Category: Past Events

Videos are often the most highly engaging pieces of content in a course. Videos can be used to introduce new course content, reinforce concepts already learned, share demonstrations, simulations, and much more. You may know that NSU has a media server called SharkMedia which is our branded version of Kaltura. During this workshop, we will review the many capabilities of the SharkMedia platform. We will show you where you can find every function in the platform, from uploading videos, all the way to creating chapter markers and playlists for your students.

Engaging students at a distance and in the classroom can present challenges. Poll Everywhere provides a way to interact with your students with activities designed to ask questions, drive participation in group activities, and encourage students to share thoughts and insights from their phones or computers.

Flip is an easy-to-use tool to foster strong connections within a Canvas course. This tool is offered to educators for free and can be integrated into your Canvas Course to allow students and you the opportunity to record their responses to topics in fun and innovative ways. The social experience of letting students use creativity in composing their video allows them to engage with a topic that stimulates thought-provoking responses from the students and can also be entertaining. Join us to learn more about using this engaging tool in your courses.

Looking to learn from the best and brightest in academia? Join us for an exciting third and final panel discussion featuring faculty who were recognized in our Thank-a-Professor program. During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from other faclty members who have been acknowledged by students for their incredible teaching and dedication to student success. Our panelists will share their tips, tricks, and strategies for engaging students, creating an inclusive classroom environment, and fostering meaningful learning experiences. Whether you’re a new NSU educator looking to improve your teaching skills or a seasoned instructor who is looking for some new ideas, this session is for you.

If you have writing assignments in your course, you already know that plagiarism can be a problem. This workshop will present the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism along with the newly added function of AI writing detection. During the workshop, you will learn about the various ways in which Turnitin can be used in your Canvas course so that you can begin screening writing assignments for plagiarism, grammatical errors, and detecting AI-written essays.

Engaging students at a distance and in the classroom can present challenges. Poll Everywhere provides a way to interact with your students with activities designed to ask questions, drive participation in group activities, and encourage students to share thoughts and insights from their phones or computers.

The Learning and Educational Center provides three Canvas course templates that support effective online teaching practices for faculty and students. Each template can save faculty valuable development time while bolstering their effort to ensure that courses are quality-focused and accessible to all learners. Now that you are aware of the new template options, you may be wondering how to use one or more of these templates in your course. Well, no wondering necessary! Let us help you navigate importing and taking advantage of the templates to suit your needs in our upcoming workshop on efficient course design with the LEC Course Templates.

Lights, Camera, Action! Would you like to create an interactive video? Sharkmedia has been enhanced with an exciting feature from Kaltura called Interactive Video Paths. Interactive Videos enable you to create a more personalized, “choose your own adventure” learning experience by adding choice-based learning paths to your videos. Interactive videos are well known for their ability to increase viewer’s participation, reduce cognitive overload, maximize retention, and provide real world learning experiences. This workshop will explore pedagogical tips and technology tools for assembling an engaging interactive video path through a step-by-step process that will help you to make your own interactive video learning experience for students.

Formative assessments benefit both students and instructors during the learning process. They give students opportunities to process content and practice important skills while giving both students and their instructors feedback on how students are doing in a course. They also inform faculty about the effectiveness of instruction and what course material may need reinforcement. This workshop will highlight the benefits of formative assessment, the qualities of effective formative assessments, the characteristics of quality feedback, and the benefits of having low-stakes assessments. It will also guide faculty with the development of formative assessments, share examples, and identify available tools for assessment.