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Better Understand Students’ Progress with the “Show My Work” Tool in WebAssign

Posted on September 25, 2020 (March 31, 2025) by Gabrielle Schock

Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Michael Lafreniere is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering Technology and Mathematics at Ohio University-Chillicothe. Evaluating students’ progress to make sure they truly understand your course material becomes increasingly difficult in a virtual classroom. There’s a need for students to share their thinking and receive feedback to confirm they understand the problem-solving steps […]

5 Virtual Presentation Tips for Better Online Communication

Posted on September 25, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

Reading Time: 3 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. Much of our current communication is happening online, whether it’s with family, friends, students or colleagues. Communicating “virtually” doesn’t mean anything goes, just because you’re not face to face. On the contrary, it’s more important than ever to […]

Addressing Connectivity and Technology Access Issues in Education

Posted on September 23, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development COVID-19 thrust many students and employees home unexpectedly. While cell phone ownership and computer access are often viewed as commonplace in America, in reality disparities in access to these tools exist. This issue was highlighted when schools switched to virtual […]

Teaching Time Management to the New Online Learner

Posted on September 23, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEssie Childers is a professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas In my Learning Frameworks class, I gave my students an online Excel spreadsheet to list their daily activities and the number of hours it took to complete them. Several students’ activities totaled 28–30 hours, which made me realize everyone could […]

Installing Microsoft Office 365 [VIDEO]

Posted on September 23, 2020 (November 21, 2023) by Colleen Zajac

Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Corinne Hoisington, Professor of Information Systems Technology, Central Virginia Community College Do your students have questions about downloading Office to their PC or Mac? If you are teaching Microsoft Office using Cengage solutions (MindTap/SAM), your students will need the full version of Microsoft Office 365 to complete SAM Projects. The good news is […]

Maintaining Emotional Balance While Teaching in a Pandemic

Posted on September 22, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

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Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post’s authors, Anitre Bell and Essie Childers, are college educators and Cengage Faculty Partners Ready or not, colleges and universities are opening doors to students, offering different learning formats. Some classes will be entirely online, while others are planning for hybrid formats, including HyFlex. Then there are those campuses that are returning to […]

How to Prepare Prerecorded Presentations That Work

Posted on September 22, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJoseph Ferrantelli is a Professor of Education at Hunter College If you’re teaching a college course online like so much of the country, it’s likely you’ve recorded or prerecorded presentations for your students. But chances are, if you do record presentations, you don’t think too deeply about the process, you just do it. In […]

How Teaching Online Can Make Your Life Easier

Posted on September 21, 2020 (November 22, 2023) by cengage

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Jenny Billings is a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College The past six months have taught me a lot, especially about online instruction. Due to COVID-19, I have been working remotely since mid-March. I used to think that I wanted to work from home. Not anymore—I miss my students and faculty so much! […]