Instructional Technology Blog

Creating Slides Folks Can See Workshop

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM repeated Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM Join this virtual workshop and learn how to choose colors, fonts, and other elements so that your audience can see the information on your slides. Click here for the link on the calendar of events

Google Spaces Virtual Workshop

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:30-11:30 AM repeated Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM Join this virtual workshop and learn how to use Google Spaces to facilitate collaboration with colleagues and students. Click here for the link on the calendar of events

Ungrading #3

November 16 at noon

Bored of Discussion Boards?

November 8. 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Ungrading #2

November 7 at noon

Ungrading #1

October 28 at noon  

Test Event

Test Event will be held here on this date. Here are the details

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Tour of the New Dashboard

With the upgrade to Moodle 3.6 in July 2019, we began using a new dashboard to access online classrooms. This video takes you on a brief tour it:  

Adding a Course Image

With the new "Course overview" block, faculty can add an image that appears when courses are displayed in the "Card" view. To create your own image, create a .jpg or .png or .gif file that is four times longer than it is tall. Save it as a picture, then edit the course settings (use the […]

Common Zoom Settings

Zoom Pro Licenses

In summer 2019, Greenfield Community College adopted Zoom; this is now the recommended and supported video conferencing tool at the college. In order to either start or join Zoom meetings, one must have the client installed on the PC, Macintosh, iOS, or Android device. Type of Accounts Zoom licenses are associated with email addresses. Users […]

Using Zoom for Candidate Interviews at GCC

Since 2019, Greenfield Community College has been using Zoom for several purposes, including to interview candidates who are unable to travel to campus. We suggest installing the Zoom client and practicing (using the link in step #3) prior to connecting to a meeting for an interview: Download the Zoom client from https://zoom.us/support/download. Install the Zoom […]

Custom Course Menu

The new Course Overview block does not display courses by categories, so we have installed the Custom Course Menu block. In this video, you can see how to show and hide your courses and how to move the Custom Course Menu so it can be your primary course navigation block.  

Upload Video from Your iPhone to YouTube

Many students and faculty use their smart phones for various tasks, including capturing video. This can be uploaded to You Tube, then added to Moodle following the direction in the post entitled "Adding YouTube to a Moodle Discussion." The video below shows you how to upload video to your GCC account from an iOS device […]

Twitter in Moodle

Faculty who are in search of a quick way to add text, pictures, and video to Moodle classroom may choose to use social media. One of the easiest social media platforms to use of this purpose is Twitter. On this post, we consider the nature of twitter and some strategies for reducing the potential risks […]

Add Hypothes.is Links

Hypothes.is is an external tool that allows faculty to link web pages or PDF files on the web to their Moodle classrooms. When the link is opened, Hypothes.is tools are available so users can highlight and annotate the page. Others can then follow the link and add their own annotations, read others' annotations (that have […]

Adobe Scan

Adobe Scan is a free app for your mobile device that allows users to upload any document or picture on your device as a PDF. You can even take a picture of a piece of paper and upload that as a PDF. This video demonstrates its use on an iPhone: