In today’s tip, I want to bring your attention to a new feature in Word Online, the web browser-based version of Microsoft Word available to the UP community through Office 365. This new feature, called the Immersive Reader View, can boost inclusivity in your classroom by providing features specifically designed to enhance readability for those…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Immersive Reader in Word Boosts Inclusivity
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UP Tech Tip: Auto Create Table of Contents in Word 2016
Today’s #uptechtip is a handy way to create a table of contents in MS Word. This is something I’ve really found useful as I’ve been writing longer form content in my graduate studies – even if I don’t intend to include a ToC in the finished project it’s a great way to enhance navigation and…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Auto Create Table of Contents in Word 2016
UP Tech Tip: Create Moodle Quiz Questions the Easy Way
The Moodle Quiz activity can be very useful for creating everything from ungraded self-checks to weekly reading quizzes, to exams. However, sometimes the actual process of creating questions in Moodle can be a bit clunky and time-consuming. Did you know that you can write up quizzes in Word or in a plain text document and…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Create Moodle Quiz Questions the Easy Way
UP Tech Tip: Make Your Own Graphics
Most educators would agree that multi-sensory learning offers obvious and tangible benefits for students. Using a combination of information delivery methods can increase learner engagement, comprehension and retention. As a teacher, you can talk at length about complex subjects (it’s called lecturing for a reason), and you’ve probably written countless pages in your area of…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Make Your Own Graphics
UP Tech Tip : Use Styles in Word
I’ve written before about how using styles in Word is the most important and easiest step you can take to make your documents accessible to all learners. However did you know there are all sorts of other good reasons to get in the habit of using styles to be more productive and efficient with your…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip : Use Styles in Word
UP Tech Tip: Format Painter is so Handy!
Today we have a very simple but very handy tech tip for working in MS Office. Very often we will find ourselves with a document that has the formatting we want applied to one section. Trying to match the rest of the document to it can be a pain. Format painter to the rescue! It…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Format Painter is so Handy!