Category: Instructional Design News

Posted January 22, 2024

If you are looking to invigorate your classroom, capture your students’ attention, and facilitate interactive learning, try Poll Everywhere! Poll Everywhere is a dynamic and user-friendly polling platform designed to transform your teaching experience. Now available at JMU, Poll Everywhere […]

Posted December 12, 2023

Whether you’re exploring Canvas Studio, new to Canvas at JMU, or just want to learn more about these key teaching tools, these sessions for faculty are for you: In these sessions, you’ll get expert advice and personalized help from our learning technology […]

Posted December 5, 2023

Digital assignments like creating websites, podcasts, oral histories, timelines, maps, data visualizations, and other digital projects can promote engaged learning and build a sense of belonging in the classroom. We are here to support these projects. Our digital projects team […]

Posted October 2, 2023

The Learning Access Through Universal Design (LAUD) project recently received a Commonwealth Technology Award! LAUD blends a self-paced course with seminars for JMU faculty who want to apply fundamental principles of universal design for learning (UDL) to their teaching for […]

Posted September 21, 2023

Need to record a presentation? When you want to create screen-capture presentations or record your lecture for asynchronous learning, you have access to two JMU-supported tools:   What’s the difference between these tools? Canvas Studio is a simple screen capture tool […]

Posted September 14, 2023

Faculty, do you want to make your lectures and presentations more interactive? You now have access to two new tools that can be used to poll your students, get real-time feedback, and actively engage your students in the material you […]

Posted September 5, 2023

As previously announced, we have added new tools to Canvas this year. You can enable them in Canvas to start exploring how they can enhance student learning and streamline your teaching tasks: How to enable them? Instructors can choose which […]

Posted August 29, 2023

We’re excited to introduce a range of innovative educational technology tools at JMU that can enhance teaching and learning:   We are here to help instructors integrate these tools into your teaching! To get started, you can:  Finished designing your fall […]

Posted August 1, 2023

By Kacey Damaty, Assistant Director, Ethical Reasoning in Action JMU’s Ethical Reasoning in Action (ERiA) team is delivering “It’s Complicated” virtually to nearly 5,000 incoming JMU students beginning this fall. Data from the past 10 years of facilitating “It’s Complicated” […]

Posted June 5, 2023

Learn how to apply the fundamental principles of universal design for learning (UDL) in this asynchronous Canvas course (approximately 2-4 hours). Instructional designers will be ready to meet with you for additional support. Learn more about this course or join […]