Mailing Lists Class mailing lists Class mailing lists are automatically created and have all registered members of the course. The list email is generated by combining the semester, department code, course number, and section number; for example FA21-DEPT-103-01@groups.macalester.edu for a Fall 21. The Spring code is SP22 etc. Sending to the email that is created for your course will automatically...
If you’ve added readings and assignments to Perusall for past courses and want to reuse them for new classes, you’re in luck: there’s a straight-forward process to copy materials from one course to another. It can even preserve your assignment links on Moodle, given a little bit of elbow grease. The trickiest part is remembering the right order of operations....
General Tips and Tricks Tip that camera sideways! Make sure you’re recording landscape unless you specifically need to record in portrait. Clean your lens! Don’t use digital zoom – it can lead to pixelization Use airplane mode to help silence notifications Shoot with the back lens (even when you’re shooting yourself) rather than the selfie lens Turn on grid lines...
I need to make a podcast… A podcast is a digitally recorded audio file that can be downloaded or streamed for listening. Podcast content is as varied as the hosts who produce them. They can be long or short, serious interviews or comedic parodies, groundbreaking research or fictional stories that last for 5 minutes or span several episodes. As class...
There are numerous ways to get files onto and off your iPad when you’d like to do things like annotate with the Apple Pencil. Using Google Drive is one way the ATS team recommends. But sometimes email is the easiest method. Using a mobile mail app (like Gmail’s app) and Notability, an note-taking app, you can easily download a PDF...
Setting up the webcam The first time you use your webcam and tripod you will need attach the tripod baseplate to the bottom of the webcam. The webcam comes with a monitor mount attached. Remove the monitor mount (Pull hard!) Unclip the baseplate from the tripod by opening the quick release clamp on the top of the tripod Screw the...
Policy Questions, please contact Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching Director Joan Ostrove Joan Ostrove | ostrove@macalester.edu Technical Questions, please contact Information Technology Services Brad Belbas | jbelbas@macalester.edu How-to Directions How-To Videos Youtube Videos
Description It may be helpful to see the entire survey from the student perspective. Each course can be viewed separately with a preview of the entire survey available to confirm custom questions have been configured properly. Quick: How-To Navigate to Moodle https://moodle.macalester.edu and click on Login Use your Macalester credentials to access the Moodle (LMS). Once logged in Moodle locate...
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Description Instructors will have access to student feedback after the semester’s final grade submission deadline. The results are viewable in the formats described below. Detailed: How-To with ScreenShots Login and Accessing Feedback Log into Moodle and then follow the link to the Instructor Dashboard NOTE: Once logged into to EvalKit, you can confirm your role as an Instructor in the...
Description Accessing the Evaluation KIT system may be accomplished by clicking on the Evaluation KIT block with the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). Quick: How-To Access EvaluationKit through Moodle Navigate to Moodle https://moodle.macalester.edu and click on Login Use your Macalester credentials to access the Moodle (LMS). Once logged in Moodle locate the Evaluation KIT User Access block and click on...
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