New E-Mail Signature Format & Howto
Our standard e-mail signature format has been updated as of Fall 2018: Instructions for how to implement AND a pre-made signature for you are linked at the IT Knowledgebase (direct link).
Your Canvas courses are not gone
Don’t worry, returning teachers, your old Canvas courses are NOT gone! Find them in Courses > All Courses > Past Enrollments: You can also import content from past courses into a current course you teach by following these instructions.
Connecting to new AppleTV and HDMI-connected classrooms
As of Fall 2018, all classrooms are equipped with mounted speakers and either a wireless AppleTV or wired HDMI connection. Follow the steps in the video below to wirelessly connect to an AppleTV-connected projector. If the AppleTV doesn’t appear in your list make sure your bluetooth is turned on. If you’re in a classroom […]
Mini-PD: Research and Citation Tools
At last week’s mini-PD, Dianne and Chelsea taught us about three tools for research and citation: Noodletools, the best research manager for middle and high school students. Turnitin, the best plagiarism checker (and one that integrates with Canvas) which helps you check for direct, mosaic, and self-plagiarism. Zotero, a citation manager for undergraduates and graduates […]
Mini-PD: Beyond Powerpoint
This week we learned about seven ways technology helps you modify the format of your assessments to increase engagement and authenticity while keeping the focus on content and skills. The graphic above summarize the session, and the skeleton Powerpoint is here.
PD Workshop: How to Design Beautiful Handouts and Other Documents
This week we learned four tools that make it easy to create graphic organizers, posters, online ad graphics, and infographics. This results in products that are more polished – and authentic – than cutting and pasting on paper! And here’s some work from the workshop participants: Chalynne: Amy Li:
Quick Drawing Tools
Miss Google Draw? Your students can use Apple Preview or the web app Sketchpad (http://sketch.io/sketchpad) to draw and annotate images.
Aaron Foster explains Quizlet Live
Creating fun and meaningful assessments can be a challenge – just ask anyone from this week’s #pudPDAsia event. Quizlet Live is one tool you can use to do just that. With a few clicks, you can create a competitive game to help students review vocabulary and concepts. But Aaron Foster explains it better in this […]
Migrate Canvas Courses from S1 to S2
Elective teachers starting a new section in semester two may want to migrate their course content from their semester one section. Alternatively, they may want to refer back to student work from the semester one class. The video below explains how to do both of these actions.
Sign up for Ofo bike sharing
It’s getting easier and easier to get around Nansha. The latest entrant to the mobility scene is Ofo, a bike-sharing service whose yellow bikes are ubiquitous in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other urban areas. Foreigners can sign up if they download the app (using Wechat doesn’t seem to work), but the in-app registration mechanism appears to […]