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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.

Does your course deliver what your syllabus promises?

Creating a syllabus is a daunting task.  Once created and shared with students, does your course actually reflect what you have written in the syllabus?  Having the course one way and allow the course to deviate is like a builder having a blueprint for a house and...

Fall 2016 Adams Center Reading Groups

The Adams Center will host 4 Reading Groups this Fall. If you have questions or would like to register you may call Tammy at 325-674-2023 or send an email to rsvp2ac@acu.edu. Times and dates are below.

Plagiarism Spectrum

Students and faculty alike can struggle with the question of what constitutes plagiarism. Turnitin has developed a helpful teaching tool for you and your students to discuss what they call the Plagiarism Spectrum. The spectrum is visualized in this pdf, along with...

Adams Center 2015-2016 Summary Report

As we prepare to begin a new school year, the Adams Center staff would like to reflect upon and share with you the variety of work we did in 2015-2016. Click on the link below to see our end of year summary and learn about some new projects. Adams Center 2015-2016...

Faculty Fusion 2016 – CREATE

Let’s create together at Faculty Fusion, August 12, 2016, 8:30am-1:00pm. Please join us in the Adams Center for breakfast, learning, and lunch.    You can RSVP for activities here, by emailing  rsvp2ac@acu.edu or by calling the Adams Center at 325-674-2455....

Instructional Uses of "Spark"

Some of you may have heard of "Adobe Voice", a super-easy way to create a digital story with graphics and perhaps some background music. Some of our faculty and students have already been using it. Adobe also had a tool called Adobe Slate that you can use to create...

Customizing Entry Page for the Canvas App

If you use Canvas app, you might notice that it shows all the courses you have taught since we started to use Canvas. You can get rid of some of the clutter fairly easily. Please check this tutorial for more information.

Using Turnitin LTI in Canvas

Turnitin and Canvas are phasing out the Turnitin API tool in Canvas.  Instead, you are encouraged to use the LTI tool. When is the change taking place? In order to minimize disruption, we no longer turn on the API tool when switching to the new Canvas user interface...

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