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- 2024
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April -End of Semester Tips, VoiceThread Updates, and How to Make a QR Code
March - AI Detection Tools, Peer Review Tips, and Grading for Growth
February - Panopto on the Go, ICYMI: AI in Health and Medical Research, Continuing the Topic of GAI
January - Student Resources for Better Writing, Grade Center Help, Productivity Tips, and Make a Video with Us!
- 2023
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December - 12 Days of Gifts from IMPACT
Day 12 - Keeping up with the Kids
Day 11 - Google Shared Drive vs Shared Folder
Day 10 - Students Can Make Infographics with Adobe Express
Day 9 - Streaming Documentaries From Himmelfarb
Day 8 - Collaborative Annotation Tool for Reading Assignments
Day 7 - Easy Screen Recording Tools
Day 6 - New Research on Hybrid Learning for Health Science Students
Day 5 - Look Better Online
Day 4 - Ten Ways to Give a Better Lecture
Day 3 - Microsoft Forms
Day 2 - Refresh Your Multiple Choice Question Writing Skills
Day 1 - Survey Students Using Zoom’s Annotate Feature
November - Infusing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Course Design, Calculating Calculations in the Grade Center, Collaborate vs. Zoom
October - IMPACT Insights: Panopto Overview, Make Data Visualizations Accessible, and AI Perspectives
September - Academic Integrity Lunch & Learn, Upcoming Updates to Poll Everywhere: Date TBD, Fair Use Checklist
August - Quality Matters Workshop, Lunch & Learn: Academic Integrity in 2023, Using AI in College Administration, IMPACT Team Members - On the Move
July - New Release: QM Rubric, 7th Edition, Take the Quality Matters Workshop This Fall, Adobe Licensing Change
June - Thanks and Best Wishes to Gabby! Horizon Report, Creative Ways to Use PollEverywhere, How Students Can Benefit From AI Chatbots
May - New GW VPN, Generative AI Tools: A GW Resource, Antiracism in Healthcare: Himmelfarb Resources, Deletion Date for Cloud Recordings Coming
April - Inclusive Language, Blackboard's New Look, and Live Captioning
March - Enhance Audio, A Second Look at Flipped Earning, Promote Your Course with Video
February - New Student Worker, Reminder: Storage Limits for GW SMHS’s Web Conferencing Tools, Constrained Choice Activities: A Simple Way to Improve Critical Thinking, Instagram Automatic Captions
January - ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence, Are Students Using AI to Write Essays (And Getting Away with It)?, Recommended Resources, AI Writing Video Essay
- 2022
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December - 12 Days of Gifts from IMPACT
Day 12 - 360° Photo and Video
Day 11 - New Tool for Checking Color Contrast Accessibility
Day 10 - Branching Scenarios
Day 9 - Add Text Columns to Grade Center
Day 8 - Unseen Anatomy: A Photographic Tour
Day 7 - Active Learning Library
Day 6 - Using Google Slides for Group Work in Synchronous Sessions
Day 5 - Adobe Express
Day 4 - Meta Analysis of the Effectiveness of Active Learning
Day 3 - Pre-Meeting Warm-up Ideas
Day 2 - Exemplary Rubric Database
Day 1 - GW Holiday Zoom Backgrounds
November - Get Real… Authentic!, Audio Descriptions for Students with Visual Disabilities, Review Your Course for Accessibility, 360° Photo from the CRL Retreat
October - ICYMI: Changes to the Academic Integrity Code & Process, Showcase: Critical Thinking Modules, Building Equity into Virtual Reality Ed Tech
September - Take the Quality Matters Flagship Workshop, Upcoming Event: Academic Integrity, Check Your Blackboard Grading Schema, A New Assistant Dean of Academic Planning and Curriculum Management
August - Upcoming Event: 360° Videos and Photos Part 1: What's Possible, ICYMI: Overview of Accessibility Accommodations and Assistive Technology, Enable Automated Captions in Zoom, Make Your Assessments Accessible (Without Giving Away the Answers)
July - Upcoming Event: GW Disability Support Services, Recent Event ICYMI: Deep Dive into Panopto, Grade Center- Make it Easy, VoiceThread - New Assignment Features
June - Introducing New Communications Assistant, VoiceThread Has Moved, A 360 Peek at the the Improved IMPACT Studio
May - Inclusive Photos - for FREE, Google Appointment Schedule, The Best Uses of Audio
April - Make a GIF, How to: High Resolution Figures for Publication from PowerPoint, ICYMI: “What Decolonizing our Classrooms Looks Like”
March - Watching Videos at Double Speed, Take the Flagship Quality Matters Workshop, Podcast on Better Discussion Boards
February - Celebrating EdTech Leader Courtney Williams, Do Your Multiple Choice Questions Reliably Assess Learning?, How to Handle Discriminatory Comments in Your Class
January - Did My Blackboard Announcement Go Out by Email?, Upload Zoom Recordings to Panopto, Online Brainstorming
- 2021
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December - 12 Days of Gifts from IMPACT
Day 12 - Creating Community Online
Day 11 - IMPACT Studios Rebooted
Day 10 - VR for Health Sciences Education
Day 9 - Life in 360°
Day 8 - Audio and Video Gear Recommendations
Day 7 - Create Captions and Transcripts for Multimedia
Day 6 - Poll Everywhere as a Back Channel
Day 5 - How to See Group Assignments in Student Preview Mode
Day 4 - Google Easter Eggs
Day 3 - LibKey Nomad
Day 2 - Put Some Color in Your Life!
Day 1 - Appointment Slots with Google Calendars
November - Adobe MAX Recap, Green Light, Red Light, Copyright, Ensure Other Lecturers Can Access Your Blackboard Zoom Sessions
October - ICYMI: YouTube Alternatives, Promoting Student Engagement in Online Classes
September - Got Lecture Videos? Use Panopto!, The Spacing Effect
August - Reminder: Check your links!, Older unlisted YouTube videos have changed to private, Recording in Zoom? Turn on auto-transcripts
July - Last Call for Quality Matters Workshop, Audacity Privacy Concerns, Glorified Worksheets or Useful Tool? Guided Notes in Higher Ed Courses
June - Professional Development Opportunity - Quality Matters, New VoiceThread Assignment Builder Goes Live June 30th, Ideas for Active Learning
May - Blackboard Collaborate Ultra - Now With Gallery-Tile-Brady Bunch View, Sharing Zoom Recordings, Are You Using the Correct Zoom Account?, VoiceThread - Check Your Browser, YouTube Accounts
April - Tired of Talking to Blank Squares?, Quality Matters Summer Session, When Youtube says:
“An error occurred, please try again later”March - IMPACT Team +1, Panopto for Assignment Submissions, Syllabus Tone Matters
February - Blackboard Zoom Integration, New Voicethread Assignment Builder, Get Students Involved in Course Design
January - Improving Breakout Room Discussions in Online Teaching by Using Collaborative Documents, Instructional Core Workshops