Tip #5: Make your online classes interactive with H5P
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Tip #5: Make your online classes interactive with H5P

Supercharge your D2L course by adding interactive elements to your pages I use a lot of videos in my online classes. I like to think that students watch them all from the beginning to the end, but I know better. H5P has numerous interactive elements that can easily be used inside your D2L course at Ridgewater College. One of the elements is an interactive video. H5P has created a way for students to interact with your YouTube or MediaSpace videos (whether you are the owner or not). Instructors can prompt viewers to ask questions about the video to proceed. It's a simple…
December 20, 2022Posted inD2L, H5P, Tech WebsitesTags: , ,
Tip #3:  Use free images from Unsplash for your lectures and presentations
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Tip #3:  Use free images from Unsplash for your lectures and presentations

Over 3 million free high-resolution images are brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers. Unsplash.com has a growing collection of high-quality images that anyone can use for any purpose. Unsplash "grants you an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use photos from Unsplash for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission from or attributing the photographer or Unsplash."Creating an account with Unsplash is optional. I've been using the website for years and have never created an account. Downloading images is simple; you can choose from various sizes to fit your needs.Current…
December 5, 2022Posted inPhoto, Tech WebsitesTags: , , ,
Tip #2: Battle misinformation with open-access research using Consensus
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Tip #2: Battle misinformation with open-access research using Consensus

Evidence-Based Answers, Faster Consensus.app works by using AI to scan through hundreds of millions of articles to find evidence-based answers to your question. I love a good debate with students, but sometimes we need to start with scientifi-based research. Steps from the website include: Step 1: The user enters a query. Step 2: AI searches through the database of hundreds of millions of scientific papers for a subset of relevant papers based on a standard keyword search.  Step 3: From these relevant papers, the Consensus model “reads” the papers for you, extracting sentences when authors state their findings based on evidence. I tried using…
November 29, 2022Posted inResearch, Tech WebsitesTags: , , ,