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Bring Annotation to life in Office

Ever want to explain something to students that is more than a static Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote document can offer?  Microsoft added an “Ink Replay” feature to Office suite in August 2016. https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/30/new-to-office-365-in-august-the-continued-evolution-of-inking-and-more/ You can see a demonstration at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Replay-your-ink-strokes-in-Office-fa4f044f-810b-43fe-b774-da04a0b37496 Rewind and replay handwritten notes or […]


Qualtrics – Survey Tool to Assess Learning

Intermediate/Advanced Qualtrics Skills Shannon Mallison, Core Curriculum Preparator for the Biology Department, wanted to create a quiz to assess student learning and prepare students for their time in the lab.  However, the department just didn’t want to create a quiz – they also wanted the quiz to […]


Google Keep now integrated into Google Docs

Keep is Google’s handy note taking service/app. It uses a “sticky notes” style interface to let you create and organize notes with text, images, and audio or video recordings. You can use Keep in your browser or download the Keep app for your Android or […]


Qualtrics – Using Authentication in your Survey

Using Authentication in your survey will accomplish a couple of important tasks for you.  The authentication protocol will first limit your participants to WFU users allowing the use of an anonymous link instead of having to create a contact list in Qualtrics.  The second thing […]


Running Windows Software on a Mac

Now that many campus users have opted to use a MacBook instead of a Windows PC, you may have found that a few of the software packages that you need, or would like to use, are not available to the Mac user.  Or, the version […]


My Maps – Collaborative map making

Google Maps contains a feature called My Maps which allows you and your students to mark places of interest on a map along with an accompanying photo, video, description, and link to another website. You can access this set of tools by visiting


Low-stakes Assignments – High Gains

Many people groan at the mention of Blogs. And honestly, I can understand why. It’s just one of many over-hyped (and at times poorly utilized) technology tools. Spinning up a blog for students to work within is a fairly simple task so it’s easy to […]


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