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ITLD’s Top 5: Tips for Video in the Classroom

Incorporating video into your courses is a great way to engage with your students and increase their access to your course content. Read on for our top 5 tips on using video to enhance your instruction!1: Use video to capture lectures and other instructional content....

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ITLD’s Top 5: Tips for Creating Engaging PowerPoints

Engaging learners requires a creative approach and a bit of visual design. The more audience participation, the more effective the presentation. PowerPoint is a tool that can assist in turning a static presentation into an engaging experience. Interactive PowerPoint...

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ITLD’s Top 5: Using Rubrics to Enhance your Assessments

Rubrics can be a powerful tool for students as well as instructors. When students are made aware of the rubrics prior to instruction and assessment, they know the level of performance expected and are more motivated to reach those standards. Rubrics also help to...

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ITLD’s Top 5: Top Hat Tips to Help You and Your Students

Top Hat has made a few updates for this semester that are intended to help you and your students have a better experience. As always, don’t forget about Top Hat’s white glove service and instructional design support. Book an appointment for 1:1 support on...

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ITLD’s Top 5: Top Hat Troubles and How to Solve Them

Top Hat is a student engagement system and comprehensive teaching platform that instructors can use to engage students in and outside of the classroom with interactive slides, graded questions, customized content, discussions, and polls. Despite its many uses, there...

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