How Do You Teach Bright Students to Ask for Help?

How Do You Teach Bright Students to Ask for Help?

“Most people are hung up on the idea of asking for help. From the time we’re born, we are told that the American ethic is self-reliance. Pull your own weight, row your own boat, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and a host of other similar sayings pervade our...
Accessibility Experience – Ready to Listen?

Accessibility Experience – Ready to Listen?

Listen to your content As educators we spend a lot of time planning and designing the learning environment for our students. Documents and web content are an important part of supporting that learning environment; from the welcome message, the syllabus, the course...
MAP – An Academic Planning Tool

MAP – An Academic Planning Tool

Beginning September 22nd, all NMC students will be introduced to MAP – an academic planning tool they can use to stay on track for graduation. Students will access their MAP from their myNMC page or their Self-Service page. They will also find a link to a...

MTA – What it is and what happened to MACRAO

As students are shuffling into your offices with spring/summer registration questions, you might be hearing, “what the heck is MTA?”  We’ve got you covered!  For those who aren’t aware, the MACRAO Agreement was replaced by the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) this...
Moodle: Dropped Students in Gradebook

Moodle: Dropped Students in Gradebook

Have you noticed dropped students showing up in your grade book? We made a setting change that will now default to showing all students in the course in your grade book. This was done so that your averages would calculate correctly. If you would like your dropped...