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Video Spotlight: Creating Accessible Videos


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  • October 11, 2017
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Faculty Spotlight: Jon Honea

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In this first of a series of interviews with Emerson faculty, we talk with Jon Honea about how he uses technology to enhance his teaching… What courses do you teach? Ecology and Conservation, Science and Politics of Water, Energy, and Sustainability, Science in Translation: Environmental […]

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  • August 10, 2017February 9, 2021
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Teaching Video Composition: The 30-Second Ad

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As hard as this may be to believe, the traditional written essay isn’t always the most engaging assignment for students. I’d also venture to say that after spending the better part of a semester grading written essays, even instructors tend to wish for a change […]

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  • June 26, 2017
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YouTube’s Closed Captions and How You Can Make Them Better!

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You can flag YouTube videos for captioning? Yep, and the law is on your side! YouTube has more than one billion auto-captioned videos. They’ve been developing tools to engage the community in an effort to make those captions more accurate. Some channels let users contribute […]

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  • June 16, 2017
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Customizing your word.emerson site with CSS

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When using a WordPress blog (either on word.emerson.edu or emerson.build) for a course, the theme you choose will provide certain options for customization. To make style changes beyond those options, you will need to dip into the site’s CSS. Note: If you choose to use […]

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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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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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