Video conferencing quality is affected by a number of factors. One of the most important of which is the connection speed of your system! Test your technology ahead of time. If you’re using a new video conferencing platform or plan…
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Videoconferencing and Student Collaboration
Traditionally, facilitating engagement and community building within the online platform has been orchestrated through the Discussion Board. As online learning evolves, other techniques and tools have emerged that allow students to interact synchronously and collaborate on projects while being mentored…
How to integrate video-based discussion board posts into your Blackboard course
Including video discussion board posts in your Blackboard course brings rich, multi-modal experiences to your online or blended class. Students have a chance to practice digital literacy and oral communication skills while reflecting on course content. Student responses can be…
ePortfolios at Cornell University
ePortfolios at Cornell University Whether you are an educator using ePortfolios (electronic portfolios) for teaching and learning, a student interested in building an ePortfolio, or perhaps you are another member of the Cornell community interested in using portfolios yourself or…
Teaching with Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard Collaborate is now available! Academic Technologies recently rolled out Blackboard Collaborate, an engaging, fully online sharing, chat and video conferencing tool. Available to Collaborate users are chat and video conferencing capabilities, collaborative whiteboards, and the ability to share files…
Upgrades to Panopto are here!
If you’ve been using Panopto to record course lectures for students to view outside of class, you may be interested in installing the updated recording software released this past December. Available now are updates for both Mac and PC. On…
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Cornell Tools of Engagement Program Group Forming
Interested in getting up-to-date on classroom and online technologies used to support teaching and learning? Academic Technologies is joining forces with the SUNY Tools of Engagement Program (TOEP) to expand tech-infused pedagogy within the Cornell community. We are seeking faculty,…
Blackboard Collaborate enables new suite of collaboration and communication possibilities
Early this semester a Physics instructor came to our office to get our help solving a unique problem. A teaching assistant in the program found they were unable to enter the course’s Learning Lab due to a severe chemical sensitivity, potentially limiting…
Students, professor use WebEx to assist with improving Hopi community health.
Academic Technologies is wrapping up a semester-long project with professor Angela Gonzales, recently named Engaged Learning and Research Faculty Fellow. Gonzales used WebEx to assist her in developing a service-learning component for her development sociology senior capstone course. Through the course, Cornell…
Tips on creating video for your course!
Did you know you can have fun while making videos? A video can be a recording of you doing a lecture but there are many things you can add to your video requiring students to interact, explore ideas, and focus…
