technologies and apps for everyone in the brightspace community
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Todays WebinarTechnologies and Apps for Everyone in the Brightspace Community
Barry Dahl and special guestsfor the Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community
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Upcoming WebinarsThe D2L Dating Game: Which Brightspace Tool is the Best Match for Me?Tue. May 10 at 3:00 ETAmanda Dills, Oklahoma City UniversityMore than an LMS, it's a Strategic Goals Support ToolTue. May 3 at 3:00 ETSusan Colaric, St. Petersburg College
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Brightspace ConnectionsBrightspace London ConnectionThursday, April 21 10:00 AM 4:30 PMCanada House - London, EnglandBrightspace Minnesota ConnectionFriday, April 15 8:00 AM 4:00 PMNormandale CC - Bloomington, MinnesotaBrightspace Boston ConnectionFriday, May 6 10:30 AM 3:30 PMMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsBrightspace Halifax ConnectionWednesday, June 1 10:30 AM 3:30 PMNova Scotia Community College - Halifax
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FUSION 2016
Washington, D.C.Main conference: July 18-19Post-conference workshops: July 20Keynotes by Angela Maiers and Sir Ken Robinson
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Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community (TLC) WebinarsHosted by Barry Dahl
Webinar Archives Available atbit.ly/TLCwebinars
Todays WebinarTechnologies and Apps for Everyone in the Brightspace Community
Barry Dahl and special guestsfor the Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community
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Tech Tools for Educators
Sarah Griffiths, D2LTeam Lead, Documentation, Client EnablementAmy MinnemanMidlands Technical CollegeLMS/Technology Educator Mike Condon, D2LSenior Technical Account Manager
1. Relax.li http://relax.li
Relax.li- 16 choices
2. Text Yourself with ReminderGuruhttps://reminderguru.com
2. Free plan is five texts a month
3. AirDroid www.airdroid.com
3. AirDroid access phone apps on your PC
3. AirDroid - music, photos, files, etc.
4. Zamzar for file format conversion http://www.zamzar.com
Zamzar fun facts For free, you can convert a maximum of 10 files in a single session, and up to 50 files in any 24 hr period
Receive an attached file you cant open? Chances are that Zamzar can convert it for you.
Convert Word docs into 28 different file formats.
Convert PDF files into 32 different formats.
Convert PowerPoint files into 22 other choices
5. Pixabay www.pixabay.com
5. Pixabay search results
Sarah Griffiths D2LTeam Lead, Documentation, Client Enablement
6. Trello Make lists Add cards to lists Add labels, members, and due dates to cards With additional plugins, add points to cards and therefore utilize capacity planning in your work
6. Trello Interface
6. Lists and Cards in Trello
6. Using Trello for a Group
6. Trello in Calendar View
7. Habitica Gamification of tasks/project management/self-management Add items to your To Do list Add items to your Habits Encourage others by battling monsters with your friends (if they dont level up at a similar rate. Well. )
7. Habitica Interface
7. To-Dos in Habitica
7. Check enough to-dos off your list, and
7. Get in the habit
7. Stay in the habit
8. Analyze my Writingwww.analyzemywriting.com
8. AMW Features
9. Titan Padhttps://titanpad.com
9. Collaborative real-time writing
Amy Minneman Midlands Technical College
10. Flipboard
1. Search2. Preview Article3. Flip - Add to Magazine
11. Explain Everything
1. Set-up your whiteboard(s)2. Record screen and narration3. Export
4. Upload to D2L
12. Pexels videos.pexels.com
Mike Condon D2LSenior Technical Account Manager
13. Office (PowerPoint) Mix https://mix.office.com/en-us/Home https://mix.office.com/en-us/Education https://mix.office.com/Gallery
Why Mix? Screencast Capture Streaming Video Voiceover your own slides Kids love it ;) (Works with Office 2013 and later)
13. Capture Streaming Youll have to take my word for it, but tweak your audio feed, and viola!
13. Screencasting ScreenCasting, with VoiceOver
Again take my word, but
13. Lots of other functionality Did I say VoiceOvers? Heres some more:
Its free if you have access to Office 2013 and beyond.
13. Quizzes? did that last menu say Quizzes? Add-ins
13. Andmedia compression Before 26,206 kb
After: PQ: Same IQ: Save 11.5 MB LQ: couldnt compress more
14. Multcloudwww.multcloud.com
14. Multcloud access all cloud storage in one place
15. Last Pass lastpass.com
15. My LastPass 282 Passwords
16. Cold Turkey blocked me from shopping at Amazon
16. Set a timer for Cold Turkey
16. Choose websites to block
Q & ADont forget to register for the other upcoming webinars: