Category: Resources

August 7, 2023

Use Hypothes.is to Collaboratively Annotate YouTube Videos

The social annotation tool Hypothes.is has recently enabled the ability to annotate YouTube videos. YouTube videos. Note that this feature only works for YouTube videos that have a transcript. The annotations will appear on the transcript that appears alongside the video. Follow these instructions to enable Hypothes.is in YouTube videos within your Moodle course. Some instructional uses of this new...

Categories How-To/Resources/Teaching

April 30, 2023

3 More Useful Features of Panopto

1) Assignment Folders One of the cool features of Panopto that many users are not aware of is assignment folders.  The idea is simple, these are special folders that you create for a course that give students the ability to create and upload their assignments in video form so that you can see, and comment on them from one location...

Categories Digital Life/Resources

March 23, 2023

Social Annotation in the Age of AI

I’ve been following how Hypothes.is is responding to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. I appreciate that Hypothes.is is leaning into the practice of social annotation as a way to support the academic processes of reading, thinking and writing now that students can also access ChatGPT. In fact, the resources shared below help to illuminate how engaging with ChatGPT...

Categories Articles of Interest/Digital Life/Resources

March 15, 2023

Public 3D Printing at Colgate

If you’ve been on the fifth floor of Case-Geyer you may have seen, or heard, the row of FlashForge Creator Pro printers working away outside of the DLMC.  These are part of our public 3D printing resources offered by The Hub and The DLMC, and are an excellent resource to learn and develop additive manufacturing skills.   3D printing technology has...

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January 16, 2023

Time Saving Features coming with Moodle v4

Our usual Moodle summer upgrade will bring time-saving and usability enhancements when Moodle 4 is implemented in early June 2023.  While at first glance, Moodle 4 looks quite different from our current version, 3.11, all current functionality has been retained and the benefits realized with the new enhancements will more than offset the time spent adjusting to the new interface....

Categories How-To/Resources

January 9, 2023

Pedagogy Podcasts

I first discovered podcasts about pedagogy in January 2021. In the dark winter days of working remotely before vaccines, I turned to podcasts about teaching when I was sick of sitting at my computer. I’d download a podcast to my phone, put on my headphones and go for a walk while listening. I don’t know if it was the podcasts...

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January 6, 2023

Feed Your Brain with LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is a resource provided to the entire Colgate Community of faculty, staff, and students. It is a professional development platform that offers a wide range of online courses and video tutorials to help individuals learn new skills and advance their careers in various subjects, including business, technology, and creative skills. LinkedIn Learning enables you to be self-directed and...

Categories How-To/Learning/Resources

November 1, 2022

Exploring the benefits of text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools

There are many situations where text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools can be very beneficial to you or someone you know. Text-to-speech technology reads text on your computer or mobile device out loud. You may find text-to-speech tools beneficial if you are experiencing eye strain from looking at the screen for too long or have low vision. People who are learning English...

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October 31, 2022

Liquifying Faces and Other Adobe AI Fun

Adobe Sensei never ceases to amaze me.  Over the past couple years, the Adobe backed AI research has had tremendous, practical implications on multiple creative applications.  For those unaware, the strides are truly tremendous, and at times a bit scary.  Take a look at the facial manipulation in Photoshop using the liquefy tool, or making things disappear with content aware...

Categories Digital Life/Resources

October 24, 2022

UDL and Student Wellbeing

The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning provides some terrific resources. I was especially intrigued by the resource titled Wellbeing in Course Design which starts out stating that “faculty members play an important role in proactively supporting student wellbeing… and can help create the conditions that support wellbeing.” They follow with a list of best practices grouped into four...

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