Zoom audio live transcription is now available at Meredith College! What is live transcription? Live transcription means that speech-to-text captions are generated as people speak during a meeting. There are a variety of reasons that captions benefit students or meeting participants so this is not just about accessibility for those with disabilities but accessibility for […]
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The Brightspace Quiz tool is built with really granular controls for test times, student accommodation, and special access. But that means for a student with a standing accommodation, you have to add that information to every quiz you make. Luckily the February 2021 Brightspace update has made accommodations easier for us! Now from the Classlist,
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Chegg and services like it continue to cause concern for higher education instructors. While these sites and other tools to help students cheat probably aren’t ever going away, there are several tools and strategies that faculty can use to protect the integrity of their courses. Obviously you can’t use all of these all the time.
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WeVideo is available for use by Meredith College faculty, staff and students for any video editing needs. WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor which allows multiple users to log on and work on the same project, eliminating the need for installed editing software on laptops or lots of local free space to handle often large
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A problem we hear over and over is that instructors take the time to give individualized feedback and then the students can’t even find it! We’ll give you an overview about where students can view feedback for you to use a reference in guide your students. How students can view assignment feedback From assignments page
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With the Assignment tool, it is easy to create and manage assignments in Brightspace. No more assignments lost in email and you can annotate right on the assignment. Click a link below to jump to a specific section or browse through all the assignment changes. Below you’ll find a walkthrough video and screenshots of what
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Video has come to the forefront with online learning. We have many video tools available but which one to use? This comparison chart can help you decide which software to use for your or your students based on its features. You can also click the software names in the table heading to jump to our
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Updated 2/2/21 With so many classes moving online, there are a lot of Zoom meetings to handle! There is not one “right” way to handle an online meeting schedule but we’ll give you some of our suggestions for setting up your Zoom semester meetings. Zoom scheduling from Brightspace We’ve been working with Zoom + Brightspace
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It’s the beginning of the semester and course prep is in full swing. But to prep your course you have to find it first! Current Brightspace courses can be a little hard to find since past courses are all included in the course list. To quickly find your course, we suggest using the search feature
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