Grade Book Open Labs
The Educational Media Technology Department will hold several Grade Book Open Labs during the first two weeks of Fall Semester. These open labs are being held to allow faculty members to drop in for as long as they would like and have the opportunity to ask...
The Writing and Reading Center
The Writing and Reading Center is a place for any student who is working on any reading or writing, at any time in the semester. Students can visit to talk through ideas for writing, make a plan, look over reading for a class, revise writing, and more. Please tell...
Accessibility: Our Students
As I am writing this, it’s a week before our classes begin. It’s true what they say- time flies! In the past couple of months, I have done intake on almost 40 students with documented disabilities, most of whom are first semester Hawk Owls. You might have received one...
Reality Check: Helping to Manage Student Expectations
Maryellen Weimer, one of the premier learning scholars of our time, wrote this interesting and timely article for the Teaching Professor Blog. It's a good reminder for us as we begin a new semester. Reality Check: Helping to Manage Student Expectations By Maryellen...
Moodle Plug-ins Update
We have discovered a plug-ins that need to be updated and wanted to share the following information with you so you are aware. Date Report Plug-in It has come to our attention that the Date Report plug-in is not working properly. We have received word that the issue...
New Features Now in Moodle
Here are a few items that will make it easier for you in Moodle coming this Fall. Gradebook Features: Moodle has made navigation easier by adding a scroll bar at the top of the Moodle Gradebook. You no longer have to scroll to the bottom to find this. ...
Are You Ready For Fall?
Online Courses: Remember that all Online classes are made available to students five days prior to the start of the semester or class session. That means that Online courses will be made visible on August 18. All Other Courses: August 23 all other courses will be...
Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Technology Projects to Decrease Passivity
This article appeared August 4, 2014, in Faculty Focus. Dr. Shibley describes a few interesting active learning approaches. Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Technology Projects to Decrease Passivity Ike Shibley, PhD Passivity still seems to be the norm...
Workshops Coming Soon!
Educational Media Technologies will be hosting two workshops in August that will cover web conferencing, lecture capture, video streaming, video repositories, recording lectures at home, and much more. Come and join us for: Web Conferencing at NMCAugust 12,10:00 -...
Grade Book Training – Now & August
Available Now - Online Training: (Self-paced basic overview with tutorials) 5 Steps to Moodle Gradebook Success Note: Log into Moodle for the link to work correctly. The Educational Media Technologies Department is also happy to meet with instructors individually...