Sub-Account Branding in Canvas

At our institution, our canvas instance is starting to be used for non-academic purposes, which is great, but that means that sub-theming is going to need to happen.

I wanted to make sure that students knew they were in a different place — that they…

The dreaded online class

Online education has a long way to go. There are pockets of innovation and quality coursework being developed at institutions around the world, but it is still a quandary for many instructors and for good reason.

The Cloud

Last week at Mobile Users Group here at BTC, we talked about the cloud and how it can help us as instructors.

If you are unfamiliar, ‘The Cloud’ simply refers to a way of storing media or files on a server where we can access them from anywhere. Gone are the days of keeping files on…

Cultures of Innovation

I’ve worked at a few schools over the years and a few private companies. It’s interesting to see the difference on how each handles home-grown expertise.

In the private sector, the whole name of the game is making money. It’s all about saving overhead costs and…

Outsourcing Education?

I just read this article today — yes it’s HuffPost, but it also does bring up a concern I’ve had for a while.

An example of great little YouTube videos

As we move towards curating existing content instead of reinventing the wheel and creating content that already exists, I though this would be a good time to share a favorite source of science.

Using Flawed Curated Content

Using Curated content is not a perfect process. That’s why so many instructors choose to take the reigns themselves and make videos, deliver lectures so that the information they feel that is 100% accurate will be the information they get to their students.