When distributing your survey in Qualtrics, being able to add piped text to your subject heading or body of the message is a great way to personalize and tailor your email for your audience. Adding Piped Text, allows you to utilize any embedded data that you […]
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I’m shocked by how many people are not using Google Drive. When I ask them why they don’t use it, there are two common responses. If either of those statements apply, then this is the article for you. If you just want the bottom line […]
Conferences, Un-Conferences and Consortiums Instructional Technology staff have found their attendance at the following faculty-centered conferences to be extremely valuable. Faculty who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the area of instructional technology will also find these conferences valuable as they begin their […]
Are you still using a paper spiral notebook to keep your notes in? Do you have digital notes, bookmarks, research spread over several files and programs? Do you wish you could get all of these organized digitally? Well look no further, we have Microsoft Onenote! […]
Engaging Students with Lightboard Videos Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 • 3:30pm – 4:45pm With Sarah McCorkle and Todd McFall During this workshop, we will discuss how to plan effective online videos, actively engage students when video content is assigned, and model Lightboard presentation techniques. […]
Can’t make it to campus for office hours? Need to hold class on a snow day so you don’t get behind on your course syllabus? Use WebEx Personal Meeting Room! You can even interview potential job candidates who cannot make it to campus! Each faculty, staff, […]
Phishing emails have become very convincing (even to techies) and are getting much harder to spot. More and more people are falling for these devious plots to steal personal information. There can be serious ramifications when your account is compromised, up to and including Identity Theft. One […]
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 […]
Intermediate/Advanced Qualtrics Skills Shannon Mallison, Core Lab Manager 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 […]