Learning and Educational Center
Check out our latest video on Message Students Who. The fourth video of the “Learning with the LEC” series informs you about bulk message students using the Message Students Who option in Canvas.
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On October 17th, Canvas released a feature updates to the New Canvas Rich Content Editor. There are considerable differences between the two editors. Beginning with the Winter 2021 term, the New Canvas Rich Content Editor will be turned on at the institution level. The most notable difference in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the look and feel. Here, you can see the current RCE and what the new RCE looks like. The New RCE will be available in Announcements, Pages, Quizzes, Discussions, Syllabus, and Assignments. Current Rich Content Editor In the Current Rich Content Editor, the menu on the right allows you to create links to content in your course, add files, and insert images. In the New Rich Content Editor, the menu on the right disappears and these options are included as drop-down items in the toolbar. The toolbar items are described and illustrated below. New Rich Content Editor The New Rich Content Editor includes the content area, the menu bar, and the toolbar. [1] In the content area, you can add and preview the page content. [2] In the menu bar, you can use the menu options to format the page content. In the toolbar, you can: [3] […]
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You may have heard it once or many times over: the way to help to students succeed is to forge a trusting environment and relationship with them. Although research has proven this to be true; however, teaching online is quite different from delivering lessons in face-to-face classrooms. Instructing remotely can sometimes leave both instructors and students feeling a little disconnected. No judgement here, but it can be easy to forget that percipient students do exist in the cyber classroom. So how can instructors help students stay connected in a remote classroom? Culturally Responsive Teaching According to Inside Higher Ed, the student demographic is shifting towards becoming more ethnically diverse and attracting more non-traditional adult learners. The good news here is that these are growing demographics, so it is important to foster an inclusive environment (St Amore, 2020). Incorporating cultural diversity in online courses can take a little more time to prepare however, “constructing a shared belief through course design may help lessen some of the adverse effects that may be experienced in the online classroom” (Hampton, 2018, p.27). Some ways to improve the method or development of online teaching programs are to: Know your students (nationality, gender, age, […]
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Through our partnerships with various colleges and departments, there have been several valuable workshops that were held which you may not have been able to attend. Check out our SharkMedia Channel to see recordings of past workshops such as: Engaging Learners in Online Discussions https://sharkmedia.nova.edu/playlist/dedicated/42646441/1_qna922yv/1_snvu4hif This workshop and additional video assets are all available in the LEC Faculty Development Channel.
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Most instructors know the concept of the flipped classroom. It is an instructional strategy where students complete readings and watch lectures at home and do assignments and discussions in class. With the shift to BlendFlex teaching, instructors can still apply the flipped classroom concept. Instructors need to carefully plan the flipped class time acknowledging their role has shifted from a lecturer to a designer of learning activities. In addition, creating classes in which all students can learn and feel they belong is key. Here are some tips for creating an active learning environment with a focus on engaging students who might be more introverted and less inclined to want to participate in many of the active and collaborative activities that a flipped classroom promotes. Reflection The flipped classroom focuses on collaboration and interaction, which can favor the extrovert. Introverts oftentimes prefer working on creative tasks by themselves and therefore, valuable contributions and good ideas from introverts may be missed during the flipped class time. It is important to include opportunities for students to reflect and work on their own in the flipped classroom space. Reflection allows students to think, pause, rethink, make connections to course content and all students can benefit, not just the introverts. Honeycutt […]
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On Thursday, January 28th, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. join the Alvin Sherman Library on Zoom to learn about academic publishing from publishers, editors, and NSU faculty and librarians. Learn such skills as how to become a multilingual scholar, using Web of Science to determine where to publish, how to prepare a compelling business or science book proposal, publishing your research with IEEE and more. To see session details and register, visit – Alvin Sherman Library to host 6th Annual Virtual Power Publishing Day – SharkBytes (nova.edu)
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In Zoom news, the most recent enhancement allows instructors to admit participants from the waiting room even while the instructor is in a Breakout Room. This is helpful if you use waiting rooms and your class is working in Breakout Rooms. If a student joins late or gets kicked offline and needs to be let in to the Zoom Meeting. No longer does the instructor have to return to the main room in order to check if students are there waiting to be let in, they can be admited while the instructor is in a Breakout Room. Host can admit participants from the Waiting Room while within a Breakout Room Host is notified of participants in the Waiting Room, even while currently in a Breakout Room. The host can admit each participant one at a time, or all at once. If pre-assignments for breakout rooms are active, participants will be asked to join their pre-assigned breakout rooms. Otherwise, the host can assign participants directly to the breakout room of their choosing. The full details of all updates are available on the Zoom Website. As always, be sure to keep your Zoom software up to date. To update your Zoom Application, check out these directions- https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version
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BlendFlex training opportunities available for the month of January and February! Register for a BlendFlex interactive training session and learn how to deliver face-to-face and online learning experiences simultaneously. After this mandatory online training, you will be able to do the following: Discuss the BlendFlex Model for teaching and learning at NSU. Identify technology and software components of BlendFlex classrooms. Implement the BlendFlex Model to deliver content, engage, and assess students. Identify best practices of teaching in the BlendFlex Model. We look forward to seeing you online! January 27th, 2021, 9:30am-11:00am To Register for this course visit- https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=BlendFlexJan27, select TrainCaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule February 17th, 2021 – 9:30am-11:00am To Register for this course visit- https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=BlendFlexFeb17 , select TrainCaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule
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Facilitator: John Scigliano – Learning & Educational Center 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. January 29th, 2021- 10:00am-11:00am February 11th, 2021- 2:00pm-3:00pm Location: Online Zoom To Register for this course visit – https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=Plagiarism , select TrainCaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule.
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Facilitator: Steven Kramer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Decisions Sciences, Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship The flipped classroom is a type of blended learning design where students prepare online by interacting with new material through recorded lectures, readings, videos, etc. prior to their face-to-face class session. The face-to-face class time is designed for discussion, idea sharing, and application of new knowledge and skills. In this session, participants will learn more about the flipped classroom paradigm including its advantages and disadvantages, how it can be used in various contexts, and what needs to be considered to adopt and execute this paradigm. Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Define the flipped classroom paradigm Identify advantages and disadvantages of the flipped classroom Describe how to use the flipped classroom in a variety of context (e.g., undergraduate, graduate, on-campus, online, blended) Discuss faculty and student considerations for adopting and executing this paradigm Location: Online Zoom Date and Time: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST To Register for this course visit – https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=LECGuestJan21 select Traincaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule.
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