The Digital Media Center is an space on campus with the facilities and equipment for the professional production of media content. Students and faculty can reserve a TV studio with a green screen, camera and lighting equipment, and a control room, as well as a Virtual...
Watch this video for a walkthrough of the process of setting up an appointment online to record with the Digital Media Center at Western Washington University. Image Attribution: waiting-410328_1920 by JESHOOTS-com is in the Public Domain, CC0
WWU's Digital Media Center is available for scheduling in-person recording on campus; however, the DMC also supports recording high quality video from your home office (with a strong internet signal). This tutorial walks through the process of setting up your...
by Deborah Hanuscin, Professor, SMATE and Elementary Education, WWU The belief that “all students can learn” is widely proclaimed in support of high expectations for all students, particularly diverse learners. I, too, have espoused this premise in the past as part of...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. Chalk Talks are an easy way to engage students, soliciting specific responses or having them ask questions about any part of the...
Traditional assessment strategies such as exams and quizzes are not always the most impactful way to measure student learning. Equitable assessment strategies provide students with opportunities to express their learning and growth in more than one way. This...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Emily Gaston, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2021. COVID-19 drastically altered how society functions, and the education sphere is no exception. Educators have been forced to rewrite...
For information, guidelines, and policies related to concerns about remote teaching, equity, accessibility, intellectual property, and privacy, explore the ATUS page: Equity, Accessibility, & Privacy Considerations See also: Equity in an Online Classroom Making...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. Zoom has a few different feedback options, that allow you to get immediate feedback from students, that are called "reactions" and...
In this article for the Educause Review, Putting Your Best Self Forward: 6 Keys For Filming Quality Videos, Jered Borup goes over tips and tricks for producing quality videos for your students. These include what to do and what not to do with your setup (camera,...
By Jennifer Riepl, Education Leadership & Inclusive Teaching Overview Working with Indigenous youth has opened my eyes to the many disparities in education, from elementary through university. As a math and history teacher, I’ve used many different textbooks and...
When remote teaching became part of our everyday language, our ATUS and CIIA staff compiled many resource pages to help support teaching and learning. These sites continue to evolve and provide essential resources for the many modalities in which we teach and learn......
Teachers have an important opportunity to create a space for students that is centered on health, the environment, and the community. Possible Actions Make Your Course Accessible Practice Universal Design of Instruction. Ensure all pages, documents, and PDFs are...
by Deborah Hanuscin, Professor, SMATE and Elementary Education, WWU Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is designed to give all students an equal opportunity to succeed. The UDL framework offers flexibility in ways students access material...
Find out how to get the most out of your home computer system for best internet bandwidth performance during videoconferencing sessions in Teams or Zoom. Check out Getting the Most Out Of Your Home Office to learn: Maximizing your Internet Connection What is “Good...
Google Docs is a great tool to allow multiple students to work on the same shared document. Students can share their thoughts through text, photo collages, word clouds, and drawings in individual breakout rooms and come then come together as a class on a single...
Google Slides is a great tool for promoting students to work together in breakout rooms on a document that is easy to access after coming together as a complete class. For more information on this strategy see Utilizing Breakout Rooms and Online Tools for Student...
Overview of how to embed a video file from your Google Drive in your Canvas course. See also: How do I embed a video in a page in a course? Image Attribution: play-1073616_1280 by IO-Images is in the Public Domain, CC0
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to share a video you have uploaded to your Western G Suite account (GoogleDrive) with a link, including an overview of the link sharing options and how to adjust the link in Canvas to...
Representing graded components of your class properly in the Canvas learning management system is essential for sharing accurate grades with students and for ensuring transparency between your expectations and theirs. Guiding Questions Can students easily find the...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to check the available storage space on your computer, on both PC and Mac. See also: Free up drive space in Windows 10 How to free up storage space on your Mac Image Attribution:...
The Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design (HIID) was created by staff at the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment and Outreach & Continuing Education as a questioning tool that could be layered with other instructional design methods to help...
by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Assistant Professor, English, WWU Common challenges in teaching larger courses (GUR) In teaching my recent GUR (around 60 students), I felt I struggled to gain the student trust, commitment, attendance, and involvement that I was used to in my...
Contributed to the TLCo-op by Emily Gaston, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2021. PowerPoint is an incredibly powerful educational tool, and has rightfully earned its place among our most used desktop...
Shared with WWU from the UW Resiliency Lab, the WWU Learning Library (requires login) includes the Well-Being for Life and Learning Guidebook, a new resource for instructors to aid them in designing learning environments that promote well-being. Combining research,...
Why is inclusivity important? Starting college is a time of transition, and it can cause many challenges and stressors in students’ lives. Students from less privileged backgrounds may have a more difficult time transitioning into college. In the article, “Increasing...
The theme of the 2016-17 Innovative Teaching Showcase was "Critical Thinking." Explore this resource for great ideas for utilizing critical thinking in the practice of teaching. See also: Teaching Handbook: Critical Thinking Toolkit “Within the current cultural...