If you’re thinking about creating instructional media for online, hybrid or flipped classrooms, you are probably imagining creating video content. But it’s also a great idea to consider mixing things up by creating audio only content, such as a podcast or mini audio-lecture. Students benefit from class content delivered in multiple modes, and busy students will appreciate…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Try Recording a Podcast
Today’s UP Tech Tip is for instructors who create video assets for their courses. Did you know that you can easily insert any video you have stored in MediaSpace directly into Moodle? You can present video content directly in your course without sending students away to an external site or fussing with embed codes. Check…Continue Reading Add Videos From MediaSpace to Moodle
We all like to add flavor and visual appeal to our websites, slides and documents with images. With Google putting almost any image conceivable at your fingertips, it’s incredibly easy to find and take appealing graphics. However, as an educator you are highly advised to be aware of copyright and fair use when re-purposing media…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Finding Copyright Friendly Images
Today’s UP Tech Tip goes over how to create a handout of Powerpoint slides. You can create one and print it out or share digital to allow your audience to keep a copy and take notes on your presentation or lesson. This example uses PowerPoint 2016 on a Mac but the process is very similar…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Create a PowerPoint Handout
This tech tip is for any faculty (or students, staff, etc…) who have been using personal Google accounts to store documents and data and work in the cloud. You may want to leverage work you’ve done in the past and use your UP Office 365 account to share and collaborate with peers at UP –…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Migrate Google Drive docs to Office 365
We all depend on our networks for support. As humans we love to communicate, to share our experiences, to learn from others, and to influence and be influenced within our social spheres. This is equally as true for professional networks where we can talk shop with peers as it is for networks of family and…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Develop Your Personal Learning Network with Twitter