Toys at Educational Media Technologies – Check Them Out

Toys at Educational Media Technologies – Check Them Out

Did you know that Educational Media Technologies has a selection of technologies that you can check out to use, experience, or evaluate? These are available for check out or use in our Ed Tech Lab. In many cases, EMT staff can assist you in learning or getting...
Export and Import Grades from the Gradebook

Export and Import Grades from the Gradebook

Did you know you can Export and Import grade items in the Moodle Gradebook? Export NMCids, names, email addresses, and grades can be exported to Excel spreadsheets, Open Document spreadsheets, Plain Text files, or XML files. During the export you can select which...
Accessibility Tips:  Working with Images

Accessibility Tips: Working with Images

Are images bad for accessibility? “Some people wrongly assume that images are bad for accessibility, since alt text essentially replaces the image with a text-only version of that image. The logical extension of that thought is that text-only sites are ideal for...
Reaching out to students before they reach challenges

Reaching out to students before they reach challenges

In higher ed, reaching out and making contact with students early on in the semester is a newly promoted strategy for student success.  Reflecting on strategies I’ve seen instructors implement successfully, the old slogan, “reach out and touch...