The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is taking an active role as we transfer to remote/alternate modalities of teaching. We are here to assist you. Also, we want to thank all faculty, staff, and students for your support and understanding.
Virtual Office Hours
For one-to-one assistance, please click virtual office hours to schedule a time to meet with the instructional technologist via Zoom.
Helpful Resources
Zoom - View the Lincoln University Zoom page for information on obtaining your account, resources for getting started with Zoom and articles.
Quality Matters Remote Instruction Checklist - This documentation includes: Start Here: Preparing for Success; Next Steps: Guiding Students and Their Learning; Longer Term Considerations: Teaching Effectively in a New Environment
Alternative Academic Instruction Report - Chairpersons and Faculty: Please utilize this form to report your alternative academic Instruction.
Student Moodle Resources and Student Moodle Orientation Course (self-enroll)
Langston Hughes Memorial Library
Databases List and Descriptions and Instructions for Accessing Databases
Interlibrary Loan - Lincoln students, faculty, and staff may request to borrow articles from other libraries. Complete the ILL request form to request articles.
Open Education Resources (OER) - This LibGuide explains Open Educational Resources, provides links to OER, and instructions for adopting OER in the classroom.
Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. You may want to consider creating your own OER. There is a link to Open Author, which allows you to create your own OER to share with others.
Teaching Ideas and Resources
Interactive Tools
Screencast-O-Matic - A free tool to create screen recordings and videos. View this short instructional video, "How to Make Lesson Videos, Screen Recordings in Less Than 6 Minutes." To demonstrate an idea using pen, you may consider using a graphics wireless tablet to connect to your computer.
Word Clouds - use word clouds for key concepts, increase vocabulary, brainstorm ideas, generate a list of words to describe a topic, promote creativity, engage students. Sample word cloud apps: WordItOut, WordClouds. For live word clouds, try Poll Everywhere. You can poll your students by providing a link and see real time updates. For example, poll your students to see how they are adjusting. Ask them to use a one word description.
Anyflip is a tool for converting your PDF into an interactive, realistic Flash & HTML5 flipbook in minutes.
H5P – Go to H5P Pilot Program to view a couple of samples. This tool is available in Moodle. In your Moodle course, turn editing on. In the topic, where you want to add an activity, click "add an activity." Then choose Interactive Content.
Qualtrics - Survey software - contact OIERP (OIERP@LINCOLN.EDU) for information on your Qualtrics account. Contact CETL for help embedding the survey into Moodle. You can download a report of the survey.
Articles
Keep Calm and DecamerON, March 10, 2020
This is an absolutely remarkable oped penned by 14 students who took it upon themselves to apply their learnings from Boccaccio’s Decameron to what we are collectively facing today. The unabating creativity and commitment of students—and a passionate desire to light the way in darkness—is precisely the kind of hope we need right now.
