Instructional Design & Technology Services, IITS
Haverford College
Instructional Technology Services, IITS invites you to roundtable discussion sessions and office hours to help you get ready for the spring semester. Talk to peers and IITS staff to prepare your online-only or dual/hybrid mode classes. Roundtable discussion on online teaching Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Facilitator: Hiroyo Saito Hiroyo will…
With the start of another Covid-19 restricted semester, Moodle will be an important part of most courses. This message is long and covers the following important Moodle topics:
The newest version of Voicethread has significant updates that will benefit users at Haverford greatly. We transitioned to this new version over break and would like to share detailed information about these updates with any current users. Below are all of the detailed updates that Voicethread made regarding assignments and how both students and instructors…
Perusall is a powerful tool with lots of features. Students can work individually, in groups, or as a class to study, annotate and discuss docs and other media. You can also use Perusall to create assignments around annotations. While you can evaluate those assignments yourself, you can also have Perusall provide students with automatic, AI-enhanced…
Read more Collaborative editing and close reading with Perusall
IITS is happy to introduce a new feature for the Spring 2020 semester. Students can now create or upload video from within the Moodle assignment tool. You can create a Moodle assignment that accepts video submissions pretty much like you create any Moodle assignment. This means that students can now easily upload videos of any…
Introduction Several rooms on campus have been outfitted with microphones and cameras, which can be utilized during Zoom sessions and/or lecture capture (Panopto). The exact equipment within each space does vary, so be sure to check each room that you are teaching in for its specifications. This page on the IITS site provides specifications for…
Read more Classroom Technology: Zoom/Panopto Tips and Procedures.
With so many classes online, many faculty are looking for ways to create and share video with students. This article will help you pick options that work for your needs? We look at several types of videos: feature films, online videos, and your own video files. Feature films Sharing feature films has both technical and…
As we navigate this Covid-19 adjusted semester, Moodle is more important than ever. These tips and reminders were emailed to Haverford faculty on 9/1/20.
Introduction Haverford Sites offers many unique opportunities for Faculty and Students to improve their digital literacy. Course blogs are a prime example of this. While students can be made authors of a course blog, it may be more beneficial for the students to create their own sites. This is where syndication comes in. With blog…
Read more Syndicated Blogs with Haverford Sites and WordPress
Adobe Scan (free) allows the user to quickly scan handwritten or printed documents in order to create and share PDFs with others. STEP 1: Download and Install the App After downloading Adobe Scan from your online mobile marketplace and installing it, open the app up. You will need to sign in to the application with…
