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Feb 28, 2024

What’s New in Moodle: Part One

Wondering what enhancements will be available in Moodle for Summer 2024? Check out some of the updates featured this month and learn about DELTA workshops and resources that guide you through these new options. 

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Jan 29, 2024

Providing Alt Text for Graphs

Have you considered how someone with low vision might interact with a graph you present in your course? Just like other images, screenshots or pictures of graphs need to have alt text that describes the chart and provides “at a glance” information about its key message. An example of good alt text for a graph… 

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Jan 29, 2024

IDIG Online Session

Join Professor Huiling Ding for an online discussion on how universities are relying on anecdotal and survey data to drive their urgent decisions in a technologically disrupted and quickly evolving labor market and how we can use real-time labor market information analytics to improve recruiting and curriculum development hosted by the Instructional Design Interest Group (IDIG).… 

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Dec 20, 2023

Registration Now Open: Women in Technology Interest Group AI Panel

Engage with leading thinkers about how AI is reshaping the landscapes of education, work and research. Widely accessible generative AI platforms allows instructors to find new ways to integrate technologies into classrooms, influences career prospects and has fascinating research potential. Registration Opening Soon! 

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Dec 20, 2023

DELTA Knowledge Base Highlights to Start Your Semester

Why not start the spring semester with an organized approach to course content ? You can search for helpful articles about WolfWare, Moodle or any other instructional tool. This month’s highlighted articles focus on tips preparing for the new semester. 

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Dec 18, 2023

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Annie Chagachbanian

Testing Services Associate Annie Chagachbanian assists students and faculty with administering exams. She also serves as the liaison with the Disability Resource Office for students who receive testing accommodations. Read more about Chagachbanian and her work with DELTA! 

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Nov 27, 2023

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Leonard Brothers

Classroom Support Technician Leonard Brothers has worked with DELTA for almost 18 years. He is currently with the Innovative Learning Spaces and Support team. We asked him a few questions to learn more about his day-to-day activities with DELTA as well as how he likes to spend his time outside the office. 

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Nov 22, 2023

End of Semester Tips and Tricks

Do you need guidance with winding down your course? Megan Lupek offers advice on reflection and getting a jumpstart on preparing for the spring semester. She also provides instructional tool advice including some innovative suggestions. 

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Nov 22, 2023

VoiceThread: Bring Voices, Images and Text Together

This new multimedia tool is available for the spring 2024 semester! It integrates with Moodle and will provide you with a new way to engage students online in lectures, discussions, and student presentations. 

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Oct 27, 2023

Virtual Engagement Techniques

Please join us online from noon – 1 p.m. as Instructional Designer Brian Vigna of NC State’s Industry Expansion Solutions leads a discussion on virtual engagement techniques.  We will explore the meaning of virtual engagement as it pertains to your role at NC State and how its role in the academic world has evolved from the pre-pandemic…