Educational Technology – This Week in the LEC

New LEC Web Resources for Faculty on Generative AI

February 19, 2025 thoeck Leave a comment

NSU’s Learning and Educational Center is excited to announce the release of its new web-based hub, offering faculty resources for teaching and learning with generative AI. Since the widespread release of generative AI, NSU faculty have been exploring the implications and opportunities of this technology for teaching and learning. The LEC continues to support faculty by providing guidance and offering workshops and presentations that explore various aspects of generative AI and its impact on higher education.

Create Dynamic Course Content at the LEC Faculty Studio

February 9, 2025 thoeck Leave a comment

The LEC Faculty Studio, located in the Carl DeSantis Building on the Fort Lauderdale Campus, is a dedicated resource supported by our team of videographers and instructional designers. To schedule an appointment and explore the equipment available for your session, please visit the LEC Faculty Studio page on our website. We look forward to collaborating with you!

Instructor Training: LockDown Browser, Respondus Monitor, and Respondus 4.0

January 1, 2025 jr1645

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.

Get Prepared: Online Course Readiness Essentials

December 1, 2024 thoeck

As we approach the new semester, ensuring that your online courses are set up for your students is important. This week’s newsletter provides a comprehensive checklist to prepare your course. It covers various aspects of course design, encompassing elements such as course objectives, instructional materials, assessments, technology integration, learner interactions, and accessibility.

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From Our Partners in OIIT – Changes to Faculty Self-Service, Grading and Student Information

April 21, 2024 Adam Cohen

OIIT wanted to make you aware of changes that have recently impacted accessing the Faculty Self-Service pages for Grading, Student Information among other links through an old look and feel. As of April 24th that old interface has been disabled. Since 2019 Faculty Self-Service was upgraded to a new look and feel, with the old version left in place for those who preferred it. However, the vendor is not supporting the old version causing it to not be available. Training materials are available here to help with this transition.

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Hone your Skill in Immersive Learning Experiences: An Introduction

December 4, 2023 thoeck

This in-person workshop will enable participants to experience immersive learning technologies (VR/AR/MR/xR) exploring human anatomy, physiology, and disease. The participants will have an opportunity to embody a patient in an immersive first-person experience from the patient’s perspective. The immersive technologies support skill development in the health professions practice and can also be used to facilitate learning in other contexts like neuroscience, engineering, math, and more. During this workshop, participants will have a full hands-on experience on varied immersive learning technologies.

Introducing Turnitin Draft Coach: A New Tool for Student Writing Support

November 12, 2023 thoeck

The LEC is excited to notify you of a new tool for student writing assistance and evaluation – Turnitin Draft Coach. This cutting-edge innovation will streamline our students’ writing process and support our faculty in evaluating assignments more efficiently.

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Annoto: New Social Interaction Feature Available in Canvas

April 4, 2023 thoeck

NSU has just rolled out a new tool that you can use in your Canvas courses called Annoto. Annoto has many great features that will engage your students while they are viewing videos. This tool transforms the video-watching experience from a passive one into an active one and can be used with any video you choose. It enables learners to contribute, share, and learn together, experience videos as an interactive group, and keep a personal journal of notes. It allows instructors to guide the video-watching experience with questions, formative assessments, and focused discussions, as well as the ability to answer questions related to the video.

Hone your Skill in Immersive Learning Experiences: An Introduction

January 24, 2023 thoeck

Zoom News: Whiteboards New Features

November 11, 2022 thoeck

Zoom has recently redesigned their virtual whiteboard experience to bring you an all-new Zoom Whiteboard. NSU users can now create whiteboards before, during, or after a meeting, save whiteboards for future use, and share whiteboards outside of a meeting with anyone in our organization. Zoom has also enhanced the whiteboard with new templates, new shapes for organizational charts and diagrams, and new tools. An expanded set of tools is available when creating or editing a whiteboard outside a meeting. Some of these expanded tools include the ability to upload an image, insert tables, and use sticky notes.

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