Resources
Some advice from students on striking the right balance between friendly and strict.
Advice from students on how faculty can best reach them through email.
Actual students weigh-in on what they like and dislike in how a syllabus is constructed.
Ways to explain the importance of group work to students.
The i>clicker allows a class to respond to multiple-choice questions and see immediate results for either class discussion or to record in Blackboard. There are many ways that professors at BYU are using it.
Concept mapping is a great way to build upon previous knowledge by connecting new information back to it. This post explores the uses of concept mapping and provides tools for creating concept maps on the computer.
Video. Many are unaware that YouTube videos can be used without an available internet connection if downloaded ahead of time. This post gives step-by-step instructions for saving YouTube clips and videos to your computer for later use.
Sending students a link to a YouTube video can be risky because of all the additional content displayed that you can’t control. Using Quietube will allow you to link to a window that will display the video only.
Video. Connecting to YouTube can be inconvenient in the middle of a PowerPoint slideshow. These step-by-step instructions will help you to embed a YouTube video right into one of your slides
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