Date posted: November 5, 2017
November 6-10, 2017 is National Distance Learning Week! Organized by the US Distance Learning Association (USDLA), this week organizations across America will educate their constituents on the amazing growth in distance learning. Check the NDLW 2017 USDLA-Hosted Webinar Schedule for online activities in that week. Join us for eLearning activities at D140 Your Bellevue College Interactive ...more about National Distance Learning Week
Date posted: November 3, 2017
James Riggall explaining virtual reality. On Thursday and Friday, October 19-20, several members of the Interactive eLearning Center team attended and presented at the Northwest eLearn Conference in Pasco, Washington. Visiting Fulbright scholar James Riggall and BC faculty Bruce Wolcott presented their virtual reality systems, along with their ongoing work developing curriculum for two Winter quarter classes ...more about Interactive eLearning Team Presents at Northwest eLearn Conference 2017
Date posted: September 29, 2017
A short (17:49) video with practical advice to instructors for getting started with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6wqLjxZf8
Date posted: August 16, 2017
As part of his "Visual Explanations: Making ideas clear and Accessible with Images" workshops, Bruce Wolcott maintains a pretty exhaustive list of websites that provide free/Creative Commons/open source images. By popular demand, we are happy to provide a reference to Bruce's document, hosted in his OneDrive. Click here to see Bruce's list of free, open-source images: ...more about Free, Open-Source Images
Date posted: August 10, 2017
Link to the downloadable PDF Agenda. Do you teach a web-enhanced, hybrid, or an online class? Learn about creating an engaging and collaborative learning environment online using Canvas. Save These Dates! August 15-16 Instructional Designers will conduct interactive workshops and presentations on the following topics: Applying Accessibility principles to Word documents and Canvas Pages Canvas Tools – ...more about Announcing the eLearning Summer Institute on August 15-16
Date posted: August 2, 2017
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER | ROOM D140 | 425-564-4210 Email contact: elearning@bellevuecollege.edu Fall quarter start date: Monday, October 24th to November 2nd, Registration Link Participant: Faculty Facilitator: Bruce Wolcott, Interactive eLearning Instructional Designer PD Hours: On completion participants receive 22 hrs of professional development time. Sign up for Canvas 101! REGISTRATION: Enrollment Link Hurry—enrollments are limited ...more about Teaching with Canvas: Canvas 101
Date posted: July 19, 2017
Three Ways to do extra credit There are several approaches instructors can adopt to can give students extra credit in Canvas using Assignments: awarding extra points for an existing Assignment-- or for a Discussion or a Quiz creating an Assignment worth zero points providing extra credit using weighted assignment groups Award extra points to graded items ...more about Extra Credit in Canvas
Date posted: July 18, 2017
Some departments and divisions at Bellevue College require that course syllabi be available to the public. Others departments require instructors to send their syllabi to program managers so that they can be available to staff and administrators. Either way, it is possible to make your Canvas Syllabus page available to anyone for public viewing. You ...more about Make Your Canvas Syllabus Publicly Viewable
Date posted: May 10, 2017
Process Reach out to your Program Directors / Division Deans / Program Chairs, if you need to Cross-List/Merge two sections. Your program administrators will be approving the sections to be merged. Instructors reach out to their Program Directors/ Division Deans / Program Chairs to request your Cross-List/Merges with the Primary/Secondary requests. Division Deans must approve ...more about Canvas Section Cross-list/Merges
Date posted: April 23, 2017
Our Goal We want to get BC students, faculty, and staff to attend live events and presentations in the new Collaboratory located in the Bellevue College Learning Media Center. BC Facilitators: Bruce Wolcott, Gordon Hom, and Sukirti Ranade Guests: Dr. Don Alvarez with FilmmakerLive Software engineers Brian Zhou and Xinli Zou with Wyzlink BC communications faculty member ...more about Collaboratory “Interactive Worlds” events sponsored by Interactive eLearning
