by monnier | May 6, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Productivity, Quick Tips, Showcase, Tech to Try, Video, Yuja
Well, folks, this is it: my last post of the term (because next week is finals and I’m going to be swamped). I want to thank everyone who did the clicky thing 28 times… that’s right, I wrote 28 posts (including this one) for this blog over the course...
by monnier | Mar 23, 2020 | Accessibility, Christine Monnier, Collaborate Ultra, Featured, Guest Blogger, Productivity, Showcase, Tech to Try, Video, Yuja
The good folks in the Learning Technologies office have already blogged about captioning using YouTube. With this post, I want to show you one more awesome thing about Yuja (in addition to adding quizzes in videos, and syncing that with the Blackboard gradebook. Yuja...
by monnier | Mar 9, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger, Productivity, Showcase, Tech to Try
I am one of those people who like to maker her work simpler and more streamlined, hence my elation at the discovery of the date management tool in Blackboard, which I posted about in an earlier post. The second key tool I use to streamline my workflow in Blackboard is...
by monnier | Mar 3, 2020 | Accessibility, Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger, Productivity, Showcase, Tech to Try
Obligatory disclaimer: I am not a designer. This is not my field. I’m just a community college prof trying to use best practice to the best of my abilities. In this post, I want to showcase some of the tools that I use the most commonly with respect to design....
by monnier | Feb 19, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger, Showcase, Tech to Try, Uncategorized
This post is a two-fer. It is part book review and part tech tool. At this point, we all have to contend with the fact that our students do not use effective studying / learning strategies. More than that, they may use strategies that are detrimental to their...
by monnier | Feb 17, 2020 | Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Guest Blogger, Showcase, Tech to Try, Uncategorized
In this second part, I want to show you how useful mind maps can be in mapping actual content. I have already mentioned the benefits I see in mapping as opposed to traditional assignments and papers. Most often, I use mapping when students work with videos. This is...
