Videos Automatically Embedding in Moodle?
Have you ever used the linking feature in the Moodle editor to create a text link to a YouTube or Vimeo video? If you have, you may have noticed that Moodle embeds the video directly into the site instead of creating a link. This is because of a Moodle multimedia...
New NMC Moodle Theme Available This Week!
Last month, Mark Delonge told you about upcoming Changes to Moodle, including the shift to a new, responsive Moodle theme. We’re happy to tell you that later this week NMC instructors can start logging into their summer and fall courses to see the new theme. The new...
Google Calendar
Google Calendar is becoming more popular at NMC, and the more people who use it, the more valuable it becomes. This tool allows for both public and private posting of events, meetings, daily schedules, and a host of other scheduling information which may prove...
Everyone Has a Story 2
Sunday April 19, 2015 2:00-4:00PM Inside Out Gallery Free admission Writers from the NMC Writing Workshop for folks experienced with homeless will read their work ASL interpreting by Leanne Baumeler Sponsored by the NMC Foundation For more information please contact...
Additional SoftChalk Licenses Now Available
One of the educational technologies that you’ve had at your disposal for the last several years has been SoftChalk, a tool that allows you to create customized interactive learning content, activities and quizzes that can be integrated into your Moodle course in a...
Password, NMC ID, & Security Questions
A quick 3 part guide to password resets, finding user ID and reset security questions. Part 1: Forgot Your NMC ID? Let’s start off with the page you see below. Just when you need to login your mind goes blank. What do you do? You can call the NMC Technology Help Desk...
Preparing Students for the Home Stretch
Sports dominated the TV this weekend with Red Wings games and Michigan State playing in the Final Four. Watching, I thought about how successful coaches and players maintain intensity until the last possible second and how as instructors we can do the same for our...
Active Learning – Simulation
During 2014, we recorded several instructors around campus using active learning techniques. The example below is from the Nursing program. Watch this short video to get an inside look at the simulation scenarios and skills checks Nursing students experience at NMC....
Hey! Guess What?
A new feature in the latest version of Ensemble makes it easier to package a video together with annotations, files, and/or links. The old way required you to use a playlist, but now it's as simple as checking a box! Let's take a look... [ensemblevideo...
Welcome Ryan Bernstein to EMT!
Ryan is coming to Educational Media Technologies after spending four years as content manager, technical writer, social media manager and webinar host at a local internet hosting provider. He has been an adjunct instructor in the Communications academic area since...