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Moving into the heart of the Spring semester, the Instructional Technologies team would like to highlight a few tips and time-saving strategies that can be applied as you use Canvas as an instructor. Our goal is to provide tools that you can add to your Canvas toolbox as you become a more efficient, effective, and expert Canvas user. For each tool, view the video demonstration and access the quick reference guide for additional information and links to supplementary resources. Emojis in Module
The Library and Student Government Association are hosting craft workshops this spring semester. We made felted wool creations last week. All workshops are from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level. We hope you'll mark your calendars to join us for all of the events. All materials and supplies are provided. Next week we'll make paper beads and valentine cards. Here is a poster for our spring events on Main Campus: Workshops at Orange County Campus will be
Canvas offers plenty of built-in tools to help you teach, communicate, and stay organized, and everyone seems to use them in their own way. Maybe you’re setting up Modules to guide students through your course materials, using Rubrics to clarify expectations, or creating quick Quizzes for practice and feedback. No matter how you teach, there are lots of ways to make Canvas work for you and create an even better learning experience for you students. A few tools we see faculty using often include
Everything happened kind of quickly in the spring, but we're back now and ready to take those overdue Durham Tech library books off your hands and return them to the collection. Remember that while we don't charge late fees, we do charge replacement fees for damaged books or long-overdue books. How can you get your books back to us so we can clear your account and make them available to someone else who may need them? You now have two options. Option 1: You can just drive up and drop them off--
The Library and Student Government Association are excited to host craft workshops again this fall semester. Workshops are held in the Library’s Group Study Area room 5-105A on the lower level of Main Campus Library unless otherwise noted and are open to all students, faculty, and staff. All materials and supplies are provided. Join us for creative fun and to try something new! Photos from spring semester Crafternoon workshops: Main Campus Schedule Make and decorate your own academic planner or
Dance is wonderful. It is one of my favorite things in the world despite the fact that I'm only okay at it on a good day. Who cares? If I'm dancing I'm having a good time. Many of the dances known in the United States were created by the Black community. Blues dancing, Swing, the Twist, Disco, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Jitterbug, Moonwalk, Cakewalk, and so many more. These are dances that have shaped the look and feel of decades. See below for a video of Lindy Hop dancers back in the day and books
Try picking a book based on it's description! Below are a few descriptions of some of the library's new books. The descriptions are written a little like dating profiles (though you may never want to date these individuals!) with just a bit of information. See if any of these books interest you. The titles and call numbers are at the bottom of the entry, if you’re interested in reading them! I’m a poet at heart. Bilingual and bicultural, I straddle the world of modern America and the nostalgia
Yesterday I announced that this is Open Education Week and described the characteristics that make a work "open." I mentioned that Open Educational Resources (OER) in their digital form don't cost anything and that print versions of OER textbooks are available at far less cost than commercial textbooks. Why is this important? Let's talk about students' needs. According to The Hope Center, staggering numbers of U.S. college students are food or housing insecure. Students often have to make
[caption id="attachment_4232" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Available at the Main and Orange County Campus Libraries on the new books shelf[/caption] This book was read by Courtney Bippley, Reference Librarian at the Main Campus, and Meredith Lewis, Orange County Campus Librarian. Genre: Fantasy, YA #ReadGreatThings2018 Category: A book with a supernatural creature [yup], occurrence [yup], or event [yup] Find out more about the Read Great Things Challenge here. Why did you choose to read this
[caption id="attachment_518" align="alignright" width="254"] Sample ebooks from the collection[/caption] NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide library consortium, is experimenting with a new eBook project that gives North Carolina library patrons unlimited access to more than 1,200 eBook titles from North Carolina-based publishers. This collection offers a wide range of content, including novels by popular North Carolina authors, poetry, short stories, and non-fiction. The eBooks are available for