Making Your Online Life Easier Through Tools to Reduce Student Questions & Master Online Group Work

The purpose of this session is to introduce faculty to three new tools they may not have used to enhance their on-line courses during COVID and beyond.  We will explore TechSmith Capture; a great tool to reduce student emails and even receive student praise for your reply.  VoiceThread, a great tool to minimize complaints in on-line group work while protecting student privacy when sharing work.  We will close with screencast-o-matic, the free version, for student presentations as an alternate to other platforms where student work can be seen by the public.

Our goal today is to introduce you as to why this tool, show you how to get started as faculty and student, and offer contact information for each tool to get you on your way. 

Melissa Diegnau has been Higher-Ed faculty of nearly 20 years that comes from a community college environment where many students participated in coursework after they have punched out for the day and put kids to bed; during those 15 community college years she explored several tools to enhance online learning and now how the pleasure to share them with Minnesota State university Mankato students. She is also a certified Quality Matters’ course reviewer and develops all courses to QM standards ensuring accessibility and accessibility. She is also the Data Analytics Coordinator for MSU’s College of Business.