Centre for Instructional Technology Blog
IDEAS
questionSMS
Mar 23rd
Audience response via SMS
The Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT) launched questionSMS in January 2010. In this edition of ideas, we look at how three faculty members have been using the SMS-based audience response system.
New in IVLE and don’t lose lectures to public holidays
Jan 17th
ideas January 2011 – download pdf
ideas January 2011 – read online
IVLE is constantly being upgraded. This semester, CIT has added the numerous features to NUS’ course management system which will make tasks simpler and open new opportunities in teaching and learning.
Don’t lose lectures to public holidays
This semester, Chinese New Year will result in two days of lost lectures. This need not be the case. Using tools made familiar to you during previous eLearning Weeks, you can record lectures which your students can view at their leisure.
New in IVLE
Jan 17th
IVLE is constantly being upgraded. This semester, CIT has added the following features to NUS’ course management system which will make tasks simpler and open new opportunities in teaching and learning:
Don’t lose lectures to public holidays
Jan 17th
This semester, Chinese New Year will result in two days of lost lectures. This need not be the case. Using tools made familiar to you during previous eLearning Weeks, you can record lectures which your students can view at their leisure.
Pre-record a webcast
The simplest option is to pre-record your webcast. You can use the webcast request form to arrange to have your lecture recorded before the holiday and have it made available for viewing during and after the holiday.
Use Breeze
If you want to do-it-yourself, you can use Breeze (creation on Windows and PowerPoint only, viewing on Win/Mac/ Linux with the Flash Player plugin installed) to create standalone online presentations with audio narration, simple quizzes and interactivity. This will be available online to your students as a Flash-based presentation.
Use screen recording
Not using Windows or PowerPoint? Need to display a website or to demonstrate software? You can use screen recording software instead. Think of it as a virtual camera pointed at your computer screen. CIT provides Camtasia Relay and Ink2Go! for screen recording purposes. Both allow you to record your screen while you narrate. Camtasia Relay creates an online video while Ink2Go! creates a video file which should be uploaded to the Multimedia Bank in IVLE.
More information? Contact:
- Pre-recorded webcasts – Nik Azizi citnamz@nus.edu.sg
- Breeze – Lim Han Leong citlhl@nus.edu.sg
- Camtasia Relay & Ink2Go! – Prasad Iyer citki@nus.edu.sg
The Seminar Goes On(line)
Sep 21st
An interview with Dr Lee Hon Sing, NUS Business School
We have glimpsed the future. In the Star Wars movies, we see people communicating over interstellar distances using holographic representations and projections without any lag.
While that is a long way off, our present technology can bridge more earthly distances. These are various forms of conferencing – audio, video and web – which provide for different needs.
