by Chris Meshanko | Nov 17, 2020 | content, Google, instructional technology, Productivity, Web 2.0
In the past, Skitch was my go-to app for creating annotated screenshots. Sadly, Evernote stopped supporting Skitch in 2015. As someone who uses a Mac, PC (Windows), and Chromebook, I’ve been searching for a free (or inexpensive) solution that works on all...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 29, 2020 | communication, content, Distance Ed, OAKS, OAKS Tips
Your OAKS Course Home doesn’t have to look the way it does now. You can change it to add a widget that can help your students stay on track. Adding the Content Navigator to the OAKS Course Home The Content Navigator is a tool that indicates, to the student, how...
by Chris Meshanko | Sep 22, 2020 | content, Distance Ed, Video, Web 2.0
What is VideoAnt? URL: https://ant.umn.edu/ Do you host your lectures on YouTube (unlisted) or share other videos with your students? If so, you and your students can use VideoAnt to take notes or leave comments during video playback, anywhere on the video timeline....
by Mendi Benigni | Mar 24, 2020 | content, Distance Ed, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Productivity, Share
With the College operating online, I know it’s difficult for some discipline whose work isn’t easy to do online, for example Math and Drawing. If the assignment you wish to give is better suited to the student handwriting or hand-drawing something then...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 21, 2019 | content, Innovative Instruction
Customizing your Textbooks with AR!Textbooks are awesome. Almost everyone uses them. But sometimes they don’t cover the material in the same way you are or they aren’t as clear, customized or interactive as we wish they were. However, adding augmented...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 9, 2019 | content, Pedagogy, Research
In the early 2000s a popular lesson type was a webquest. The goal of this was to create an inquiry-oriented lesson where all of the information comes from web-based resources. This isn’t a newsletter on how to create a webquest. There is tons of information on the...