Have you ever wanted to take your students on a trip around the world? What about a journey into the human body to observe its functions? Or maybe even a birdwatching excursion, where you all get to see the elegant feathers and hear the exotic songs of the rarest birds in the world, even when […]
The Florida Online Innovation Summit is an annual opportunity for Florida college and university educators, instructional designers, and administrators to exchange ideas and discuss initiatives to innovate online education. At this year’s meeting in March, FIU Online instructional designers Amanda González Izquierdo, Aaron Robles, and Kieron Williams, in collaboration with our Associate Director of Learning […]
Educators transitioning out of the classroom find their home in Instructional Design. For K-12 educators, countless hours are dedicated to training and certifications to enhance the student learning experience each school year. Educators are known for their ability to facilitate learning and create engaging learning experiences for their students. What many people may not […]
Okay, let’s talk Who or what are you? ChatGPT is a cutting-edge language model developed by OpenAI. Using deep learning techniques, it is able to generate human-like text, making it a powerful tool for natural language processing tasks such as language translation, text summarization, and conversation simulation. With its ability to understand and respond to […]
As FIU Online Insider continues the UDL mini-series, this article will be supporting you with the best tips in creating a syllabus with a Universal Design for Learning framework. A syllabus provides students with the first impression of an upcoming learning environment. Therefore, it is important to recognize the syllabus as an inclusive roadmap […]
Controversial topics in higher education are far from a new phenomenon, but the pressures of teaching in the era of call-out culture have introduced a new layer of vulnerability when approaching certain topics within the classroom. Many instructors, out of fear of backlash, choose self-censorship or avoid controversial topics entirely. However, avoiding relevant topics is […]
FIU Online Insider is excited to announce the upcoming development of an in-depth series dedicated to all things UDL in Online Education, but first, this article will introduce the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. What is the Universal Design for Learning? The Universal Design for Learning framework was developed in 1984. The founders, Dr. […]
The first annual FIU Online All Access Day took place in Spring to help faculty increase accessibility in their online courses. The event took place on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This inaugural event offered faculty members one-on-one Zoom sessions or in-person tutorials at the Modesto Maidique, Biscayne Bay, and Engineering Center campuses. “As our […]
As instructors, consider the following settings with your Canvas Gradebook before Summer B & Summer C 2022 final grades are finalized and submitted. Canvas Settings for Summer 2022 Final Grades Grading SchemeIt is essential that an instructor sets a course Grading Scheme that properly reflects the grading policy on the syllabus. Please verify your Grading […]
FIU is currently in the process of migrating our users from Google to Microsoft 365 (M365). As part of the transition, FIU IT is hosting several training sessions to help get you familiar with M365 and its suite of applications such as, OneDrive, Mail, and Teams. As an instructor, you have access to 1.5 TB of OneDrive […]
