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  • October 13, 2021
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Building an Escape Room With Google Forms

  • Digital Humanities
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The adventure continues! Back in August, I wrote a post comparing course design to Dungeons & Dragons and promised to share some tools and ideas for gamified activities you can try yourself. This is the first: an escape-the-room/choose-your-own-adventure-style puzzle you can create using Google Forms. […]

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  • August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
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How to Run Your Course Like a Game of Dungeons & Dragons

  • Digital Humanities
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What does Dungeons & Dragons have in common with course design? More than you’d think. Role-playing games like D&D involve a group of distractible adventurers telling a story together with the help of a “game moderator” (GM) who establishes the world, gives the party their […]

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  • February 17, 2021August 5, 2021
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Three Strategies for Building Online Community

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Welcome to the new home of ITG’s Instructional Technology Blog! We’ll be posting advice, tips, and strategies for making the most of your digital tools. Check back often for ways to breathe new life into your Canvas courses, spice up your Zoom sessions, craft engaging Panopto videos, and more!

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Video Spotlight: Creating Accessible Videos


Click the diagonal arrow to view in Full Screen.

Subscribe to Our Blog

What We’re Reading

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

Categories

  • Accessibility
  • Canvas
  • Digital Humanities
  • Emerson.build
  • Events
  • Explore
  • Faculty Showcase
  • Google
  • Guest Blog Post
  • Learning Sciences
  • Panopto
  • WordPress
  • Zoom

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accessibility andragogy broken links building community canvas canvas troubleshooting captions collaboration course management design digital tools emerson.build error message games gamification Google Google Docs Google Forms gradebook images invalid links journalism link validator online learning panopto pedagogy permalinks public quizzes Shared Content showcase storytelling survey technology skills training troubleshooting UDL universal design video web design WERS News WordPress workshops writing Zoom
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