Interesting Tools
I recently attended the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Below are some different links to information and resources I picked up through sessions I attended. Cool4ed.com is a resource through California State University for OER textbooks. Check out the “Course...
Service Dogs
Service dogs - a very hot topic on the civil rights listservs I read. In this article I will share some resources to help you understand the difference between a service dog and an emotional support animal and which is allowed in the classroom. Who doesn’t like a good...
Best Practices for MS Word
The following are some best practices to remember when creating Word documents. Information taken from The Office of Accessibility, mn.gov/mnit/accessibility. Use document styles: Use heading and paragraph styles to structure the document. Add alt-text to images and...
Faculty Spotlight: John Zachman
John Zachman is our very own political science professor and is part of the Social Sciences department. John has been with NMC for over fifteen years, teaching the majority of our political science classes, serving as part of our union negotiation team this past year,...
TRENDS Call for Presenters
On behalf of the TRENDS in Occupational Studies committee, I wanted to share with you the "Call for Presenters" form. This online form is used by the various committees (Technical, Health Sciences, IT, General, etc.) to solicit potential presentations for the 2017...
Mid-Semester Alerts: A Chance for Students To Reflect
During our December Friday Forum discussion on grading, Communications instructor Dani Garcia talked about how she has students do regular metacognitive grade checks. She makes the grade check an assignment worth points. To do the assignment, students have to go into...
Introducing Google Team Drives
Google recently rolled out a new feature called Team Drives. It's a shared collaborative space much like Google Drive, but the main difference is that there isn't a specific owner of the Team Drive or documents saved within it. The Team Drive and all documents saved...
Create a PLM for Your Class
It has been a long time coming, but the PLM site is ready for use. And we are looking for faculty to create modules for their students. How it Works The goal of a PLM is to introduce and reinforce a concept or idea or meaning without detailed explanation -or “any”...
Creative Commons Images
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the Metropolitan Museum of Art's (MET) public domain collection are now free for anyone to use under Creative Commons Zero licensing. The MET has 375,000 images in the collection, which can be downloaded from...
NMC Spring Transfer Fair on Tuesday, March 14
Over 25 university representatives will be on NMC’s campus on Tuesday, March 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to talk with students, staff and faculty about their programs and the transfer process. The university representatives will be located in: Health/Science...