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Today’s students are just like the rest of us – they use their phones for everything. And this includes accessing their courses, communicating with their professors and fellow students, and staying on top of grades and upcoming deadlines. Do you know how your course displays on a phone? Have you considered whether your course content can be accessed on one? Why are these questions important to consider?
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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.
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Video can be a great way to present course content to your students. Most video-watching experiences are passive though, and there aren’t many ways to ensure that students are even watching. Annoto is a new tool available to instructors at NSU directly through your Canvas courses. Annoto engages your students by transforming the video-watching experience from a passive one into an active one, enabling learners to contribute, share and learn together, experience videos as an interactive group, and keep a personal journal of notes.
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If you want to increase student engagement and personalize feedback within your Shark Media videos, the Annoto Widget workshop was created just for you. The Annoto widget is a tool that integrates with Shark Media and can be used in Canvas enabling you to add interactive elements to your videos. You can use it to create questions, quizzes, surveys, polls, and discussions that appear on the video timeline. You and your students can also use it to annotate your videos with highlights, notes, links, and images.
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Innovation is disrupting the economy at an unprecedented pace. Emerging technologies increasingly compete with traditional skill sets. This presentation explores heutagogy in the context of recent AI developments. Specifically, the presentation explores an ethical yet competitive use of AI technology in education.
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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.
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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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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.
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Podcasts are digital audio or video files available on the internet that cover a range of topics. These recordings are available on various platform and often consumed on a mobile device, making them available anytime, anywhere. They are versatile and can be used in various course formats across all disciplines. Whether you create them yourself or curate existing podcasts to support your course content, podcasts provide a unique way to engage students, appeal to various learning styles, and teach skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork. In this article we discuss how instructors can use podcasts to enhance teaching and learning and offer useful resources for anyone who is interested in creating their own podcast.
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During this fast-paced workshop, we will share unique features about the tools that you use every day but may not know everything about. We will demonstrate and discuss use cases for the following Zoom features and tools including: Immersive View, Poll Everywhere, Whiteboard, Avatars, and Zoom Apps.
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