by Mendi Benigni
on January 5, 2017
in Best Practices, Productivity
Authored by CofC Information Security What is Secure Share? Secure Share is a Web-based application, developed by Liquid Files, that allows users to securely and temporarily share files. You can access Secure Share from off campus as long as you have an internet connection. This is a great way to share files that are too […]
by Mendi Benigni
on November 18, 2016
in Best Practices, Google, Google Apps, Productivity
The latest installment in my series on 6 Reasons To Use Google Apps For Education will take a look at Google Docs. Google Docs is a free, web-based, word processing application that is basically like Microsoft Word. All files are automatically saved to the cloud so you never lose anything and can access your work from any computer, anywhere, […]
by Jessica Smith
on October 4, 2016
in Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Productivity, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
Make Group Work More Efficient with Google Apps Collaboration and project management are important skills for college students to learn. Unfortunately, many students grumble about group work and faculty spend too much time managing logistics. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were tools that could make in-class group work more efficient and productive? I have […]
by Laura Plotts
on September 30, 2016
in Checkout Equipment, Innovative Instruction, Presentation, Productivity
I recently received an Apple Watch (Series 1) as a gift and given the nature of my job I was curious how Instructors might integrate this technology into their teaching and learning. My personal use of the watch did not provide many connections to classroom use, so I looked to other Instructors for ideas. Here […]
by Laura Plotts
on September 14, 2016
in iPad, Mobile, Productivity, TLT
At last week’s TLT Faculty Open House we asked those that attended to recommend a favorite app and Clear was a clear favorite! What is Clear? An easy to use to-do list and reminders app. Price: $4.99 Platform: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Clear for Mac which is available separately on the Mac App Store More Information: To […]
by Mendi Benigni
on September 5, 2016
in Best Practices, Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Presentation, Productivity, TLT
We all use PowerPoint to create and deliver lectures and for student presentations. But PPT lacks one major feature…collaboration. Google Slides, part of our Google Apps for Education, is a PowerPoint-like presentation application that has that collaboration piece, making it more useful in an academic environment. Here are six reasons you should be using Google […]
by leea5
on August 15, 2016
in instructional technology, OAKS, OAKS Tips, Productivity, Teaching Advice, Tech Generation, TLT
Starting a new semester can be daunting but let us help you with our Start of Semester Checklist! This checklist gives you a list view of important tasks to complete to make sure your semester starts off smoothly, it also tells you how to complete most tasks. Some of the tasks and include: Verifying your course shell […]
by Chris Meshanko
on May 11, 2016
in Dear TLT, Productivity
Dear TLT, A student told me that it’s possible to save a webpage as a PDF in Google Chrome; is that true? I don’t have Adobe Acrobat on my personal computer, and this would be extremely useful. Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Professor Vivian Banks African American Studies Dear Professor Banks, Your student is right! It is […]
by Mendi Benigni
on April 29, 2016
in Google, Google Apps, Productivity, Research, TLT
I am a huge fan of Microsoft Excel. It’s my second favorite application, after Photoshop. However, I’ve been attempting to move all of my work to Google Apps for Education and I felt like Google Sheets was just not as robust a program as Excel. That being said, I’ve been working with Sheets exclusively for several […]
by Jessica Smith
on April 18, 2016
in Collaboration, Productivity, Research, TLT, Web 2.0
Does this scenario seem familiar? You’re in the midst of a team project. One day you realize that you’ve been playing phone tag with one colleague for a week; another colleague keeps emailing Word documents; while the rest of the team is trying to work in Google Docs. No one is communicating well and […]
