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Online Exhibitions 101

Online exhibitions can always make for dynamic class projects, but they’re especially useful when in-person class might not be possible. Watch this video by Aisling Quigley to learn what kind of online exhibition to use in your course.

Digital Projects/Group Work/Presentations

The liberal arts mindset at a distance: Tactics for building a hybrid course

The 2020-2021 school year will require us to consider ways to offer a liberal arts education at a distance. Use this guide to find resources and tactics to begin building your hybrid course.

Community Building

Moodle Book Resource

The Moodle Book resource enables a teacher to organize their course content into concise, easy-to-navigate chapters. Use this how-to to learn how to create a Moodle Book for your Moodle course!

Lecture/Syllabus Design

RefWorks

RefWorks allows you to both manage citations in a personal-to-you database and annotate PDFs asynchronously.

Annotation/Asynchronous/Discussion-based/Practice-based

Timeline.js

Timeline.js is a quick and easy way for students and faculty to create timelines online using only a quick spreadsheet interface.

Digital Projects

Flipgrid

FlipGrid allows students to record short videos in response to teacher prompts and each other in a fun, social media inspired environment.

Asynchronous/Discussion/Practice-based/Presentations

Slack

You can use Slack to create a communal workspace where users can chat or share documents and links.

Asynchronous/Community Building/Discussion/Discussion-based/Group Work/Synchronous

Google Slides Presentations with Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere allows users to embed interactive components into a Google Slides presentation. Use this how-to to learn how to create a Google Slides presentation with an embedded Poll Everywhere component!

Discussion-based/Lecture/Polling/Presentations/Synchronous

Swipe.to Presentations with Polls

Swipe.to is a tool for creating online presentations that can include embedded polls. Use this how-to to learn how to create your free Swipe.to account and a presentation for your course!

Lecture/Polling/Presentations/Synchronous

Moodle Forums

The Moodle forum activity module enables participants to have asynchronous discussions i.e. discussions that take place over an extended period of time. Use this how-to to learn how to set up forums in your Moodle course!

Asynchronous/Discussion

MacDigital

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