Every month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is June’s list. Teaching Strategies & Pedagogy: All About Ally: Part 3 -Can your students fully access the PDFs you share in Brightspace? Find out in the third and final installment of All…
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Ally and PDFs Instructors – can your students fully access the PDFs you share in Brightspace? Ally, a tool active in Brightspace, can help you check the accessibility of Portable Document Formats (PDFs). PDFs are a common and convenient way to share information with your students, but these files have…
Leave a CommentYou may have noticed the orange question mark button on the side of the Brightspace screen. That’s your entry point to a context-sensitive help system. Help button: Clicking into the system provides users with context-sensitive help. So if you are using the Grade Center the system knows and offers you…
Leave a CommentEvery month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is May’s list. Updates: Farewell to Julie Wong, Associate Director of Learning Designs and Solutions! It is with bittersweet emotions that we send off Julie toward her next adventure. While we are happy…
Leave a CommentReflection is an integral part of the learning process. As educators, building reflection into our practice can fuel continuous growth and development, help us challenge ourselves, and deepen the learning environments that we create. Bell hooks’ engaged pedagogy draws upon the engaged mindfulness that Thich Nhat Hanh advocated, teaching…
Leave a CommentEvery month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials up on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is April’s list. Teaching Strategies & Pedagogy: All About Ally Part 2 – Ally, a tool active in Brightspace to help you improve the accessibility of your content, provides coaching on how…
Leave a CommentAlly and Alt Text Instructors – can all your students “see” the images in your course? For students using screen-readers, alt text is essential for viewing an image. Ally, a tool active in Brightspace to help you improve the accessibility of your content, provides coaching on how to add alt…
Leave a CommentEvery month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials up on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is March’s list. Teaching Strategies & Pedagogy: Why Digital Portfolios – Why use digital portfolios? Now that is a question worth exploring in more detail! Here are some of the skills we…
Leave a CommentInstructors: Are you tired of answering the same questions about assignment guidelines? Do you think grading takes too much time? Have your fingers ever cramped up from typing the same feedback over and over again? Are you sick of explaining to students why you gave them a certain grade? If…
Leave a CommentEvery month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials up on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is February’s list. Teaching Strategies & Pedagogy: Inspired by the Pedagogical Legacy of bell hooks – In honor of Black History month Tes Zakrzewski writes: “Reflect on critical questions posed regarding how…
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