Many companies have added the option to set pronouns to display within their systems. These must be manually set by you the user and can be changed or removed at any time. In each system, you will type in your own pronouns as opposed to choosing from a set list. Jump to: Adding pronouns in ..read more

Our new Brightspace Creator+ addition provides engaging content formats and layouts to easily add to a course. These can break up text, allow students to interact with content in different ways, and provide in context learning checks. There are many great options so far with more coming in the future and we encourage you to try ..read more

Flip (formerly Flipgrid) has been a fantastic free instructor resource but will soon be rolled into the Microsoft Teams for Education suite of tools. In this post we will share a few details about the access restrictions and alternatives from our own suite of Meredith tools. Some important dates for the Flip phase out: Jul 1, 2024 – app no longer available. Website in “read only” mode – you can download your videos but can’t make more Sep 30, 2024 – Flip website and app completely retired Read the full details and announcement at this Flip Help article. Save your Flip videos and information ..read more

How many Chrome browser tabs do you have open right now? 10? 20? 90??? Yeah we see you super tab users. If that’s you, now is the time to celebrate because Google has made it easy to organize and save your tabs. Let’s jump in. Search and see all tabs To quickly search and see all your tabs, click the Tab Search arrow in the left corner of the tab strip. From this tab search menu, you can see a full list of open and recent tabs and search them. The list will also shows the tab’s current tab group. Next we’ll learn how to add those tab groups. Group tabs It is quick and simple to organize tab ..read more

There are quite a few tools that make it easier to manage course announcements in Brightspace. Easier for you and more useful for your students. Let’s take a look at them. All of these options works from the Announcements tool or the Announcement list on your course homepage. Copy to a different course Now with just a few clicks you can quickly copy a current course announcement to other Brightspace courses. This is built right into the Brightspace menu, no copy and paste required. Click the carrot next to the announcement name to bring up the context menu. Choose Copy to Other Courses S ..read more

Childhood Development Assistant Professor and Program Director Pamela Norcross, Ph.D, recently used a video assignment in her CD 220 in Fall 2023. We caught up with Dr. Norcoss to see how it went.   Please describe the Sesame Street Project assignment. Dr. Norcross: Sesame Street is a familiar TV show that was developed in 1969 to help underprivileged preschoolers have access to educational programming to better prepare them for kindergarten. From the beginning, Sesame Street created purposeful, research based, developmentally appropriate material to help preschool aged children le ..read more

Introducing Zoom Whiteboards Poorly used whiteboard with a variety of tools abused Zoom Meetings are an essential tool for any course that needs to meet remotely or in a hybrid format at Meredith, but we all know that sometimes online meetings can seem like they’re lacking some of the comforts of the traditional classroom. The whiteboard shouldn’t be one of those “missing” comforts as Zoom has created an excellent alternative to the traditional whiteboard.  The Zoom whiteboard is conveniently built into the Zoom client and can be launched on the fly or prepared in advance to deploy during a me ..read more

Zoom meetings have many moving pieces and also many different options for recording each of those pieces. We are going to talk about these different recording options in this post so you can configure your recording to best suit your needs.  Common video layouts Navigating to Zoom Recording settings Setting options Best settings for the common layouts Single video Picture-in-Picture Common video layouts The most commonly used video layouts are Single video – 1 video stream with a combined speaker and shared screen or just the shared screen. This is the best option when you need to ..read more

Videos in Kaltura have a new player look and interface. Checkout the screenshots and descriptions to get familiar with the changes. This player should smoothly update almost everywhere without any action from Kaltura users.  The only videos that will not automatically update are those that are using an embed code to appear on My Meredith, Meredith.edu, or other 3rd party websites. These videos will continue working but you can update the player by copying updated embed code from the video. Overlay icons Many of the player features are now overlay icons in the top right corner of the video. N ..read more

This eLearning module has been developed for new students here at Meredith College. New students have access to this module through their FYE courses. If you have any questions or would like to have us add this module to your course, please reach out to us at idat@meredith.edu. Welcome to Meredith College! This module has been created to inform you of what available technology Meredith has to offer you.   When you begin this module, please make sure to input your first and last name, along with the date you begin the module. As you navigate through the module: Take your time, and r ..read more