Bring Digital Learning to your Students
As you have probably heard, students now have FREE access to Adobe Creative Cloud. Our new site license this fiscal year provides Adobe Creative Cloud access for free to all active Chapman staff, faculty, and students. To access your free account, visit: www.chapman.edu/software What can this look like in the classroom? Digital learning improves student
How Can I Increase Student Completion Rates in Online Learning?
Did you know that the Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (IETL) has a subscription for faculty members to access the Magna Campus Online Professional Development Video & Resource Library? One of these resources is the Monday Morning 20-Minute Mentor Series! The Monday Morning Mentor series packs an impressive amount of practical information into
5 Tips for Creating Better Academic Videos in the IETL Instructional Video Studio
The IETL Instructional Video Studio is a space where faculty can record and enhance their lessons and the classroom learning experience in unique and innovative ways. Inside the space, faculty can use the green screen, LearningGlass, or even create a traditional video without these technologies. According to this article from University Business about instructional video
Podcast! Is Chapman University ready to play?
According to Edison Research’s 2019 survey of the podcast consumer, 144 million people listen to podcasts; nearly half of them listen to seven unique podcasts every week. These numbers are expected to rise dramatically in the coming years. Interestingly, the top reason (74%) people give for listening to podcasts is they want to learn new
ESRI Story Maps
In an era of blogging and vlogging, sharing and publicizing your work in an engaging way has never been so crucial, no matter it is a research work or just a story in your personal experience. And the audience, like you and me, have become very picky about the visual expression of the contents. We
Grammarly Premium is now free for all Chapman faculty, staff and students!
Whether you are writing emails, research papers, letters, or blogs, Grammarly can help you improve your writing. Many on campus already use the free version of Grammarly or the Grammarly Chrome extension to find common mistakes. Now, all Chapman faculty, staff, and students have access to the Premium version of Grammarly for free! Grammarly will
Get to know our student workers
We now have two student workers in the Tech Hub ready to assist with instructional technology projects. Sierra Clibourne “Hello! I’m Sierra, a senior computer science major here at Chapman. In my free time, I love reading books and baking things (which I often bring into the office to have others try.) I’ve been working
Tips For An Efficient Touchpanel Layout (Part 2)
Imagine you are using a touchpanel and would like to raise volume during your presentation. After you press the ‘Volume Up’ button, it barely increases and then you find yourself having to press the button multiple times to get the desired level. Depending on how high the audio level has to be, it could take
Faculty phishing technique exploits relationships with deans and admins
If you are university faculty, you’ve probably already received a few of these phishing attempts. They look like a brief note from your Dean or from the University President, asking for a very quick favor. Because these messages are coming from your admins and often include university-branded signature lines, it is easy to think that these
Inclusive Design
Although this article from Automattic about inclusive design is not specifically about designing course materials, it is incredibly relevant to those of us who are trying to create a more inclusive classroom environment. I highly recommend that you take the time to read it. Some important points from this article include: Use accessibility practices to