April 2023
Text-based Alternatives
for Audio and Visual Content
When you intentionally provide a variety of content in your course, it shows students you value their unique learning needs. If you want to include audio, visual, and/or video content that is accessible to the widest audience, make sure you are adding text-based alternatives.
Check out this infographic to learn more!
This feature was remixed using Text-based Alternatives for Audio and Visual Content licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 by Richard Ingram.
Educause Membership for You
Are you interested in staying up to date with the latest trends and developments in higher education technology? If so, you’re in luck!
You already have a PAID subscriber account through Delaware Technical Community College.
Here are just a few of the many benefits of an EDUCAUSE subscriber account:
- Access to exclusive content: resources that include research reports, webinars, and white papers, that are only available to subscribers.
- Networking opportunities: connections to other professionals in the field of higher education technology to exchange ideas with your peers.
- Professional development: professional development through conferences, workshops, and training programs.
DTCC is happy to offer you access to this invaluable resource – start taking advantage of all the benefits EDUCAUSE has to offer.
Virtual Whiteboards
Tools like virtual whiteboards help students share ideas and feel represented and valued in the course. Carol Ann Schumann, a social science and human services faculty member out of the Wilmington campus, uses virtual whiteboards to get her students thinking deeply about concepts and to facilitate student collaboration. Check out this Thinglink to learn more about the strategy and how it has impacted her students.
Click here to view the accessible version of this interactive content
Our D2L Instructor Hub contains a variety of resources to help instructors use the technology tools we have at the College. We want to ensure that this resource works for you!
We are looking for reviewers to help us update and enhance our Instructor Hub.
You can conduct the review by chatting with us via Zoom or in person or by adding your thoughts to a Google Doc. We plan to conduct the review in May and make the improvements for the Fall 2023 semester. If you are interested, please fill out this form so that we can contact you to get started:
Join CCIT for this Month's Trainings
Zoom Link for all sessions:
https://dtcc.zoom.us/j/93627251230
Every other Wednesday at 11:00 am
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April 19: Develop a Communication Plan |
| Another way that we can demonstrate caring for students is through communication plans. In this Lunch and Learn, Karianne and Laura will discuss instructor presence, building a community, and ways that you can leverage technology in communication. |
Every other Friday at 9:00 am
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April 21: Curb Appeal with a Welcoming D2L Homepage! |
| Let’s add some personality to your D2L course homepage and incorporate a consistent design into the modules as well. |
Fridays by Appointment
Do you ever go to a Coffee Talk or Lunch and Learn session and want to implement the strategies, but you just don’t know where to start? If so, we are here for you! We’ve created a Teaching with Technology makerspace to help you put your ideas into action! CCIT will work with you and your colleagues to create a mini project that you can use with your students.
To get started fill out our Make It Take It Appointment Form, let us know what you want to make, where and when you want to meet, and who you’ll be bringing with you!
Supporting Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Scientist Spotlights is a website dedicated to highlighting the contributions of underrepresented groups in the scientific community.
There are a variety of categories to search in this website that include:
| Agriculture | Biochemistry |
| Botany | Cardiology |
| Cognitive Science | Forensic Science |
| Genetics | Muscle System |
| Psychology | and more! |
This mission of the website is supported by interviews, articles, and videos featuring scientists from diverse backgrounds. These resources help to break down stereotypes and promote a more inclusive and diverse scientific community.
The site features interviews with scientists who have made significant contributions in their fields, such as Dr. Myriam Cotten, an expert in neurodegenerative diseases, Dr. Ayana Johnson, a marine biologist and environmental advocate, and Dr. Guy Winch, a clinical psychologist, author, and researcher specializing in the connection between emotional and physical health.
Educators can use this site to promote inclusivity, diversity, and classroom student representation. Each scientist spotlight provides a brief student assignment that can be used to spur discussion and/or student writing, sources for biographical information, and glimpses of research conducted. By highlighting the achievements of these scientists, students are able to see themselves reflected in the scientific community and recognize that there is a place for them in these fields.
The Role of Representation in Learning
As part of our efforts to facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion, we need to ensure that students feel empowered to succeed. Students need to see themselves as contributing members of the College and in their chosen program of study. This is called Representation and is the focus of many of the articles in this newsletter. In case you missed the Lunch and Learn that presented definitions for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, it is provided here.