Academic Affairs provides Syllabus Templates, please take a moment to download the approved and accessible syllabus template to ensure your syllabus can be read anytime anywhere: Undergraduate Syllabus Template Graduate Syllabus Template In addition, watch a short video on the features that make the syllabus (and any MS Word document) accessible. “The…
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LIT and WIT Online look forward to cross-disciplinary conversations and sharing in the workshops to end the Summer 2020 term and begin preparations for fall: Monday August 3rd – 4:00pm: Faculty Course Wrap-Up Drop-In Session (LIT) Tuesday August 4th – 4:00pm: Faculty Course Wrap-Up Drop In Session (LIT) Wednesday August 5th – 10:00am: Faculty…
Leave a CommentThe concept of class time is very different in asynchronous instruction. You’re probably used to thinking of teaching in 50 to 90-minute chunks, planning each session in detail on what you want your students to learn for the day. But, with asynchronous teaching, start thinking of your class as something…
Leave a CommentBy now you’ve heard that Wentworth selected D2L’s Brightspace as our new LMS. Learning Innovation and Technology (LIT) will be offering open sessions and training on the new system over the summer and fall. Because many faculty prefer to access materials and learn on their own we will also be…
Leave a CommentBlackboard has developed a replacement for Box View, the assignment annotation tool in Blackboard that most instructors find an unacceptable replacement for the original annotation tool, Crocodoc. Blackboard deployed the tool to our production environment in late June. Watch a video: Documents annotated with Box View were migrated to Bb…
Leave a CommentNew: Zoom Cloud Recording 2-Week Storage Limit Beginning June 23, 2020, Zoom cloud recordings will be retained for a period of two weeks, then automatically purged. This change is necessary to manage the amount of recording space associated with our Zoom account. On April 17, 2020, LIT worked with the…
Leave a CommentAs part of our efforts to provide better meeting security (and avoid “Zoom Bombing”) we implemented some changes to our account, including the requirement that users be logged in to Zoom to attend meetings hosted under our site license. For Wentworth users, this means logging in using the “Sign in…
Leave a CommentWe invite you to use explore course resources and leverage lessons learned from Spring remote teaching to prepare your summer courses to maximize student success! Explore WIT Online Learning Hub Faculty Resources, WIT Online Webinars and Podcasts, WIT Online Faculty Toolkit Self-Paced Course, the LIT Academic Technology Toolkit create a…
Leave a CommentLIT and WIT Online look forward to cross-disciplinary conversations and sharing in the workshops to kickoff the Summer 2020 term: May 4th at 11:00 am – Best Practices: Managing Your Online Course WIT Online May 5th at 11am – Best Practices for using Zoom for Remote Teaching (securing the session, security updates,…
Leave a CommentDue to a number of “Zoom Bombing” events in Wentworth courses, DTS has reviewed the security settings in Zoom and is making changes to better secure our sessions.
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