Developing a hybrid course that combines face-to-face and online components offers an opportunity to engage students with the best aspects of both teaching formats. In this unstructured sandbox session, you are welcome to drop in to discuss your hybrid course. During this time, we can assist with determining course structure, identifying effective teaching strategies for...
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is “the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.” SEL is grounded in...
Creating accessible course sites directly supports the academic success of students from varied backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles. In this webinar we will explore specific strategies to making course content, media, and course documents more accessible to learners. Resources pertaining to accessible standards and principles will also be shared for those interested in finding guidance...
Camtasia is a powerful recording and editing software that is made available to Faculty through MyNC. The software is designed to be quick to learn and does not require Faculty to have fancy editing skills. In this webinar we will explore how to access Camtasia from the MyNC portal, the different components that make up...
For the last Tuesday evening this summer, staff, faculty and students are welcome to join in on an NC-led group training ride in advance of the Big Move Cancer Ride, September 3 to 19, a local fundraising event by Niagara Health in support of the Walker Family Cancer Centre. This training ride will begin at...
Please hold your calendars for our employee Fall 2021 LauNCh, a one-hour, Zoom-based session that will take place on Wednesday, September 1 at 10 a.m., a chance for staff and faculty to reconnect before the start of new academic term. The year ahead will be one of hope and transition, and LauNCh is a chance...
Microsoft teams is a digital collaboration hub that can be used, in tandem with Blackboard course sites, to support your teaching. This is the second webinar in the Teams series and will cover virtual collaboration options in more detail. We will explore creating group meeting spaces within Teams Channels, hosting virtual breakout sessions and virtual...
Writing effective multiple-choice items, particularly those that require students to integrate, apply and synthesize course concepts, is challenging. In this workshop, we will explore strategies to create multiple-choice questions that are fair, unambiguous, and strongly linked to your course learning outcomes. Participants will review principles of good test construction to help when developing or refining...
Camtasia is a powerful recording and editing software that is made available to Faculty through MyNC. In this webinar we will explore Camtasia’s ability to create interactive course video that could include: quizzing and surveys, hyperlinks to websites, resources, or media and an embedded table of contents. We shall also cover how to save and...
Do you have questions about specific Blackboard features or would you like to chat about how to use Blackboard to better support your teaching this fall? Register for this virtual drop-in session, and join us online anytime between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. to meet one-on-one with a CAE staff member. Please arrive with specific questions...