The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation describes dialogue and deliberation as “innovative processes that help people come together across differences to tackle our most challenging problems.” By incorporating these […]
You do not have to be a tech to incorporate video into your Canvas courses. Import videos from your computer or record video from your webcam or screen capture—quickly and […]
Libraries, museums, and archives provide online access to unique and rare materials on just about any research topic imaginable, but knowing where to find them can be a challenge. Learn […]
Students report that courses which incorporate instructor videos into their Canvas courses are much more engaging and effective than those containing only text and still images. In this workshop, you […]
Illinois State University’s land acknowledgment lists thirteen different tribes that once occupied the land on which our campus now stands. What it doesn’t tell us is who these people are, […]
Padlet is a digital bulletin board app that allows you and your students to post and save different kinds of content, including text, images, websites, and videos. In this workshop, […]
Omeka and Scalar are both popular, open-source, flexible, and easy-to-use platforms. Omeka contains a variety of tools for populating curated collections of text, images, audio, and video. Similarly, Scalar supports […]
Nearpod is a tool to create interactive presentations and assessments. In this workshop you will see Nearpod in action as a student and then you will shift to instructor mode […]
Important note: This workshop is funded through a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and is only open to instructors (including instructional staff and graduate teaching assistants) in the […]
Adobe Express is an easy-to-use suite for creating visual content, such as websites, portfolios, logos, posters, flyers, social media posts, presentations, and more. You will learn how to use the […]
This half to day workshop will ask participants to investigate and establish the grading practices for a given course. We’ll be considering different approaches to grading and set up a […]
Online courses can appear to be an obstacle to student engagement and motivation when compared to face-to-face courses. There are challenges in online courses that instructors face, such as the […]