Category: Instructional Design News
Faculty Office Hours: Gradescope and Bubble Sheet
Posted February 11, 2025
Looking for help with Gradescope or Bubble Sheet? Our small-group online sessions for up to 4 JMU faculty members offer personalized support tailored to your needs. Get hands-on guidance with setting up assignments, streamlining grading workflows, and managing bubble sheet exams. Bring […]
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 […]
Enhancing Assessment Efficiency with Gradescope & Bubble Sheet: Workshop for JMU Faculty & Staff
Posted January 17, 2025
Join our workshop, “Enhancing Assessment Efficiency,” to get a comprehensive introduction to using Gradescope and Bubble Sheet at JMU. Gradescope is a powerful assessment platform available to JMU faculty, and Bubble Sheet is one aspect of this platform. This is a […]
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 […]
Gradescope Bubble Sheet Replacing Scantron
Posted November 11, 2024
We are happy to share that JMU will soon offer a new and improved test scoring system to replace Scantron. Introducing: Gradescope Bubble Sheet! Benefits: Gradescope Bubble Sheet offers a more efficient and cost-effective method for grading multiple-choice exams, saving […]
You’re Invited! Honoring Día de Los Muertos in the Shenandoah Valley (Nov. 7 Event)
Posted October 23, 2024
Join us on Thursday, November 7 at 6pm in Memorial Hall to learn from and experience artistic expression related to Día de los Muertos and other Latinx cultural commemorations of loved ones. Crafting Local Commemorations: Honoring Día de los Muertos […]
Teaching & Learning with AI: One of Two New Modules in the Design for Learning Institute
Posted August 16, 2024
This year, we’re offering two new sections in this self-paced, online institute. […]
We Provide Academic Software and Platforms to JMU
Posted June 18, 2024
JMU Libraries provides a variety of academic software to catalyze JMU’s university-wide research and teaching-and-learning enterprise. JMU Information Technology provides additional software and platforms to JMU. JMU Libraries provide varying levels of support for using the software listed below. In some cases, support is available only through the […]
