Best Practices in Synchronous Virtual Classes In recent years, the increase in bandwidth and faster computer technology has created more opportunities for e-learning to include synchronous (at the same time) virtual classrooms. Some examples of Synchronous Virtual Learning: – Web…
Month: September 2016
Amazing Color Changing Card Trick – Why Student Focused Attention Matters
First watch this video all the way through: What did you miss? What are you missing? Our minds can not multi-task. Not really. We just move quickly between tasks and studies show that in the end it makes us less…
Screen Capturing Using Zoom Conferencing Software
Zoom is a new video conferencing software toll that we are starting to use here at the University of Kentucky. It’s super easy and works across almost every platform. While it is typically used for live video conferences, here is…
Using Turnitin With Canvas for Assignments
Turnitin with Canvas Turnitin (feedback studio) is a tool for Canvas that checks for similarities (plagiarism) in student assignments as well as gives feedback in writing grammar. It is the main tool used by University of Kentucky and over 15,000…
Creating a Quiz in Canvas
How to create a quiz in Canvas – with examples using Multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKQCGuB3NI&feature=youtu.be Canvas Instructure offical guides also has a text based instruction page on this: https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/41474-how-do-i-create-a-quiz-with-individual-questions#!prettyPhoto And they have their own…