October 23rd, 2017, marked the start of Active Learning Week, a nationwide effort to incorporate more active learning activities into the classroom. Active learning is defined as students engaging in activities such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promotes analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content. Simply put, it’s having students do something that […]
Read More »Break out the party supplies, because November 6-10 is when we celebrate all of our distance, online, digital, hybrid, and asynchronous learning environments. As the field of distance education grows, Missouri S&T’s programs grow in pace to meet the demand. Did you know that S&T now offers 17 different distance graduate degree programs and over […]
Read More »With just a little bit of setup, you can view items and deadlines from your Canvas calendar within your Google calendar. This is made possible via S&T’s use of Google Apps for Education and Canvas, which are compatible. To subscribe Google to your Canvas calendar feed, you simply have to copy the Canvas calendar feed URL into the […]
Read More »Zoom is the hottest new video meeting platform in Higher Ed, and there’s a good reason why. It just works–easily, consistently, with high quality, and it’s mobile-friendly. And best of all, everyone at Missouri S&T already has a basic account. How cool is that? The basic account is good for 40 minutes of recorded meeting time […]
Read More »We do, and it’s awesome. It’s called “Kaltura”, and it’s integrated into Canvas under the “My Media” and “Media Gallery” features. Instructors can upload videos, and students can stream those videos to their devices. Streaming videos can be standalone or embedded into a course, and there is no practical limit to how many videos can […]
Read More »Last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced Active Learning Day as part of a nationwide effort to improve STEM higher education. Today, Project Kaleidoscope of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is proud to invite you to join us as a change agent at the forefront of STEM […]
Read More »Public domain, fair use, academic exemption, DMCA, the TEACH act—there’s a lot to know about copyright law in the United States! As you begin putting your research together into a formal paper, it’s good to refresh yourself on this body of copyright law. Roger Weaver, the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Missouri S&T, has prepared a fantastic […]
Read More »The semester is almost halfway over, and if you’re a graduate student writing a thesis or dissertation, it’s time for you to sign up to iThenticate. iThenticate is a web-based service that analyzes your writing for similarity to other published sources. iThenticate can help you check the accuracy of your citations and quotations, avoid unintentional […]
Read More »Canvas relies on your browser being able to run bits of Javascript for several important tasks such as logging in, viewing your course, uploading files and assignments, and other forms of participation. If you’re using a browser plugin that disables Javascript, EdTech recommends disabling that plugin before initiating a Canvas session. If you have questions […]
Read More »USERS – Now that we have a few weeks behind us, we can look back at what the data show us about student Canvas use, and we can begin to see some patterns emerge. For example, on what days do students log in the most? The answer to that is not surprising–Saturdays are consistently the […]
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