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Nov 11, 2024

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Dajha Houston

Instructional Technologist Dajha Houston brought her many years of classroom teaching experience to bear on her work at DELTA.

Oct 29, 2024

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Andrew Wiedner

DELTA Multimedia Specialist Andrew Wiedner flexes his design and illustrative muscles to help tell DELTA’s story through interactive, media-focused web applications.

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Oct 23, 2024

Instructional Videos on the Fly

If you are looking for an easy way to increase engagement, a short video is a powerful tool to do just that! And, instructional tools such as Panopto, Zoom or Google Slides Recording are readily available and integrated within your Moodle learning management system.

Oct 23, 2024

What is a Screen Reader?

Students who are blind or low-vision rely on screen readers to access your course content. Formatting and coding your documents and websites accurately clarifies this translation process into either speech or braille so the meaning of the material is easily understood.

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Oct 23, 2024

DELTA Honored with 2024 Quality Matters “Making a Difference for Students” Award

The NC State DELTA Course Quality team was honored with the 2024 Quality Matters (QM) “Making a Difference for Students” Outstanding Impact by a Higher Education Organization award in recognition of outstanding efforts in service of quality assurance practices in online courses.

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Oct 23, 2024

November 2024: What’s New in the DELTA Knowledge Base?

Mid-semester is a great time to investigate tips on best practices available at NC State. The LearnTech team selected a list of helpful articles published in the DELTA Knowledge Base to help you stay organized and finish the semester strong.

Oct 23, 2024

November IDIG Session: Accessibility in the Classroom

Instructional Designer Elizabeth Shamblin will share her expertise in designing courses with accessibility in mind as the host of this month’s collaborative meeting. Join us to learn how you can foster student success by using the accessibility resources provided by NC State.

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Oct 23, 2024

Yellowdig: Turning Isolation into Community in Asynchronous Classes

DELTA Faculty Fellow Julianne Treme shares her experience with the online discussion platform Yellowdig. Student engagement drastically increased when she incorporated this tool into her course content because it operates more like the social media platforms that students enjoy.

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Oct 23, 2024

Dialogues in Digital Learning: Tips and Strategies from DELTA Faculty Fellows

DELTA Faculty Fellows recently offered an interactive workshop to share tips for incorporating multimodal and scaleable educational technologies into course design. These technologies should be part of every instructor’s toolkit!

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Oct 23, 2024

Ungrading: Empowering Student Success through Feedback and Reflection

Ungrading is a movement to decenter the role of grades in formal learning environments in favor of qualitative instructor feedback and student self-reflection. With support from a DELTA Exploratory Grant, NC State instructor Lisa Falk implemented a variety of Moodle tools in her courses to foster ungrading success.