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Avoiding Death by Powerpoint

MS Teams

Have you ever sat through a class or meeting with a presenter who reads their entire presentation off of text-heavy slides? Or, tried to visually wade through icons, images and animations to find the relevant information? If so, you’ve likely experienced “Death by PowerPoint”. Join this session to explore the causes of this and learn […]

BodySwaps – Immersive Skills VR

SW 101 B and MS Teams

Durham College CTL is proud to announce that we’re a recipient of the Immersive Soft Skills Education Grant from Bodyswaps and Meta Immersive Learning! As part of the grant, faculty and students will be able to enhance their soft skills with access to Bodyswaps’ library of resources that they can experience through Meta’s Quest 2 […]

Academic Integrity and Turnitin

MS Teams

Academic Integrity is becoming an increasing concern for educators across the institution. In this session we will discuss contract cheating, how to use Turnitin to your greatest advantage, and ways in which you can design assessments that support students in avoiding academically dishonest behaviours. There will also be an opportunity to answer your questions related […]

Pass/Fail and Flexible Gradebooks

MS Teams

The course outline lays the blueprint for the assessment of a course and faculty are required to create a gradebook in DC Connect that reflects the evaluation criteria described by it. Where do Pass/Fail courses fit into this picture? Also, the Evaluation Notes can describe policies for missed assessments and student friendly re-weighting opportunities that […]

Using DC Connect Templates

MS Teams

The percentage of mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) among college students continues to rise. DC Connect is now much more mobile friendly, with a cleaner and fully functional user experience. As more students are interacting with their course content and activities through their phones, it is important that your content is easily available. The […]

Make an Interactive Activity using H5P

MS Teams

H5P is a great tool that would allow faculty members to add more dynamic content quickly to their courses, no technical skills necessary. This introductory session will provide a brief overview of eCampus Ontario’s H5P Studio website, including steps to create an interactive drag and drop learning activity from start to finish. Register Now!

Interactive Teaching with Mentimeter

MS Teams

In this session we will review how to use the interactive platform Mentimeter. We will explore some common features such as multi-select answers, polling, open-ended questions, and word clouds. If you are interested in learning more about Menti or if you have experience with Menti in your class and would like to share your expertise, […]

DC Connect- Using our Advanced Interactive Elements

MS Teams

(NOTE: The content explored in this session extends naturally from Using DC Connect Templates and Using DC Connect Templates Drop-In sessions. It is strongly recommended that learners attend either of those sessions prior to registering for this session!) Have you used our DC Connect template but never explored using the existing interactive elements to better […]

Video Basics: Make a Video with Tools You’re Already Using

MS Teams

This introductory session will look at how some of the tools you’re already using can be utilized for basic video capture, editing and sharing. This session will include: A brief discuss on how Teams, Zoom or a mobile device can be used to capture video How PowerPoint can be used for basic video editing such […]

BodySwaps – Immersive Skills VR

SW 101 B and MS Teams

Durham College CTL is proud to announce that we’re a recipient of the Immersive Soft Skills Education Grant from Bodyswaps and Meta Immersive Learning! As part of the grant, faculty and students will be able to enhance their soft skills with access to Bodyswaps’ library of resources that they can experience through Meta’s Quest 2 […]