Category: Digital Fluency

Everyone Did the Reading: Collaborative Annotation in the Classroom

Often when students are assigned a reading, they gloss. They will see a name, a term, a concept… and skip it. Not because they aren’t engaged. Not because they don’t want to learn. But because it is one of seven articles to have read by the end of the week. Put simply, collaborative annotation is …

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Better Digital Whiteboards for Classroom Collaboration

In March of 2020, the world of higher education shifted from teaching classes on campus to Emergency Remote Teaching — How do we take exactly what we do in the classroom and teach effectively online? Online education has often been looked down upon because of the assumption that it does not generate the same interactive …

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Workshopping Inclusion: Canvas and Accessibility

TRANSCRIPTION: SARAH: Welcome, friends, thank you for being a part of our faculty workshop series. This workshop is dedicated to the idea of Canvas accessibility, but we’ll also talk a lot about the concept of accessibility and where we think it might come into play in your pedagogy. RYAN: So we have three major takeaways …

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Digital Tools in Vocation

What is your theology of social media and digital usage? It may not be a bad idea to start thinking about it! Creating values and boundaries with yourself and your digital and online usage serves as a continuous mantra, or reminder, as you spend time on your phone or computer. By checking in with how …

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Called by Name: Using NameCoach in the Classroom

Why should you use NameCoach? Because, names matter. They mean something. They hold our identity and are how we are addressed by the world – or at least we strive to think so. Here, at Candler School of Theology, we believe in the importance and beauty of our names. This is why we have integrated …

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How to Download Respondus Lockdown Browser

Before the exam Prepare your computer before the exam: Reminder: Respondus Lockdown Browser does not work on Chromebooks Test with the sample quiz in your site If you are installing the Respondus Lockdown Browser for the first time, download it for Mac orWindows. For a step-by-step guide of how to download: How to Download Respondus …

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