Your instructor may have enabled TurnItIn (Tii) on one or more of your assignments for a course. This application is used to help you understand more about your writing … [Read more...]
Extra Credit in Canvas: Points-based Gradebook
Offering extra credit can provide an additional challenge for students or provide them a chance to improve their score. Extra credit should be available equally to all … [Read more...]
Extra Credit in Canvas: Weighted Gradebook
Offering extra credit can provide an additional challenge for students or provide them a chance to improve their score. Extra credit should be available equally to all … [Read more...]
Give Students Some Choice
Allowing students a choice in the topic they want to discuss grants them autonomy in their learning, which can be motivating, improve performance, and provide a more … [Read more...]
What Makes for a Successful Group Activity?
As we know, not all group work is created equal. Some results in achieving the learning goal; some results in frustration. What elements contribute to successful group … [Read more...]
Tips for Successful Group Work
In an old YouTube video on how to do a forward flip (on the ground), the instructor started by saying “First, you must be fully committed to it.” That advice also applies … [Read more...]
Mining Course Evaluations
While you are teaching a course or, perhaps more often, as a course wraps up, you have thoughts about how you might change or improve your course for the next offering. … [Read more...]
Turnitin: Enforcement or Learning Tool?
You’ve assigned a final project and told your students they must submit original work and cite their outside sources. When its enabled, Turnitin will analyze those 30 … [Read more...]
Tips for Improved Video Resolution
When producing videos for classes, especially instructional / demonstration videos, getting a resolution for both the embedded and full screen versions without too much … [Read more...]
Recycling Old Announcements
Some announcements perfectly capture what you’re trying to say about a concept or an assignment, and you know you will want to use that item again in the future. So, what … [Read more...]