Enhance Student Engagement in Your Course With Office 365 Tools
In partnership with North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU), Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will offer an online workshop series designed to help you sharpen your knowledge of Microsoft’s Office 365 applications to better connect with students.
Read MoreFree Course Shows Instructors How to Engage with Video Using Adobe Premiere Rush
Adobe Education Exchange is offering a free, self-paced course to help instructors engage students using video. Enroll now!
Read MoreTLT Offers Training for New and Returning Elon Summer Instructors
Although the spring semester is just underway, Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will soon rev up early training opportunities for new and returning Elon Summer instructors. Interested? Reply by Mar. 1.
Read MoreBiology professor Antonio Izzo offers tips to help prepare for remote courses
In the weeks leading up to Spring Break, a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide began to fuel uncertainty about in-person classes at Elon. “A number of us saw the writing on the wall, right before we hit Spring Break, and started adjusting at that point.”
Read MoreCapture, Edit and Share Video with One Tool
Recording and editing video can be daunting, regardless of your level of expertise. But an all-in-one tool from Adobe Creative Cloud can help to make things easier, whether you’re working on a Mac, PC or mobile device.
Read MoreFREE Access to Adobe Creative Cloud Available for Faculty, Staff and Students
Whether design software is needed for coursework or to simply flex a little creative muscle, Elon students no longer have to seek out select computer labs to use it. Instead, all students can now access Adobe Creative Cloud on their own device at no cost. Learn more.
Read MoreGet Started with Zoom at Elon
Information Technology (IT) recently added Zoom to the growing list of technology tools and services offered at Elon. Learn more about the popular service, which is available to faculty, staff and students.
Read MoreOnline alternatives to cancelling class
When the unexpected occurs and you can’t make it to campus, cancelling class is not your only option. Consider using online alternatives instead.
Read MoreElon faculty share methods to deter academic dishonesty
These best practices for online and blended course design were compiled from the Summer College @Elon faculty data and personal interviews from 2006-2015. The consensus among Elon faculty parallels the literature in the field. Academic dishonesty At some point in our teaching careers, we’ve all asked ourselves, how can we uphold the integrity of our online/blended …
Read MoreCreating captivating online lectures with screencasts
During Elon’s summer terms, students have the opportunity to take a variety of online courses. A key difference between these online courses and their in-class counterparts is the lack of face-to-face communication between professors and students. Screencasts, or recorded video lectures, propose a solution to this challenge while adding visual and audio dynamics to the …
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