Category: Featured News
Designing an Accessible Syllabus for Inclusive Learning: Workshop for JMU Faculty
Posted February 13, 2025
Access to your class syllabus is vital for the success of an ever-evolving population of JMU students. Join this workshop for JMU faculty to explore the multiple paths of representation for an inclusive and accessible syllabus and learn about applying […]
Create Your Own Open Course Materials
Posted January 27, 2025
JMU faculty and staff, are you searching for a platform to publish an open textbook, white paper, technical report, or open-access book? We have two ways to help you get started using Pressbooks, an ideal tool for creating openly-licensed teaching, […]
Graduates of the past change Carrier Library’s future (from JMU News)
Posted January 24, 2025
When Stan Jones (’54) enrolled at Madison College as a day student, he walked the sidewalks of his childhood from home to work, class and back home again. His daily route passed by the campus library, which quickly became his […]
Feature Friday: The Evolution of Educational Technology at JMU
Posted January 24, 2025
Have you noticed there used to be many ways of contacting the Libraries, depending on whether you wanted help navigating Canvas, using a projector, creating a video, or borrowing Libraries equipment? In fact, many Libraries services related to teaching and […]
A Better Way to Manage Your Research: Workshop for Faculty and Staff on Feb. 17
Posted January 23, 2025
Join our workshop to learn about the Open Science Framework (OSF), a free and open-source project management tool that supports researchers throughout the entire research lifecycle. OSF is for any discipline – not just the sciences! You’ll get an introduction to OSF’s capabilities, including […]
Create Open Course Materials: A Workshop for JMU Faculty
Posted January 10, 2025
Looking for a way to publish a textbook, open access book, white paper, or technical report? Join this virtual workshop to learn about Pressbooks, which is ideal for publishing openly licensed teaching, learning, and scholarship materials as an e-book. Pressbooks also allows […]
Camtasia Basics: A New Workshop for Faculty and Staff
Posted January 9, 2025
Join our newest workshop, Camtasia Basics, on February 17, 3:30-5 p.m. in Rose Library. This hands-on workshop is designed for faculty and staff members looking to enhance their skills in screen recording and video editing.
Get Personalized Help with Canvas or Zoom this January
Posted January 2, 2025
Level up your skills in Zoom or Canvas with our drop-in sessions! Sign up for an interactive, small-group Q&A session. Drop in for all of part of the one-hour Zoom. Choose the date that works best for you: Canvas Q&A […]
Polling Tools for the Classroom
Posted January 2, 2025
Faculty, do you want to make your lectures and presentations more interactive? You have access to two tools that can be used to poll your students, get real-time feedback, and actively engage your students in the material you are teaching: […]
Lecture Capture Tools at JMU
Posted January 2, 2025
Need to record a presentation? When you want to create screen-capture presentations or record your lecture for asynchronous learning, you have access to two JMU-supported tools: What’s the difference between these tools? Canvas Studio is a simple screen capture tool […]