Category: Online Courses

The New VoiceThread

Greetings Instructors! The New VoiceThread is here! VoiceThread, an interactive presentation tool, has a sleek new look and some useful new features. On Wednesday, October 1st, the new VoiceThread will be enabled for A&M-Commerce.  Accessing VoiceThread through your online course shell by clicking on the VoiceThread Course Item will remain the same. We’ve compiled several …

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Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) Feature Releases

My Gradebook View

Greetings, Instructors! Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) has been working hard to deliver valuable instructor and learning features and functionality.  LearningStudio’s feature releases help instructors: save time, engage students and work smarter.  One significant release is an updated look to the Gradebook.  It features a new streamlined display that has a more modern, organized look and feel …

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Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Resources

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) would like to bring more professional development opportunities to your attention. There are multiple strategies to help students understand the ethics and policies with academic honesty and integrity and to prevent plagiarism in your classroom. The CFEI would like to highlight a few of these for you …

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Blended Learning Resources

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) would like to highlight topical resources for faculty. This post’s focus is on Blended Learning, a hot topic for 2014. 1)    The CFEI held a Faculty Focus online seminar, 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design in 2014 on 8/21/14 from 1:00-2:00pm at the CFEI Conference …

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New to Online Learning?

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) offers a self-paced “Introduction to Online Learning” course to all faculty who are first-time users of the Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) for online instruction. Click on the CFEI weblink, http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/elearning/introductionToOnlineInstruction.aspx, for more information and to register for the course. Additionally, all faculty can access the self-paced eLearning course …

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