Tech of the Month

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    The PlayPosit interactive video quizzing is now a supported CU Boulder campus service for users of Canvas and D2L.This interactive video tool allows you to customize the student experience. Using video from YouTube, Kaltura, or other sources, you
  • Students chatting with their instructor. One of the students appears on-screen on a Kubi device.
    OIT is excited to offer a new service this semester: Kubi - Remote Presence Technology. Kubi is a robotic ā€œneckā€ that holds a tablet and allows a remote user to control the tablet through a Zoom web conference meeting. From their own computer, the
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    As the semester winds down, is your desk buried in piles of ungraded student papers? Is your ink-stained hand cramping from writing comments? Are you dusting off your calculator to tabulate grades? Now there is a better way – the Canvas SpeedGrader!
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    In 2015, ASSETT conducted a campus-wide Teaching with Technology survey of faculty from across campus. Ā A theme that emerged was they wanted strategies and tools for motivating students to prepare in advance. Our Tech of the Month, Perusall,
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    Lynda.com is an online library of thousands of high-quality video tutorials, created by industry professionals teaching a wide variety of software tools and skills. The courses are on-demand, so you can start and stop the tutorials and complete
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    The process of selecting a screencasting tool can be overwhelming, especially considering the sheer volume of available options.Ā If screencasting is something you’re interested in, we’ve provided you with a short list of our favorites.Ā All
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    Formative assessment is a crucial component of teaching and learning. Faculty often ask how to conduct ā€˜clicker like’ activities to gauge how well students are understanding, or not understanding concepts. While there are many ways of accomplishing
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    Try Anki. Anki is an application that presents flashcards based on how many times you get a card right or wrong. It’s design reinforces spaced learning and retrieval practice as mentioned in this month’s teaching tips section. Anki will show cards
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    G SuiteAside from the name change from Google Apps to G Suite, you may have noticed other updates to these tools. While it’s hard to stay up to date with these changes, here are a few new features you may find beneficial.Assign Action Items in
  • Students in conference room-style classroom, with one student on the Kubi.
    By Austin ChauHow might students who can’t be in class still have an in-class experience?Though they are earnest to learn, some students have situations that cause them to miss class. OIT, in partnership with Athletics and Advising, is conducting a
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