Options to create interactive and engaging digital content at URI are expanding…Sign up for pilots starting soon.
‘Interactive’ and ‘engage’ are two hot topics in higher education, and rightly so. They address the neurodiverse needs and active learning our students need. But there seem to be so many choices.
Camtasia has been available at URI for a number of years. It offers a user friendly interface with the capability to manipulate and augment videos utilizing features such as area blurring, musical overlays and pop up messages in your videos.
A few more robust content creation programs the IT TLS department is recruiting faculty for participants include:
Lumi Education – Building digital interactive elearning resources and use a SCORM package in your brightspace course for automatic grading. Click and drag words into fill in the blank paragraphs, create picture sequencing, and use a SCORM package in your brightspace course for automatic grading.
Softchalk – Build digital case studies, content and assessments with this powerful content creation tool. This tool allows for custom designs and building your content for creativity; the limits are mostly your imagination. Use a SCORM package in your brightspace course to enable the interactivity of the created content. We are recruiting and working on a training for opportunities later this semester.
TLS department is also recruiting faculty in the following Pilot Program: Digital posters or projects by students – work with our team and your students to explore creation of digital posters for interactive presentations through apps such as Canva or Prezi. ****Submit your interest for the pilots by submitting a ticket to ask for more information and a consultation about joining a pilot.