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October 21, 2022

Activity Design Ideas for Social Annotation and Hypothes.is

I previously posted a showcase of webpages annotated with Hypothes.is, ideas for Hypothes.is assignments, instructions for creating Hypothes.is enabled readings in Moodle and other resources for getting started with social annotation and Hypothes.is. However, those resources only go so far in creating effective and engaging social annotation experiences for students. Simply requiring students to “make annotations using Hypothes.is” may not...

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October 17, 2022

Getting Started with Social Annotation and Hypothes.is

Social annotation enables multiple people to collaboratively annotate an article found on the web. Many Colgate faculty have adopted the tool Hypothes.is to integrate social annotation into their course readings. Here is a curated a list of resources to guide faculty in getting started with social annotation and Hypothes.is. Example Annotated Articles It may be helpful to see examples of...

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October 4, 2022

Quick Wins Using Adobe Express

Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a free, low barrier to entry tool that anyone can use. Registering for a free account using any of a number of quick sign-up options allows anyone to quickly spin up projects that autosave, and are accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. There are a number of great things to say...

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September 29, 2022

Think of UDL as a Learning Buffet

CAST, a nonprofit education research and development organization, created the Universal Design for Learning framework in the 1980s. CAST’s mission is to transform education design and practice until learning has no limits. CAST.org I’ve been reading and learning about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for many years and have often found it difficult to explain UDL to others. I recently...

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September 26, 2022

Choose your preferred document format using SensusAccess

SensusAccess is a self-service, web-based tool that automatically converts documents into a range of alternative formats including MP3 audio, searchable PDF, DOCX, EPUB, HTML, RTF and digital Braille. Anyone with a Colgate.edu email address can use SensusAccess to convert documents into these alternative, accessible formats. SensusAccess was implemented at Colgate in the summer of 2021. Since then, use has increased...

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September 21, 2022

Resurrecting the Podcast as an Engaging Assignment Option

Lately in the DLMC we’ve been diving back into sound recording conversations. Working with faculty, fellow staff, and the Media Mentor student staff, capturing sound has been the focus of multiple folks, and not just for film! Podcasts have resurfaced as a teaching tool that provides a valuable set of skills for students and offers a different form of assessment...

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September 14, 2022

Helping students who struggle with executive function

Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Just as an air traffic control system at a busy airport safely manages the arrivals and departures of many aircraft on multiple runways, the brain needs this skill set to filter distractions, prioritize tasks, set and achieve...

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September 2, 2022

The Power of Padlet

Padlet is a tool for creating virtual bulletin boards. It’s a simple tool that can enable collaboration toward many different kinds of instructional goals. Here are some of the ways in which I’ve used Padlet in the past year: Asynchronous Introductions I convened a group of twenty people who first met via Zoom. I set up a Padlet and asked...

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Activity Design Ideas for Social Annotation and Hypothes.is

Getting Started with Social Annotation and Hypothes.is

Quick Wins Using Adobe Express

Think of UDL as a Learning Buffet

Choose your preferred document format using SensusAccess

Resurrecting the Podcast as an Engaging Assignment Option

Helping students who struggle with executive function

The Power of Padlet