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VoiceThread for Assessments

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Online meetings, Student Engagement, Technology

Wednesday
Jan 22, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online - register for details

VoiceThread for Assessments

Presenter(s): George Haines

Are you looking for new ways to assess your student work? If you use written exams and quizzes, this workshop can show you alternative ways to evaluate student learning using VoiceThread. We will discuss strategies for improving student presentations, using comment moderation, and designing portfolios that can replace written exams. [Details...]

Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThread

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Online classes, Online meetings, Technology

Monday
Nov 25, 2019
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online - register for details

Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThread

Presenter(s): George Haines (of VoiceThread)

Is inclement weather on your mind? Don’t let mother nature disrupt the flow of your course when the College announces a snow day. VoiceThread allows you to record mini-lectures and create asynchronous conversations around course content. In this workshop, Hunter faculty will learn how to create materials and activities so students can continue to learn and grow even when your class cannot meet face-to-face. This workshop is online and scheduled in the evening. [Details...]

Tool Talk | April 4, 2019

Using Gradescope at Hunter

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Technology

Gradescope excels as an on-line platform for automating the grading of programs. It allows immediate feedback on student work, and helps manage and organize paper and pdf’s. In this post, Katherine St. John discusses how she uses Gradescope in her classroom to streamline the grading process.

Tool Talk | March 11, 2019

Voicethread Upgraded: Now with Automatic Captions

By Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Discussion, Hunter Resources, Learning outside the classroom, Mobile apps and devices, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement

If you have been using VoiceThread for mini-lectures or assignments, I bring good news! This presentation and discussion tool has been upgraded. From now on, all new audio and video content created on VoiceThread will have captions automatically generated a few minutes after the recording is uploaded.

Tool Talk | March 1, 2019

PlayPosit: A Remedy for the Passive Viewing of Videos

By Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Asynchronous teaching, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement, Technology

How do you guide students through videos that you assign as part of their coursework? How do you help them focus on areas that an expert eye like yours would notice, but novice viewers might not? Interactive video tools such as PlayPosit and Edpuzzle might help. They can help you turn video-watching into an active learning experience for your students.

Teaching on the CUNY Academic Commons

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Discussion, Learning management systems, Open Educational Resources

Wednesday
Jan 9, 2019
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
C105 HN

Teaching on the CUNY Academic Commons

Presenter(s): Jeff Allred (English), Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages)

The CUNY Academic Commons has become a robust and flexible platform: a place for discussion, faculty collaboration, professional networking, private and public writing, communicating with your students, and storing your course materials. In recent semesters, some CUNY instructors have begun using the Commons as the learning management system (LMS) in their courses as an open education alternative to Blackboard. If you’re interested in hosting your course on the Commons next semester or simply want to learn more about the platform, please join us for an initial 2-hour guided exploration on Wednesday, January 9, 12-2pm. [Details...]

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