As part of our Douglas College access to Microsoft Office 365, you can install the full office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) on your computer for free. This is available to everyone in the college with a Douglas College email: … Continued
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the session last Wednesday on Office 365 and Blackboard. The recording can be found by clicking the title slide above. The slides can be located here. Related resources: OneDrive Information Examples … Continued
If you are ever interested in how to create a QR code for any weblink, here is how you can do that.
You would have received a couple of messages recently about Blackboard Collaborate recordings. The summary is this: The amount of Collaborate recordings has exceeded the storage capacity we have with Blackboard and are being charged overage fees. Those fees are … Continued
With more and more students using Chromebooks to do their work, you may find they will need a little help with completing certain tasks. I recently purchased a Chromebook I can use to support you and your students as much … Continued
One of my favourite tools in Microsoft Office 365 is Forms. I use it in mycourses, my committee work, and anywhere else I need to collect information from people. It is a straightforward tool to use and has only gotten … Continued
I have previously talked about using Microsoft Whiteboard with your students, but now Microsoft has added a number of features that really make it an effective collaboration and brainstorming tool. Click on the video to learn how you can use … Continued
It is really simple to take a Word document and turn it into a webpage that is accessible by desktop and laptop computers as well as mobile devices. It doesn’t take any programming skills either. Here is how to do … Continued
If you want your students to scan their work to share with you electronically, you can simply have them use the free Microsoft OneDrive app on their phone or tablet. Here is a video you can share with your students … Continued
Learn how to use the Microsoft Translator app on your phone to create live captions in OneNote that will automatically be saved as a transcript in the notebook. This is a great accessibility tool for students.