In today’s Monday Minute video, we will show you a few tips to help record better videos using your laptop computer.

In today’s Monday Minute video, we will show you a few

tips to help record better videos using your laptop computer.

Laptop Recording Options:

• Record in Canvas – Check Out our Monday Minute Video – https://youtu.be/v7j-dbCHDqU
• ScreenCast-O-Matic – https://screencast-o-matic.com/
• Use Photobooth on Mac,  Use Camera on Windows 10

Monday Minute: Recording Video From Your Laptop

On Thursday, October 24th from 2-3pm, OLITS is offering a workshop on the most commonly “not met” standards in QM reviews and share strategies to prepare your course to meet those standards..

Register for: Not Met: The Most Commonly Missed Standards in QM Reviews

Attend Virtually: Not Met: The Most Commonly Missed Standards in QM Reviews

• OLITS YouTube page with Monday Minute videos
• Full schedule of upcoming workshops
• OLITS Teaching and Learning Blog

Visit our website to see the latest events and workshops on our training calendar.

CITL Week of Teaching Monday Minute Video

The new academic year brings the third annual CITL Week of Teaching. We have a variety of development and networking opportunities available Aug 19-22, 2019.

CITL is excited to start off the 2019-2020 academic year with the third annual CITL Week of Teaching. We have a variety of development and networking opportunities available during the week of Aug 19-22, 2019. All events will be at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Register for each event using the links below.

Photographers will be available for Faculty Photos on Mon and Weds from 3-5 pm

Attend workshops Weds and Thurs for Giveaways and Chance to Win Prizes!!

For more information and to register visit: https://lib.usfsp.edu/innovative/CWoT

UPCOMING EVENTS

Open Labs

Visit OLITS during any of the dates and times listed below for drop-in support from an Instructional Designer. Whether you need help recording a video, submitting first-day attendance, or setting up an assignment in Canvas, we are here to help.

Can’t get to campus? Use the virtual attendance link below to join any of these sessions via web meeting.

No registration required.

Attend Virtually: Canvas Open Labs

August 21 9am-12pm

August 22 9am-12pm

August 23 1pm-4pm

August 27 9am-12pm

August 28 1pm-4pm

August 29 9am-12pm

August 30 9am-12pm

 

USFSP – Students Access to Canvas for Spring/Summer

Guest posting from Glen Parker…

I was asked the preferred way to direct students to Canvas for those courses being taught in Canvas during the Spring/Summer.

I recommend multiple paths.

1. The easiest would be to give your students a direct link to Canvas:  https://usflearn.instructure.com .
2. There will be a link in myUSF to Canvas
3. For those familiar with Blackboard, a link in the Bb course reminding them to go to Canvas would be helpful.   Our official recommendation will be to :- Make sure the Announcements page is the entry page for your Bb course

   – Create a single announcement telling student about canvas and provide a link to Canvas.

   – Disable other menu items so there is less visual clutter in the Bb course to distract from the redirection

Why the academy *must* embrace its online future

Online education is hot these days. A perfect storm of record-level student debt, stagnating job growth, and soaring tuition prices has forced a knee-jerk reaction among universities now scrambling to offer free courses online, either through their own platforms or partnerships with startups like Coursera and Udacity. Professors, college administrators, and policymakers have expressed sharply divided views over what this shift means for an institutional learning model that has persisted for hundreds of years. But amidst the debate, lost is the voice of the student.

Read more at venturebeat.com

via Why the academy must embrace its online future | VentureBeat.

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