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  • February 10, 2017February 9, 2021
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Reaching all types of learners with UDL

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You may have heard the term UDL buzzing around lately in your education circles. It stands for Universal Design for Learning and is a guiding tenet for us here in ITG. The term Universal Design originated in the world of architecture. It emphasizes designing to […]

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  • January 13, 2017
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Introducing Canvas Commons

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Find more information in the Commons guides ITG and the Iwasaki Library have started you off with some Emerson content in Commons: if you search for Emerson College, the first results are from us. We’ve shared an Emerson College syllabus template, a student research page for […]

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  • January 12, 2017
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Quizzes Can Be Used for Learning!

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One of the most interesting (and easy) strategies for helping students learn that I’ve encountered recently centers around quizzing. Yes, quizzing, the thing students dread to take and teachers dread to correct. However, much of the negative feelings around quizzes and tests is caused by […]

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  • August 29, 2016
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Choose an image to represent your Canvas course

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The Canvas dashboard currently looks like this to students: As of last weekend, those plain color blocks can now be replaced by images and even GIFs! To find out how, view the Canvas Guide.  

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  • February 10, 2015February 11, 2021
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Fall 2014 Faculty Showcase Series

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In November and December of 2014, we invited Emerson faculty with exemplary use of technology in their instruction to share their methods and impact with other members of the community. Presenter Department Topic Paul Mihailidis Marketing Communication Socrative, Storify Ruth Grossman Communication Sciences & Disorders […]

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  • September 18, 2014February 11, 2021
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File naming standards: eliminate future headaches

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There are a lot of reasons that file naming standards should be your best friends. They are rad, responsible, and reliable. Just like the three R’s of old. But most importantly – you will not run into problems opening your files on another computer, uploading […]

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  • March 10, 2014
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Faculty Showcase: Student Work

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Recently, Walker 416 was filled to capacity with faculty, staff, and pizza; all gathered together for the latest in ITG’s Faculty Showcases. The topic this semester was “student interaction”, and we at ITG were lucky to get three outstanding professors to present: Kevin Miller of […]

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  • September 11, 2013
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2013 Faculty Technology Survey Results!

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In the spring of 2013, ITG asked the faculty what they thought about educational technology at Emerson. A good mix of full time (46%) and part-time (54%) faculty from all departments responded. The most interesting question to us was “What do you think of Canvas […]

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  • September 4, 2013February 17, 2021
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2013 Student Technology Survey Results!

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In the spring, ITG asked students their views about educational technology at Emerson. As with the 2013 faculty survey, we were eagerly awaiting answers to the question “What do you think of Canvas so far? What is easy? What is confusing?” The results are in, […]

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  • March 18, 2013February 11, 2021
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The Power of File Restriction in Canvas

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Don’t want students uploading a .docx instead of a .pdf? Or a .pages file at any point in time? Well you can, because Canvas allows File Restrictions! While editing your assignment in Canvas, below the text entry field are a series of options – including […]

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Video Spotlight: Creating Accessible Videos


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What We’re Reading

Check out ITG’s Diigo Group to see what we’ve been reading lately.

Categories

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  • Canvas
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  • Google
  • Guest Blog Post
  • Learning Sciences
  • Panopto
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