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You’ll find the latest from the Adams Center staff here at the Adams Blog. The content varies, but the subject is always the same: teaching and learning.
Using Respondus to Convert Tests for Use in OpenClass
If you have tests from a textbook publisher it is very likely that they allow you to download these tests into a compressed format that can be directly imported into your course shell with a major Learning Management System. At this point, OpenClass does not handle...
Getting Publisher Content into CourseSites
Textbook publishers are moving vigorously into developing resources for faculty members. Some offer resources such as PowerPoint files, animations, videos and tests that you can use in the course. Coursesites offers a number of ways for you to utilize such content: 1....
APPs For The Beginning of the Semester
Whiteboard/Interactive Looking to use your iPad in new, fun ways with your students? Below are a couple free apps that you may find useful. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard captures your voice and handwriting to produce video lessons that you can share online....
What can we learn from games about feedback?
A Faculty Focus article published in January 2014 discussed a study which suggests that not that many students take advantage of faculty feedback to improve their work. The article argues that, though students are not blameless for ignoring professor’s feedback,...
A Matter of Time
Please note that CourseSites uses Eastern Time, and we were told that it is not yet possible to customize it to use Central Time. This has implications for time-sensitive information. For instance, if you set your quiz to be available at 9:00AM, the quiz will be...
STEM for Girls
A group of ACU faculty are preparing for the third annual STEM for Girls day camp partnering with AISD’s Academy for Technology, Engineering, Math and Science. The STEM for Girls event is a faculty led initiative dedicated to encouraging girls’ interest in the...
Active Learning Activities: Note Share & Tweet This
Written by David Christianson Active learning isn’t about fun. It’s about engagement. It’s about doing something with information beyond intake and producing output. It’s about producing output right now, in the moment, and not waiting for a paper due in two weeks or...
Preparing to Teach with CourseSites
If you intend to use CourseSites to teach this semester, here are a few suggestions we would like to share with you to help you get ready. 1. Set up your course shell, if you haven't done so already. We would also recommend you set up a sandbox shell to test things...
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