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November 7, 2024

Teaching in Microsoft Teams

Reading Time: 5 minutesAt Conestoga, some Faculty may use Teams to teach their courses. This post aims to support you in the initial stages of learning to use Teams to teach. What is MS Teams? Microsoft Teams is a video conferencing tool, and a integrator for a number of communication and collaboration functions. It can be used to message individuals or teams at...
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July 9, 2024

Informed Student Participation in Class Recordings

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis teaching tip offers suggestions for helping students understand the way a course may use and distribute recordings.  It explains the recording features of Zoom and Teams and provides suggestions for supporting students in choosing their level of participation in recordings created by either service.  Consider Consent and Privacy  Conestoga’s privacy team has provided information on consent and privacy for MS Teams...
Categories Inclusive EdTech Use/Teaching with Teams/Zoom/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
September 13, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Padlet

Reading Time: 3 minutesPromoting active participation in class is beneficial for students because they are incorporated into the activities and are contributors to their learning process. Essentially, students obtain and retain more knowledge by doing. It can be challenging to find ways to keep students engaged in these ways when teaching online. Padlet is an innovative tool that can help enhance participation, as...
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July 6, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Annotate

Reading Time: 3 minutesOpportunities to share reactions, expressions, and ideas are vital to the creation of a rich learning environment and classroom community. Even when classes are conducted virtually, the online classroom environment should be one where students feel safe to share their ideas and opinions and otherwise contribute to discussions. The annotate feature on Zoom can help students develop social skills, collaborate,...
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June 26, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Mentimeter Word Clouds

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe power of connecting ideas, feelings, and words in class is beneficial for the learning process, it can help clarify understanding and allow students to get a sense of their peers’ reactions to a key topic, and it also has the potential to help students track how their thoughts and feelings about certain course-related themes evolve over time. Mentimeter word...
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June 26, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Whiteboards

Reading Time: 2 minutesMost of us are familiar with using whiteboards in classrooms to explain a topic, highlight key ideas, or to allow students to contribute collaboratively; much of this can also be achieved using the whiteboard feature on Zoom. In this short video, we’ll see an example of how Nasreen invites students to work together and exchange and share ideas using the whiteboard...
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March 27, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 4 minutesConestoga College encourages teamwork and collaboration in diverse groups where students can learn from each other. Small group discussions in person or virtually help promote peer-to-peer interaction, critical reflection, and perspective and content sharing. In this short video, we’ll see an example of how Lauren promotes collaborative work through the breakout room tool in Zoom.  Breakout group sessions may be...
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May 12, 2022

What’s New in Zoom?

Reading Time: 3 minutesZoom is constantly updating and adding new features. Consider allowing automatic updates to your Zoom client to take advantage of new features and maximize your options in meetings. Pass Presentation Controls Maybe you’re having a guest in class, and you want them to be able to control some slides in your PowerPoint. Or perhaps students are collaboratively presenting, and want...
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September 21, 2021

Removing a Participant from a Live Zoom Class

Reading Time: 3 minutesThings to Consider Students may be joining a live Zoom class from a variety of locations, devices, and living situations. Many international students may be joining a class from locations all over the world. As such, issues may come up such as students having to be quiet during a class because they are joining from a different timezone which may...
Categories Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Teaching with Teams/Zoom/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
May 20, 2021

Icebreakers for Your Zoom Classrooms

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the era of synchronous online learning, it is important to create a community of learning. Using icebreakers can foster communities, promote positive teacher and student relationships, and lay the groundwork for classroom interaction (Serembus & Kemery, 2020). Studies in pedagogy encourage teachers to use icebreakers in their classes. The following icebreakers are quick and easy to run both in...
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