Part 1. Collaborative Tools for Student Interaction When returning to in-person teaching after the pandemic, one feature of online teaching to keep is collaborative online tools such as collaborative documents (e.g., Google docs or slides), discussion boards, and interactive whiteboards such as Jamboards or Miro boards. Students can use these tools to solve problems collaboratively… Read more »
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Quick Tip: Hypothes.is: Writing in the Margins
Hypothes.is promotes active reading and social engagement with a text. Essentially, it is a digital overlay on a PDF for students to annotate and discuss a reading. Use it to help students comprehend their reading, prepare for class discussion, think critically about the reading, become better collaborators, and much more. Hypothes.is at IU is integrated… Read more »
Quick Tip: Ask Students to Reflect on their Test Prep
Have you heard of “post exam wrappers” or “test reflections?” These are questions that students complete post-exam in which they reflect on how they prepared for the exam and their performance. I recently watched a recorded session from the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) in which Cristen Dutcher (Kennesaw State… Read more »
Quick Tip: Gathering Feedback from Students
If you began teaching online in January, you’re now well into the spring semester, and it’s a good time to gather some informal feedback from your students. You might ask your students for feedback about the first few weeks of the course, for example, especially if you transitioned from online to a face-to-face or hybrid… Read more »
Quick Tip: Are You Up-to-Date with Zoom?
New features are added to the Zoom platform regularly. Just one example of an update includes this feature: Enhanced co-host privileges over Breakout Rooms—Co-hosts have the same breakout room controls as the meeting host, such as starting or ending breakout rooms, assigning participants, etc. To ensure your semester runs smoothly and you have access to… Read more »
Quick Tip of the Week: Help Students Meet Course Deadlines Using Boost
Boost is a mobile app, developed at IU, that sends students just-in-time reminders about Canvas coursework, including upcoming due dates, recent announcements and the same to-do list that students see in Canvas. The app proactively alerts students when they haven’t submitted assignments yet, and students can customize when they receive these reminders. Boost will also… Read more »