#3ThingsWorthSharingAY 23-24 Archive
In our monthly #3ThingsWorthSharing communication, we discuss new learning tools, suggest innovative podcasts, blogs and books, and make connections to resources and colleagues around the UMN System. We archive accessible past copies on the ITSS Website, where the links stay active and are (hint, hint) shareable.
What was useful and note-worthy this year?
Among all the articles we shared, we received considerable feedback on the following Canvas how-to's, presentations, and readings:
Canvas How-to's:
- Bulk updating due dates is time saver for instructors! (and students tell us they greatly appreciate updated due dates).
- Canvas: Good Practices for Setting Your Course Navigation for Students explains how to reduce the navigation items your students see in your course.
- How students can view feedback in Canvas is a succinct tutorial you can use to show where students can find their feedback.
- How to submit final Grades to Peoplesoft is a crucial, step by step walkthrough of a crucial last step in teaching.
Presentations and Readings:
- 10 Things Students Still Want You To Know About Canvas (no longer available)is a webinar on findings from a UMN system student focus groups. Similarly, Student Views and To-Do is a slide presentation, slightly modified from the "10 Things" presentation, that has an additional focus on Canvas mobile views students use. (Read speaker notes for full narrative)
- Academic Slide Design: Visual Communication for Teaching and Learning is a great blending of technology and universal design. It's a great place to start when creating new slide content.
- 10 Mindframes for Visible Learningis a favorite, foundational title on student success.
- How Learning Works: 8 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching: this new edition includes a new chapter titled “Why Do Students’ Identities and Stages of Development Matter for Learning?”
Share and Share Alike
It's really gratifying for us to see faculty practitioners share their own content and explorations of active learning and technology. Take for example, Romesh Lakhan, Chemistry, who uses history and a learning glass recording studio to create stories about chemistry. We are in awe of his informative presentation How Soap Works
Want to share a thing with us? We have a little form for that!