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Online Teaching Tip: Using Respondus Lockdown Browser to Deter Cheating on Online Tests

by Mendi Benigni | Oct 13, 2020 | Assessment, Best Practices, Distance Ed, OAKS

As was mentioned in a previous Online Teaching Tips, with ANY quiz, test, or exam there is a chance a student will cheat, even in a face to face class. But the temptation is often greater in an online class because there is no one watching. With Respondus Lockdown...

Lumen 5 – Great tool to recommend to your students for their video projects

by Mendi Benigni | Sep 29, 2020 | Assessment, Innovative Instruction, instructional technology, Video

I love video projects. I think they are one of the best ways to get students to let loose their creativity and focus on delivering information in a succinct manner. In addition, creating a video forces the students to plan and to spend more time with the material...

Online Teaching Tip: Keeping students on track by changing your OAKS Course Home

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...

Tech Tip Tuesday – Take Notes on YouTube Videos with VideoAnt

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....

Tips for Giving Online Quizzes/Tests

by Mendi Benigni | Sep 17, 2020 | Assessment, Best Practices

Let’s be clear, with ANY quiz, test, or exam there is a chance a student will cheat, even in a face to face class. But the temptation is often greater in an online class because there is no one watching. So I have done some research and come up with some tips...

BE PREPARED FOR FALL! IT’S NOT JUST THE SCOUT’S MOTTO, IT SHOULD BE YOURS AS WELL

by Mendi Benigni | Jul 23, 2020 | Best Practices, Distance Ed, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy

TLT is excited to share a couple of announcements with you that we hope will serve as resources as you continue to prepare your courses for the fall semester. RESILIENT TEACHING SITE As was shared with faculty in June (attached), the Resilient Teaching Task Force...

Online Teaching Tip: Use Intelligent Agents to Keep Students Engaged and On Task

by Mendi Benigni | Jun 15, 2020 | Best Practices, Distance Ed, OAKS, OAKS Tips

Keeping Students On Track and Engaged In an online class, it’s often hard to keep students on track, especially students who aren’t used to taking this type of course. If you use OAKS you can use the Intelligent Agents to help you help your students....

Online Teaching Tip: Monitor your students’ progress

by Mendi Benigni | Jun 1, 2020 | Assessment, Distance Ed, OAKS, OAKS Tips

Monitoring Students Online When you teach on online class, especially an asynchronous online class, it’s easy to “lose” students. If you are an OAKS user, there’s a tool that can help you keep up with your students and help you identify those...

The TLT Con is On!

by marindindj | Apr 24, 2020 | TLT

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How to make a paper towel tripod: DIY tutorial

by mckinleysa | Apr 24, 2020 | Mobile, TLT

Need help filming yourself? No budget for a tripod? Kentucky artist and film teacher Kathleen Lolley and TLT’s Alea McKinley co-created a tutorial to teach you how to make a tripod for your cell phone using a paper towel roll. Safe, social-distancing was...