop style week is an opportunity for anyone to work on a new class or to refresh an old class.  The week will include a mini-lesson each morning followed by a work session...