Facebook in your class? Click to Like!
Guest author Victoria Shropshire, Instructor of English at Elon University Clicking “Like” is not selling out. Joining a movement you can’t beat is not defeatist; it’s honestly embracing a tech tool in order to better engage and educate your students. What’s not to Like about that? FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreSummer computer upgrades underway
Each summer, a handful of Campus Technology Support technicians step away from their normal daily duties in order to focus on providing computers to employees eligible for the annual computer replacement program. Every four years, CTS replaces employee computers with up-to-date models that improve performance speed and enhance the capabilities of the user. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreDon’t Bite the Bait
Spear phishing is a technique used by an individual or organization masquerading as a trustworthy source, usually through emails, with the intent to get the victim to give them unauthorized information.
Read MoreExciting new Assignment features in Moodle 2.4
We’re excited to announce the newest Moodle update was applied Thursday, July 11th. This release comes with some of the best changes yet, both behind the scenes and within your course sites. Performance and security improvements were a large focus in this update, and we should all be enjoying an even faster, safer site. But some of the most exciting new features are several long-requested improvements to the Assignments tool. We’ve highlighted six of them in this article. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MorePrivacy and Your Browsing History
Web browsers keep a history of all the websites and pages viewed. This is done for a couple of reasons. One reason is faster access. The history is usually stored on the hard drive because it is faster to access the data from there, rather than having to go out to the internet to retrieve the data again. A second reason is convenience.
Read MoreMobile devices as clickers: One Elon professor shares experiences
Guest author Heidi Hollingsworth, Assistant Professor in the Education department shares a tool she uses to engage her students. I’ve been using an alternative to traditional student response system (clickers) this year: Socrative.com. Instead of giving students a clicker device, each student enters responses on her or his smartphone, iPad, or laptop. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThink Before You Click
Everything is just a click away in cyberspace. A hyperlink is a phrase, word, or an image found in web pages and emails that can be clicked on to go to another page or section.
Read MoreFlip instruction: Jeff Carpenter seeks to create a more engaging classroom environment
Jeff Carpenter, assistant professor of education, is working to create more engaging, collaborative classroom environments through flipped instruction. Flipped instruction, or a flipped classroom, is a pedagogical model in which a professor reverses his or her usual lecture and homework components in a class. For example, a faculty member who practices flip teaching typically introduces a new concept or topic by asking students to view short video lectures or to read course materials outside of class. Then, in-class time is devoted to discussions and engaged learning. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreIs Someone Watching?
Shoulder surfing is a term used to describe a person who looks over another person’s shoulder as data is entered onto a device such as a computer, smartphone, ATM or PIN pad. Virtually any public area is at risk for shoulder surfing where you are entering personal information such as passwords and PINs.
Read MoreLooking for feedback from your professor? Look here!
Where is it? Your professor said they left feedback on your assignment in Moodle but you don’t see it. What happened? It’s likely your feedback is in Moodle you just have to look in the right place. Moodle has several places to leave feedback for assignments so you have a few places to look for it. FollowShare on Tumblr
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