Instructional Design & Tecnology

Fall workshops for faculty: H5P Interactivity & Accessibility: (1 Hour) Do your students make the most of the video resources you assign...How can you build a more engaging, interactive student learning experience…What tools help ensure ADA accessibility in online course materials. Get answers to these questions and more in this hands-on faculty development workshop. Tour H5P, experiment with different content, and learn how to incorporate interactive video, student self-assessments, learning games into Joule or Moodle. Dates / Times: Sep. 26, 11am - 12pm  Oct. 11, 11am - 12pm  Note: This is a hands-on session, you will be working in Joule. Bring your laptop. Joule Course Clean-up: (1 Hour) A well-designed and organized Joule course site makes things much easier for both instructor and student. Through good site design and clear instructions about how to make use of your course site, help students understand how to interact effectively with their instr...

Educators across multiple disciplines will find video light boards useful in: illustrating problem-solving, annotating lectures, and sketching examples in real-time. This tool can save production time when you create educational videos. It’s located in the new Multimedia Studio in UAB 119. Note: To gain access to this resource and the full studio, members of the campus community must take either the online training or attend an in-person training. The Light Board Unit Our light board was manufactured by Learning Glass™ . The Learning Glass™ technology is deceptively simple: LED lighting on low-iron glass creates a transparent white board. With a neon marker in hand, the presenter faces the audience while writing on the board. This approach improves audience engagement in online presentations; as opposed to turning ones back on the camera/audience when using a traditional whiteboard in video. With the semi-transparent frosted glass insert in place, presenters annotate directly on...