Learning Activities

Engaging online materials such as video, audio, questions, and interactive tutorials help your students learn independently, connect with instructors and classmates, and prepare for class participation.

• Best Practices for Pre-Class Assignments (PDF)
• Five Minute Teaching: Getting Students to Prepare (PDF) Translation Education Lab, University of North Carolina
• The Peer Instruction Method (PDF)

Video

• Tips for Recording Video Course Intros (PDF)
• Uploading a Video to the Video Index Server (PDF)
• Sharing a Box File in Blackboard or O2 (PDF)
• One Drive: Sharing Student Video Links Inside Blackboard Assignments (PDF)

Examples:

• Course Video Intro (Video)
• Our Ever-Changing World of Health Care (Module)
• Armamentarium – Assembly Demo (Module)

Audio

• Best Practices for Narrating Online Resources (PDF)
• Narrating a PowerPoint and Saving it as a Video (PDF)

Examples:

• Heart Murmurs (Module)

Reading Assignments

• Best Practices for Reading Assignments (PDF)

Interactive Tutorials

Examples:

• Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease (Module)
• Essential Documents – Binder Activity (Module)
• Peer Tutor Training (Module)
• Loss Reflection Activity (Module)
• APA 7th Edition Practice Tool (Module)