I did a consultation recently where an instructor asked me some great questions about how to implement using generative AI in the classroom, so I thought I would share some of the key points of that discussion here: There’s a lot of hype about what AI can and cannot do flying around the interwebs, and… Read more »
Along with recording your lectures in PowerPoint, you can alternately automate recording your live lectures to keep it simple. You can use the Kaltura Lecture Capture system to easily share the recordings with your students via Canvas. There are several reasons why you might want to save your lectures: to share with students who are absent, to… Read more »
Before you start recording your lectures to PowerPoint, future proof your slide decks by making sure they are fully accessible. Open your PowerPoint and click on the Review tab. Next, look for the “Check Accessibilty” button in the Review tab ribbon. Go on, click it! It will open a panel on the right-hand side of… Read more »
At IU there are several tools you can use to record short video content for your courses. The one you are probably most familiar with is Zoom, which can be set to auto-record to your Kaltura account. You might also like the extra features of recording to Kaltura with Personal Capture. But if you would… Read more »
A few millennia ago, Plato was anxious about a new technology called writing, fearing it would degrade people’s capacity for memory. Writing took hold, of course, despite the philosopher’s qualms. Today, we all accept writing as an indispensable tool for sharing knowledge and expressing the self. But new technologies are shaking up our educational philosophies… Read more »
Have you ever had a student ask you about something in your syllabus? Help students read and comprehend what’s in your syllabus by having them annotate it. Hypothesis is a tool for social annotation, which implements the research-supported strategies of transparency and peer-to-peer learning. Hypothesis is availble through the IU etext program at IU, however,… Read more »