Learning and Educational Center
The LEC is proud to present the recordings from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In these videos, the facilitators share best practices with Canvas, TurnitIn, and discuss the components of well-written learning objectives and their connection, or alignment, to activities and assessments in your course.
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The Latest Update from Zoom 5.7.0 brought several great features that benefit the digital classroom. Check out a brief description of some of these new features.
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As an instructor, you have access to the Training Services Portal to complete self-paced training resources on a variety of Canvas topics. The Training Services Portal is hosted in Bridge, a tool built and administered by Instructure.
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The purpose of this session is to discuss how Zoom can be used to facilitate various instructional approaches (e.g., lecture, demonstration, retrieval practice, role play, think tank/brainstorm, quiet meetings, and Socratic dialogue). An overview of selected approaches will be presented followed by strategies for using Zoom features to facilitate the approach.
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A module-based structure can be beneficial to students by establishing a logical sequence of tasks and emphasizing the connections between course components. In this workshop, you will learn how to use module organization and scaffolded instruction to create an intuitive flow in your Canvas course.
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If you have writing assignments in your course, then you already know that plagiarism can be a problem. This workshop will present the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism. 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, as well as grammatical errors.
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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.
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The LEC is proud to present the recording from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In this video, Trenton Hoy and Carolyn Fitzpatrick, discuss how a module-based structure can be beneficial to students by establishing a logical sequence of tasks and emphasizing the connections between course components.
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The LEC is proud to present the recording from the presentation of the LEC Summer Series. In this video, John Scigliano presents the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism. 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, as well as grammatical errors.
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We all know that good course design is important for a great learning experience. However, no single design fits every situation. For instance, have you ever encountered an online course that was overloaded with content and not enough learning activities? Or maybe the learning activities were not aligned with the learning level of the content or the objectives. How can good course design influence the quality of learning?
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