The Overview Page is an opportunity to make an impactful first impression on your incoming students. Furthermore, it could be a continued resource as the semester progresses. Here are 5 inspirational ways to set up your Overview Page. ONE: How to Get Started and Where to Find Various Course Components…
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What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the “submission or inclusion of someone else’s words, drawings, ideas, or data (including that from a website) as one’s own work without giving credit to the source” (from wit.edu website: Academic Honesty Policy). One common example of plagiarism in student papers is copying and pasting…
Leave a CommentIt’s hard teaching over Zoom— let’s start by acknowledging that inevitable truth. But it’s definitely possible to design and facilitate engaging virtual classes. I’ve experienced it personally, finding myself transformed in Zoom workshops despite the tangle of wires that both separate and connect us. Those experiences have helped me realize that Zoom teaching, despite its challenges, offers new ways of engaging meaningfully with material and connecting with each…
1 CommentLearning a new system takes some time and Brightspace is like learning any other new system. We’re getting lots of questions (keep them coming!) about how to “best” set up various tools. Best here is always subjective, so I’ll point out some decision points and let you decide what’s the…
1 CommentGet ready to teach as many of your Spring 2021 courses with Brightspace as you can. Attend zoom webinars to learn about the Brightspace Implementation strategy for Spring and Summer. Learn how to use Brightspace to prepare your Spring 2021 courses. Attend an Information Session to learn about what to…
Leave a CommentLIT invites you to consider a wide variety of remote assessment strategies. Watch this webinar video on “Alternative Assessment Strategies: Ideas to consider when evaluating your students” to get ideas on a variety of assessment strategies on Blackboard to assess student learning and non-proctored exam options that will adequately assess…
Leave a CommentDesign thinking focuses on encouraging students to brainstorm, prototype and reward out-of-the-box thinking, take “wild ideas” and transform them into real world solutions. The Engineering 1500 freshman course was designed to do just that! Professor Afsaneh Ghanavati, Electrical and Computer Engineering, in conjunction with LIT, have brought Active Learning (AL)…
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