Liz Melleby Welch and Shaina Dymond had the privilege of presenting at the EDUCAUSE 2023 online conference last month. It was an exciting experience as it was a simulive session where we pre-recorded our presentation and then actively engaged with participants in chat while the recording was played. We used PowToon to create this dynamic […]
Watch Party for NYU’s Teaching & Learning with Generative AI Conference
We had a great time hosting our watch party for NYU’s Teaching & Learning with Generative AI Virtual Conference! The LaGuardia Student Technology Center graciously hosted our event and the set-up was perfect. Cozy chairs surrounding a big screen fully equipped to join Zoom meetings and conferences. We even had our own camera set-up so […]
Adding Poll Everywhere Activities to Brightspace
Did you know that you could add Poll Everywhere activities to the Brightspace Content tool? Poll Everywhere is NYU’s licensed polling tool and can more traditionally be used to create polls for both in-person and remote events and classes. To keep conversations around course content going beyond class meetings though, Poll Everywhere activities can be […]
Making Accessible Google Docs
Do you know if your Google Docs are accessible? As per NYU’s website: “New York University is committed to supporting an information technology environment that provides individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the University’s programs, benefits, and services as their peers without disabilities.” As such, it’s important to make sure […]
Document Your Teaching: Wei Zhao’s Presentation
Since Fall 2022, the A&S Office of EdTech has partnered with GSAS to offer a 3-week asynchronous course called Teaching to Engage. This course offers novice and aspiring instructors the opportunity to use various educational technologies with a keen focus on the pedagogical rationale behind using these tools. We’re very excited to share that one […]
Benefits of the Brightspace Rubrics Tool
Do you have assignments or projects that use rubrics? If so, have you had the opportunity to use the Brightspace Rubrics tool? If not, there are 3 key benefits to using the Brightspace rubrics tool. Consistent Grading Well-constructed rubrics can be invaluable in supporting you to provide consistent grading to your students. When you apply […]
Teaching to Engage Shoutouts
Due to continuing interest and demand, the A&S Office of Educational Technology offered a second iteration of its Teaching to Engage seminar during the latter half of the Spring 2023 semester. As with the previous iteration, this cohort was composed of interdisciplinary graduate students from GSAS. Some students concurrently hold teaching positions or hold Teaching […]
Update on Turnitin
Have you ever used Turnitin? Turnitin is NYU’s licensed plagiarism detector, which is fully integrated into Brightspace. The way the tool works is that Turnitin is first enabled on an assignment in the Brightspace Assignments tool. While there are a number of custom settings that can be configured in Turnitin, the general function of the […]
Exciting Update for Perusall
Perusall, for anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to use it yet, is a social annotation tool that’s fully integrated with Brightspace. With this tool, instructors can provide articles, videos, and/or podcasts to students who can then annotate and otherwise mark-up the material. Social annotation exercises are wonderful to enable students to construct knowledge with […]
Innovations in Instruction
Have you had an opportunity to check out our office’s Innovation in Instruction website? On this website, you’ll find dozens of examples of innovative projects that A&S faculty have designed and facilitated. For many of these endeavors, faculty partnered with the A&S Office of EdTech, NYU IT, and other offices to help actualize exciting learning […]