Microsoft Excel Training, Byte-Sized and On Demand
Maricopa’s Technology Training Services (TTS) has released several single-topic training videos on using Excel. The videos are hosted on YouTube…
OER: What is H5P?
H5P is a free, open-source content authoring tool that allows educators to create interactive activities including videos, quizzes, games, and…
New CTLE Guide: Google Calendar Appointment Slots for Virtual Office Hours in Your Webex Personal Room
The CTLE has a new How-To Guide to help you set up Virtual Office Hours via Google Calendar’s Appointment Slots…
Upcoming Webinar: What Teachers Need to Know About Bias and AI in EdTech Products
Webinar details: Tuesday, November 30, 20214:00 PM – 5:00 PM Full details Optional pre-reading: What Do EdTech and AI Have to…
New Quizzes is Coming to Canvas!
A new quizzing engine (New Quizzes) is coming to Canvas and will become the native quizzing engine within the Canvas…
Spread the Word About Kurzweil and Help Your Students Read
In 2020, Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) made Kurzweil 3000 available free to all enrolled students. We did this…
5 Canvas Tips to a Fabulous Fall 2021 Start
A new semester is right around the corner; start your semester off smoothly with these 5 quick Canvas tips! Update Notification Preferences – Canvas…
New Rich Content Editor in Canvas
Effective December 22nd, the Rich Content Editor (RCE) will change. The existing features are still available, along with some new…
If My Students Would Just READ!? Using Kurzweil to Unlock Student Potential
The majority of us, students and faculty alike, are engaging in online learning for the first time this semester. This…
Introducing the Maricopa Open Digital Press!
You’ve heard of Open Educational Resources (OER), which are free, openly licensed, publicly accessible educational materials and resources that anyone…
5 New Features in Google Meet
Just in case you have not noticed, Google Meet has some new features. First if you create the Meet, you…
Am I Actually Teaching?
Now that we are all online and/or live online and/or hybrid instructors, regularly checking for “attendance” in our courses, managing…
85 Years Young! 🕺💃🎁💎🥳
COVID-19 has forever changed formal education. The forced changes provided many challenges and obstacles. Some faculty quit. Some faculty learned…
Using PowerPoint As Your Virtual Background in Zoom
Zoom has a new (beta) feature where you can make a PowerPoint presentation your virtual background. I made a video…
Google Slides, now with audio – a demonstration
Did you notice that Google Slides supports audio? We did! The feature was added to Slides back in 2019, but…
