Category: Teaching Materials

Boost your PowerPoint use, and learn some alternative solutions that make presentation periods dynamic, accessible and co-constructed.

September 9, 2020

The Power of PowerPoint

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many studies have investigated the value of using PowerPoint as a lecture tool. PowerPoint’s strength is often the comfort we have as educators and learners...

Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

September 8, 2020

Building Accessible PowerPoint Slides

Reading Time: 6 minutes Tried and true, PowerPoint has been the best known presentation software for the last 30 years. Its strength is often the familiarity we have with using it, and many other apps and services are based on its look and feel.

August 5, 2020

Mentimeter

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Mentimeter? An interactive presentation, polling and quizzing tool, with Mentimeter you can build engaging presentations right in your browser. Add questions, polls, quizzes,...

Gamification/Licensed Apps and Pilots/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

June 4, 2020

Virtual Whiteboards in an Online Synchronous Classroom

Reading Time: 5 minutes Many of us use whiteboards when we’re teaching, but the move to an online synchronous classroom has made that a little more difficult. Fortunately, there...

Multimedia/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

June 3, 2020

OneNote Notebooks

Reading Time: 4 minutes OneNote notebooks are a new way to organize information and resources from Microsoft. Rather than collecting information in folders and files, compile them all together...

Collaboration/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

June 1, 2020

DIY Whiteboards and Document Cameras

Reading Time: 3 minutes Many of us use whiteboards when we’re teaching, but the synchronous online teaching has required us to find new solutions to working in familiar ways....

Multimedia/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

September 7, 2019

Live Caption a PowerPoint Presentation

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If your teaching entails portions of PowerPoint presentation, you can use live captions to provide a more accessible experience for learners. The narration will only...

Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

September 2, 2019

Recording or Narrating a PowerPoint

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes the most efficient way to create a video is to narrate an existing PowerPoint. This tip will coach you through the process. Start by...

Online Synchronous/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

July 5, 2019

O365 Sway

Reading Time: 3 minutes A relatively new presentation offering from Microsoft, Sway lets you build presentations as web content, rather than individual files.

Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

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