Collaborating with the campus community to explore questions of pedagogy, best practices, and technology integration.
Moodle Tips Just a reminder that Educational Technology maintains and updates the Moodle Professional Development course. It is the best place to find information on everything Moodle. Workshops Educational Technology will be hosting some workshops for faculty, staff, and students about using Microsoft Word for formatting documents. Please see the links below for more information. […]
Faculty Watch these video walk-throughs of connecting in a fully upgraded room, a partially upgraded room, and a portable room upgrade. Read the documentation for your room type: fully upgraded room and partially upgraded room, portable room upgrade. Schedule to test out your classroom or come in and try it out before the start of […]
Here are some suggestions and tips for when you set up your Teams. Things to Consider Before Creating a Team Who do you want to collaborate with in Teams? How will you use your Team? What is the purpose of your Team? What permissions will you give your team members? Do you already have an […]
We heard from a number of faculty who were very interested in Educational Technology workshops, but were not be able to attend. So we would like to bring the sessions to you as Birds of a Feather sessions. A faculty or staff member can request a Birds of a Feather session by identifying at least four colleagues who are […]
Technology has evolved to the point where we can have our phones translating signs and text for us in foreign countries. Google Translate has an AR feature to translate words or sentences scanned with a smartphone camera. This handy tool is great for traveling abroad and new language learners. Do note that this requires downloading […]
Some changes will be taking place regarding voices.wooster.edu WordPress site. The current Voices server was setup in the summer of 2009 and over the years has accumulated a number of accounts and sites that are no longer used. Since the WordPress platform used for Voices does not have a simple way to remove unused accounts […]
To provide the most consistent and reliable experience for faculty teaching this fall, faculty will need to bring their laptops to the classroom. Technology Services will be removing all instructors computers from classrooms the week of August 3rd. When teaching in classrooms with cameras and microphone arrays added, you will find the standard set of […]
Educational Technology’s own, Megan Smeznik, wrote an article for the National Council on Public History about the challenges and the opportunities for crafting a digital history pedagogy. She emphasizes in the article about the importance of all those invested in the information community coming together and developing a holistic pedagogy that not only promotes scholarship […]
Educational Technology is offering workshops – virtually via video call in Microsoft Teams – for faculty to support continuity of instruction. Sessions will focus on implementing Moodle features and Office 365 tools such as OneDrive, PowerPoint, and Teams. For self-service resources, please visit our Recommendations for Continuity of Instruction post. Video recordings of workshops are […]
In the newest update to the Microsoft software for Mac, you can now draw with the trackpad. Whether you need to sign a document or you want to highlight a particular section in your student’s document, this new function allows another option for digital inking. For more information, visit: What’s new for Office Insiders
