Do you want to increase your efficiency using Zoom? I recommend that you learn a couple of keyboard shortcuts. With a couple of keystrokes under your belt, you can be a Zoom wizard. Continue reading
Key Keyboard Shortcuts for Zoom
Two Zoom Whiteboard Options
Have you tried the whiteboard option in Zoom? Frankly, I am just not that good using a mouse to draw on the whiteboard and I don’t have a drawing tablet for my computer. However, I do have some other tools that I can use as alternatives. Continue reading
Adding Content Options with Text to Speech
Universal Design for Learning recommends offering a choice for course content that you present. If you have a video, you should have a transcript or closed caption. For text-only files, you can provide an audio file, for example. Here is an easy way to support your course with audio files. Continue reading
Checking the Accessibility of Your Documents
If you want to create documents that can be read and understood by most people, you should be following sound accessibility strategies. When you look at a document, you may think you are getting accessibility right. You should make sure by using an accessibility checker. In this post, I am going to share how to use Microsoft Word’s accessibility checker as well as Google Docs’ accessibility checker, Grackle Docs. Continue reading
How to Embed YouTube Videos into Blackboard
There are times when Blackboard’s Mashup tool will not work or is not appropriate because of the video you are trying to add to your course. For example, you will not be able to find private or unlist videos in the Mashup tool. However, you can embed a video into your course content. You can do this with the HTML tool. Let me show you. Continue reading