teaching with technology

May 19, 2023

Accessibility Tip: Grackle Docs

Grackle is an add-on that works within the Google Suite (Docs, Sheets and Slides). It provides an automated accessibility report and guides you through fixing many accessibility errors. Grackle also provides the ability to do things the Google Docs cannot do on its own, like save a Google Doc as a tagged PDF and define… 

Apr 24, 2023

Meet DELTA Faculty Fellow Miriam Ferzli

Meet Teaching Professor and DELTA Faculty Fellow Miriam Ferzli, who provides opportunities for students to develop a sense of ownership regarding their education. She wants students to learn how to ask questions, seek answers, solve problems and work within the learning community. 

Apr 21, 2023

Teaching Tech Tip: Making Library Video Content Interactive

Wondering what’s new in PlayPosit? NC State Libraries’ Academic Video Online (Alexander Street) is integrated with PlayPosit. Instructors can add interactive elements like discussion prompts, polls, open-ended questions and more! And, the collection of videos is diverse with everything from feature-length films to training videos. 

Apr 21, 2023

DELTA Grant Enhances Student Learning

A team of DELTA specialists worked with MEAS Associate Professors Karl Wegmann and Ethan Hyland using a DELTA Grant to enhance student learning. Read about the results of their collaborative efforts to support experimental uses of stream tables for educational and research purposes! 

Apr 19, 2023

Brickfield: A New Moodle Accessibility Toolkit

Want to provide class material to accommodate the needs of all students? Accessibility issues can be identified and fixed on your Moodle site with Brickfield Accessibility+ Toolkit. Be proactive by future-proofing your course content to address areas needing adjustment to meet accessibility guidelines. 

Apr 19, 2023

We’re Digging Yellowdig: New Discussion Platform!

Fostering student conversations is imperative to success in online courses. NC State offers a new tool modeled after popular social media platforms that is based on the concept that students want to talk to each other. 

Mar 29, 2023

Herle McGowan: Mentoring Students with Compassion

Building upon a legacy of helping people make informed decisions, Teaching Professor Herle McGowan, in NC State’s Department of Statistics, provides mentorship for her students, especially young women who might be struggling to maintain work-life balance in academia. 

Mar 28, 2023

DELTA Grants: From Challenge to Solution

Assistant Teaching Professor Nicola Singletary and Associate Teaching Professor and Program Coordinator of Counselor Education Angela Smith share their experiences with DELTA Grants. This spring, DELTA is offering the following types of grants: Faculty Fellows, Course Improvement, Critical Path, Course Design and Exploratory Grants. 

Mar 27, 2023

DELTA-Con 2023 Set for May 9

Preparations are underway for the 7th annual DELTA-Con, NC State’s unconference experience, scheduled for Wednesday, May 9 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. This day-long experience allows faculty, staff and graduate students from area higher education institutions to share their knowledge, expertise, and best practices on a wide variety of topics. 

Mar 27, 2023

Changes for DELTA’s Media Production Services

DELTA’s Media Production Services has a new organizational structure with new team names! The new unit name — Enterprise Digital Media — and structure allows DELTA’s professional resources to better support the university and reflect the scope of new technologies.