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Big Blue Button
25
How to Add Big Blue Button through Moodle
How to use video conferencing effectively in your classroom?
Setting up BigBlueButton for your Course
Recording a BigBlueButton Session
How to join the session with audio and webcam?
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KPU Connect
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Document Cameras
4
How to setup ELMO MX-P in your classroom
How to setup IPEVO V4K in your classroom
Quick start guide for using ELMO MX-P document camera
Quick start guide on IPEVO V4K document camera
Educational Media
3
(WEBSITE) Free images, videos, vectors, icons, and fonts
(WEBSITE) Free Online Audio and Music Resources
(RESOURCES) Making Better Videos Tip Sheet
H5P
2
(RESOURCE) Self-Paced Course on H5P
(WEBSITE) H5P Example and Downloads
iPads
10
(RESOURCE) How to turn on iPad?
(RESOURCE) How to charge iPads
(RESOURCE) How to charge iPad Pencils
(RESOURCE) How to Unlock your iPad?
(RESOURCE) How to connect iPads to KPU secure Wi-Fi
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Kaltura
57
How to download your media file from Kaltura to your desktop?
How to embed Kaltura videos? (from media.kpu.ca)
Installing/launching Kaltura Capture in Moodle
What is Kaltura Capture?
How to create a narrated PowerPoint presentation with Kaltura Capture (in Moodle, My Media)
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Mahara
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Moodle
93
How do I delete Announcements?
How to hide an activity
How Moodle Announcements Behave
Marking PDF assignments in Moodle
Override the grade of an assignment
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Open Badges
3
How to add your open badge to your LinkedIn Profile?
Check for completion status
Comparison: Plagiarism Tutorial (OLD) vs Academic Integrity (NEW)
WordPress
21
How do I get a KPU hosted WordPress site?
How to reset my password?
How to upload document files to WordPress?
How to upload images to WordPress?
How do I install WordPress themes?
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Tool Selection
1
How to select the best e-learning tool for your classroom?
Teaching and Learning
9
An Open Resource of Learning Activities
(WEBSITE) Library Resources to Support Teaching and Learning
New Faculty Orientation Resources
Virtual Lab and Science Resource
Online Resources for Teaching Labs
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Virtual Reality
4
(RESOURCE) Experience on demand: What virtual reality is, how it works, and what it can do
(RESEARCH) What are the learning affordances of 3‐D virtual environments?
(RESEARCH) Virtual reality and learning: Where is the pedagogy?
(RESEARCH) Immersive VR and Education: Embodied Design Principles
IT Supported Tools
3
Share a OneDrive Document with no editing privileges
Share the screen during Microsoft Teams meeting
OneDrive overview
Zoom
29
Zoom Meeting Controls
How to use breakout rooms in Zoom?
How to use Zoom Waiting Rooms for Office Hours?
How to do polling (in Zoom meetings)?
Create a poll in Zoom
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Mattermost
3
How do I get a Mattermost team?
How to join Mattermost team for the first time?
How to invite students to join your team?
Conferencing Tools
BigBlueButton
0
Microsoft Teams
15
Teams Trick: Record a meeting in Microsoft Teams
Teams Trick: Pop Out Chat and Meetings
Teams Trick: Bookmark a Message in Teams
Teams Trick: MS Teams Search
Teams Trick: How to share screen on teams?
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Zoom
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Conferencing Tools Guidelines
2
Video-Conferencing FAQ: Recording Lectures
Video-Conferencing for Teaching and Learning: Acceptable Use and Best Practices
Course Design
Backwards Design
5
(VIDEO) Backward Design
(VIDEO) Learning Outcomes & Alignment
(TOOL) Assignment Design Worksheet
(RESEARCH) Understanding by Design
(RESEARCH) Enhancing Teaching Through Constructive Alignment (Biggs 1996)
Assessment
4
Rubrics
(BLOG) Writing Multiple Choice Questions
Sample Invigilator Declaration
Student Commitment to Academic Integrity Statement
Teaching and Learning Activities
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Aligned Learning Outcomes
Asynchronous Online Debates
Slide Design
1
Slide Design
Active Learning
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Experiential and Service Learning
0
Course Presentations/Syllabus
1
KPU Course Presentation Template
Assessment
Summative & Formative Assessments
3
Using Assessment to Support Student Learning
Using Reflection for Assessment
[VIDEO] Academic Integrity Strategies
Exams
1
Learning by Exams - the Impact of Two-Stage Cooperative Tests
Rubrics
4
Portfolio for Rubric Reflection
Rieger Heiner - 2 Stage Exams
Table Sample Discussions Rubric
Moodle Rubrics
Intercultural Teaching
Intercultural Competency
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(RESEARCH) The Power of Empathy - A Critical Narrative Inquiry of Cultural Competencies in New Teachers
ePortfolios
PebblePad
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PebblePad in a nutshell
Pebble+ Home
Navigating PebblePad
The important stuff
Templates and Workbooks
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ePortfolio Articles
7
ePortfolio Resources
Eportfolios Explained Annotated Bibliography (pdf)
PebblePad Vendor Recorded Sessions
Options for Exporting your Mahara portfolio
(Resource) Unifying Experiences: Learner and Instructor Approaches and Reactions to ePortfolio Usage in Higher Education
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Videos
2
(VIDEOS) ePortfolios at KPU
Eportfolios Explained Webinar
Universal Design for Learning
Research
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(WEBSITE) CAST.org
(RESOURCE): UDL in Post-Secondary
