February 15, 2024 Dealing with Too Many Slides Reading Time: 3 minutes As a faculty member, you may receive or inherit “legacy” slide decks filled with more content than can be covered in a single class. This... Categories Lesson and Course Planning
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... Categories 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. Categories Teaching Materials/Tech for New Faculty/Tech For Teaching
September 6, 2020 PowerPoint Jeopardy! Reading Time: 2 minutes Bring in a new take on a classic trivia game by using a Jeopardy PowerPoint deck to gamify a review or test prep period. Download... Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
September 4, 2020 Using PowerPoint to Create Videos Reading Time: < 1 minute Although we think of PowerPoint as being best suited to building slides, in reality, it has evolved into a video creation tool, as well. Easily... Categories Multimedia/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... Categories Multimedia/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
September 7, 2019 Live Caption a PowerPoint Presentation Reading Time: < 1 minute 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... Categories 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. Categories Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
