Brenna Clarke Gray, Coordinator, Educational Technologies Brian Lamb, Director, Learning Technology & Innovation About the TRU Learning Technology & Innovation team (part of Open Learning, and complements CELT, and TRU IT, et al…): Moodle Access: https://moodle.tru.ca Your courses should be on your dashboard when you log in to Moodle, and your enrolled students…
Session audio: Download MP3 (44 MB) 55:23 Brenna and Brian have a… complicated relationship with the learning management system. “Reclaiming Innovation”, EDUCAUSE Review, featured arguments against the LMS. http://ds106.us/ – “this course could be your life” http://www.english2point0.ca/engl1130/ – hybrid learning. Team communication: Mattermost – https://matter.tru.ca/ https://trubox.ca/mattermost-chat/ Did you know you (anyone with a TRU network…
To start… while Brian is blabbing, please identify an image that describes how you are feeling about preparing for “alternate mode” delivery of your courses. We’ll be asking you to share it later. But first… let’s go back in time. “The web as platform…” I co-founded blog and wiki platforms that are still thriving, and…
Session for Summer Camp, June 9, 2020 Jamie Drozda and Brian Lamb, LT&I, TRU Why ePortfolios? “Electronic portfolios are an archive of one’s work, achievements, ideas, thoughts and feelings which reflect an individual’s intellectual, emotional and social developments- in essence they are a document of an individual’s learning over time. Having students create an ePortfolio…
About me: 22 years in learning tech, observed quite a few things come and go. Spent a long time at UBC, started blog and wiki platforms. Longtime activist for the open education and the open web. I got my start in Mexico, and I recently participated in some fun projects such the Agora and Murales…
Updates: TRU has implemented automatic course shell creation and student enrollment for spring/summer semesters. We are assessing and revising code, and will be creating course shells for Fall 2020 as soon as possible. The Kaltura video platform has been widely rolled out, integrated with Moodle, as well as in a stand-alone version at https://media.tru.ca/ BigBlueButton…
About the TRU Learning Technology & Innovation team (part of Open Learning, and complements CELT, and TRU IT, et al…): Moodle Access: https://moodle.tru.ca Collected resources, and links to drop-ins: https://moodle.tru.ca/course/view.php?id=13249 Help: moodlesupport@tru.ca FAQ’s: Moodle course enrollments (student self-enrollment), formats, activity types. Automatic course shell creation and student enrollment is set…
Hi all, this upgrade to WordPress 5.4 brings a few handy improvements: A four-screen “onboarding” style guide to using the block editor that appears the first time you open the block editor. It can be viewed again via the vertical three dots in the upper right of the window under the item “Welcome Guide”. (If…
The following information has been prepared to assist faculty preparation in times of emergency – such as disruptions due to prolonged inclement weather or a pandemic. Please review these steps in the event you find yourself needing to quickly pivot course materials for online distribution to students. TRU’s Learning Technology and Innovation team is available…