(ARTICLE) UDL in Practice
(ARTICLE) Curriculum Theory
(ARTICLE) UDL Implementation
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Teaching Tools
4
The Basics of UDL
Accessibility Online
Engagement in an Online Environment
(RESOURCE) UDL: A Practical Guide - JIBC
UDL Thoughts
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(BLOG) UDL From Where I Sit, Part 1
(BLOG) Three UDL Starters
Blog Post - Circles
(BLOG) Access
(BLOG) Informing as A Starter Step in UDL: Lessons From Singapore
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Presentations
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UDL Introduction
Quick and Dirty Dozen
Accommodations 101
Engagement
Classroom Community
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Collection of Energizers, Name Games, and Ways to Break into Small Groups
Five Strategies to Engage Today's Students
Increasing Student Engagement
Millennials our Newest Generation in Higher Education
Building Student Engagement - 15 Strategies for the Classroom
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Student Motivation
1
Creating Enabling Environments for Student Engagement
Gen Z
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Student Wellness
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Indigenizing Curriculum
Indigenization
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Decolonization
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Technology Enabled Learning Environments
Blended Learning
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(RESOURCE) Guide to Blended Learning
(RESEARCH) Facilitation in blended learning environments
(RESEARCH) The right mix ...blended course recipe
(WEBSITE) Blended learning Western University
(WEBSITE) Blended Learning Toolkit
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Online Learning
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(BLOG) Tony Bates - Online learning and Distance Ed Resources
(RESEARCH) Canadian Survey of Online Learning
(RESEARCH) Trends in Distance Education Research: A content analysis of journals 2009-2013
(RESEARCH) Interaction and communication in online learning communities
(WEBSITE) Online Learning Western University
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e-learning pedagogy
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(RESEARCH) E-learning in higher education: The need for a new pedagogy.
(RESEARCH) Three generations of distance education pedagogoy
(RESEARCH) Toward effective instruction in e-learning environmnets
(RESEARCH) Are the functions of teachers in e-learning and face-to-face learning environments really different?
Tips for planning culturally inclusive courses and an overview
Educator Identity
Teaching Philosophy
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Teaching Philosophies and Teaching Dossiers guide
Reflective Practice
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A Process of Becoming: In favor of a Reflexive Narrative Approach
Reflective Writing
Assessing Critical Reflection
A Short Guide to Reflective Writing
The Meanings of Teaching from the Perspective of Exemplary and Experienced Teachers
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Program Design
Curriculum Mapping
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Open Education
Open Educational Resources
0
Open Pedagogy
1
(RESOURCE) Support for Open Educational Practice
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program
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KPU Classes - With $0 for Textbooks!
Grants & Fellowship Opportunities
0
Conferences & Events
0
Digital Literacy
Digital Natives
2
(RESEARCH) The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence
(RESEARCH) Can we teach digital natives digital literacy?
Digital Literacy Framework
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(RESEARCH) Digital literacy: A conceptual framework for survival skills in the digital era
(RESEARCH) A framework for digital media literacies for teaching and learning in higher education
(RESOURCE) BC's K-12 Digital Literacy Framework
Teaching with Digital Technology
5
(RESEARCH) Teaching in a Digital Age
(RESEARCH) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge
(RESEARCH) Teachers learning technology by design
(Resource) Using Media & The Great Media Debate Articles
TPCK Model
Blog Posts
Diversity
2
(BLOG) Getting to Know Your International Students
(BLOG) Decolonization- First Steps in a Learning Journey
Education Leadership
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ePortfolios
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High-Impact Practice
2
(BLOG) Decolonization – First Steps in a Learning Journey
(BLOG) Developing Wisdom: Reflection Journaling
Intercultural Teaching
0
K-12 Transition
0
Learning Design
5
(BLOG) Online Discussion Forums
(BLOG) Discussion Based Learning- Considerations for blended learning
(BLOG) Blog essential questions
(BLOG) UDL From Where I Sit
(BLOG) Three UDL Starters
Open Pedagogy
0
Technology
4
(BLOG) Blog essential questions
(BLOG) Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions
(BLOG) What is Digital Literacy in Education?
(BLOG) Ed Tech Toolkit: Tech Tools for the Classroom
Beyond the Chalkboard Podcast
Season 1
5
(PODCAST) Episode 1: Move Your Lecture to the Next Level with "Lecture +" and Universal Design for Learning Principles!
(PODCAST) Episode 2: Implementing a Virtual Live Classroom to Reach Remote Working Professionals.
(PODCAST) Episode 3: Using Video and Blogs to Improve the Student Learning Experience
(PODCAST) Episode 4: Taking your Moodle Site to the Next Level: Tips & Tricks to Improve both the Student and Faculty Experience
(PODCAST) Episode 5: Using Technology as a Catalyst for Creativity and Innovation with the 21st Century Learner
The Learning Centre
Resources for Students
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