We are officially doing a whole campus switch over from TechSmith Knowmia to the the Kaltura Video Platform!! 🎉 TechSmith announced earlier this year that they are phasing out their Knowmia video hosting platform so we’ve been busy behind the scenes vetting and test software for replacement. Now that Kaltura has been officially chosen as …
An interview with Donna Kocur, Field Placement Coordinator with the Department of Education The Education Department purchased multiple Swivl devices (https://www.swivl.com/robot-teams/) to be used by student teachers. The Swivl is a robotic mount for an iPad, camera, or smartphone that comes with a remote control Marker that can be worn on a lanyard by a …
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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 …
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 …
Teaching since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many instructors into the virtual world and out of the physical classroom. With these Zoom videos piling up, instructors are looking for options to store, edit and embed these videos into courses. Many instructors have found their solution with Techsmith Knowmia. Streamlining the ingestion process… …
Last month, the director of Meredith’s Dietetic Internship program, Cathie Ostrowski, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., FAND, presented at the Nutrition Health and Human Performance virtual monthly meeting on the program’s addition of a virtual adaption of the simulation lab to its curriculum. In this video, Ostrowski gives an overview of the lab’s use of video, Google …
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Creating opportunities for engaging interaction with course content is a big challenge for online courses. Luckily, there are any great tool to help along the way. VoiceThread is the tool you’ve been looking for to allow students to comment on videos and presentations in real time still provide flexibility to make comments anytime, not just …
Welcome to Flipgrid! To ignite your learners’ discussions, you will need to set up your Educator account, create a classroom (we call them Groups!), and share your first Topic. Topics are discussion prompts that you create and your students respond to that prompt with a short video. Create a Group Groups are a shared space for your learners …
We spoke with Meredith’s Social Work Program Director Amanda Jones, MSW, LCSW, about an assignment she’s been giving her students in her SWK390 course, General Individual Practice. Can you describe the assignment? For the Experiential Interviewing Exercise (EIE) assignment, students are assigned a practice client (one of their classmates) and will work with that practice …
