TRY IT! Voice Typing in Google Docs

The Voice typing tool in Google Docs is new and improved. For six months, you’ve been able to type with your voice, but today you are able to use a long list of commands to do a whole lot more. Some of the new commands include adding tables, moving around to different lines of your document, and even formatting your text to align right.

To start typing your document with your voice, watch the short video below and follow these steps:

• To turn on Voice typing, go to Tools, and then select Voice typing.

• Next, click on the microphone that appears to the left of your document. When you click it, it will turn red and will begin recording.

Classroom Engagement with Plickers and i>Clickers: Student Response Systems

Engage ALL students in critical thinking by using a student response solution, such as Plickers (Printed Clickers) or i>Clicker remotes. Give all students the chance to participate and engage in learning without feeling self-conscious.
How To Use Clickers Effectively

Plickers 
Focus more on teaching, less on set-up. No waiting for students to log-in on a computer or even open the right app. Plickers integrates seamlessly into the way you already teach.


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Getting Started with Plickers

• Two-minute Plickers Orientation
• Plickers in Use
• Plickers Tutorial
• Plickers Getting Started Guide
• Plickers Getting Started Webinar
• Print out the Plicker cards
• Assigning cards to students

i>Clicker

Getting Started with i>Clicker

• i>Clicker: How It Works
• Getting Started With i>Clicker
• U of M Support Site for Using i>Clicker with Moodle
• Instructor Settings for i>Clicker
• REEF Polling (for smartphones, tablets, and laptops)
• REEF Polling is free for Instructors
• REEF Polling Explained
• Vendor PDFs:
• Quick Start Guide for iClicker v7
• User Guide for iClicker v7

Teaching With Clickers

• Integrate Mobile Polling for Improved Learning
• Promote Inquisitive Learning in Large Lectures
• ClickStarter Webinar for College Faculty
• Why Use Clickers in Smaller Courses? and Pros and Cons of Clickers
• An Instructor's Guide to the Effective Use of Clickers in the Classroom

Smartphone Video Tips

The University of Minnesota's Academic Technology Support Services created this video as a resource for a course that has a student video assignment. We thought it would be useful to faculty creating video content as well.  Tips include: 1. Get tight and focused. 2. Keep it horizontal. 3. Steady your shot. 4. Light it up. 5. Get clean audio. 6. Play it back.

Teaching Tip: Recording Class Presentations

The University of Minnesota's College of Continuing Education Media Specialists, Jill Zimmerman and Greg Steinke, are at it again. This video covers University-supported tools that can be used by their students to record presentations as an activity for class. 1) Google Hangouts On Air 2) WebEx - Web Conferencing Platform 3) VoiceThread



Resource Guide for Students: Recording Presentations