Monday, June 29, 2015

Buffalo Grilled Shrimp with Goat Cheese Dipping Sauce recipe

Buffalo Grilled Shrimp with Goat Cheese Dipping Sauce
COOK TIME:
 15 Minutes 
PREP TIME:
 5 Minutes 
SERVINGS:

6-8 servings
Ingredients
  • FOR THE SHRIMP:
    • 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
    • 6 tablespoons hot sauce, such as Frank's, divided
    • 4 cloves garlic, minced
    • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, from 1 large lemon
    • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt 
  • FOR THE SAUCE
    • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
    • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
    • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • 1/3 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 4 ounces fresh goat cheese
    • 1 tablespoon chopped chives
    • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Preparation
Buffalo Grilled Shrimp with Goat Cheese Dipping SauceLauren Volo
In a medium bowl, toss the shrimp with 4 tablespoons of the hot sauce, garlic, lemon zest and oil. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and shallots and sauté the shallot for about two minutes. Add the spices and continue to cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for one more minute. Add the heavy cream and salt. Reduce the heat to low and simmer that mixture for about 5 minutes. It should thicken slightly. Now whisk in the goat cheese a little at a time until fully incorporated and smooth. Remove from the heat and allow the sauce to cool for 5 minutes. Stir in the herbs.
Preheat your grill or grill pan to medium high heat. Season the shrimp with the salt and grill for about 2 to 3 minutes per side or until opaque all the way through. Remove to a clean bowl and toss with the remaining hot sauce. Serve with the goat cheese dipping sauce.


From the Today show: http://www.today.com/food/giadas-ultimate-party-food-buffalo-shrimp-chicken-wraps-t28801

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Boosting Student Engagement

Create Relevance

There is a connection between student engagement and instructor presence--theire working off each other (dynamic).

First way to increase instructor presence: Video Note. (Has to be turned on). It's a quick way to record a video (3 minute maximum).  No editing plays directly in D2L. Can upload third party video.

Welcome message
provide additional explanation
Demonstrate skill or procedure
ePortfolio
Feedback for learners
Make more human

"Insert Stuff" (FREE but needs to be turned on!) Record then publish right there.


Custom widgets Through homepage.

 4 areas: theme, navigation, homepage, widgets.

Default or if you want custom widgets you have to create your own

Customize a widget for a Twitter handle

**Check out Symbaloo and Time Toast and Pitchfork and Padlet

Make sure sites are accessible

Ask admin to add site to "trusted site list" if there's page protection if not working well because of security.

Could also create a spot of fun sites (Stress reliver sites--piano playing Virtual Piano)


Replacement strings - a code for a personalized message can be added to news item, quiz questions, BUT NOT CONTENT


Wiggio
Working in Groups
Cool Group Collaboration Tool (works within D2L Brightspace so single login) or through www.wiggio.com
File share, links, embed videos, set up meetings (audio, video, chat), create to-do lists, polls messages, events, can select who sees what,

Binder
Free
interactive for both instructor and students so you have access to app with material whether you have wifi or not
Once files presentations etc are added they can be taken and manipulated anywhere without wifi
E



Edit,
Not for phone right now, but send to binder
send individual file or module

Intelligent Agents

What is an intelligent Agent? An automatic notification

Can include links

Can go to instructor or to student

Examples of Use:
1. when students have not logged into the course for a specific number of days
2. drop in grade (set a specific level)
3. Viewed a specific content topic
4. Gamification techniques (leveling up) "Congratulations you've achieved the next level..."
5. Rewards for when students complete assignments for the week (funny pictures, fun youtube video) ***complete optional assignments (you get an extra bonus like an extra study sheet)
6. emailing first time a student accesses the course

Benefits:
Performs tedious tasks automatically
Saves time
Helps instructors track overall student activity (maybe something isn't set correctly)
Provides just in time feedback for students/instructors
The larger the class the more vital they become to managing the course and students

Release Conditions
Create and attach the condition type

Replacement Strings
1. Uses system information to personalize "Welcome Amanda" by using code with curly brackets anywhere there is an html editor.
2. Use naturally and not too frequently (don't want it to sound canned)
3. Can only use system information (so if a student prefers nickname--you can't change it)

{InitiatingUser}student's name (but full name otherwise {InitiatingUserFirstName}
{OrgName}
{OrgUnitName}Course Name

Welcome messages
Not log in for 10 days (that's sequential days not business days)

Disclaimer: "Please do not reply to this message by hitting the reply button as your message will unfortunately not go through.  Instead you may contact me at xxxxxx

Go to "edit course" and then communications there will be "intelligent agents"

Use the schedule otherwise the agent doesn't stop (even when class has ended).

Can be done by class or as a system (eg for a student who hasn't logged into any course the first 7 days)

Can have email sent to others outside of class (like an advisor).

Cheat Sheet to codes: "What special email addresses can I use" under the BCC

Will copy over as brackets and will populate with new information from within bracket.

Use wisely and sparingly. Be clear.  Review. Useful, impactful.

Designing Spaces: Creating informal learning communities

Faculty Mentor Program

UCO (Central Oklahoma) uses their own peer evaluation that is more than QM because it includes innovation
Point of Contact widget
Collaborative workshop widget
Guided Support (one on one?)

* Look up Broncho Blogs?

eLearning Facilitation Review Dashboard
Before the Review Widget (with Launch Checklist)
The Review (with Checklist)
After the Review (with Checklist)
USED QUALTRICS ??? Look that up (customizable, must be a fee for it)

LOOK UP OER for ONLINE EVALUATION  (NOT QM or QUALTRICS BUT FREE) Quality and facilitation not just design.

Spanish Online facilitators community (all three with "more information" link)
COURSE TEMPLATE WIDGET
GENERAL RESOUCE WIDGET
CONNECT & COLLABORATE WIDGET


UCOQuality Course Resource Center: 3 Widgets:
Course Design Principals
How to's and More
HTML Templates




Setting Students up for success

Teaching with as volleyball metaphor--instructors are the "setters".

Objectives
tasks
tools
experts
file types
DIY
proficiency
gap
create precise assignment instruction
evaluation

10 Steps
1. Clarify Assignment Learning objectives
2. Define tasks that make up the assignment (viewing, creating and submitting) Turn each assignment requirement into a task. (read, collect, Formatting, exporting, -- Break all of it down
3. What tools Must/Can students use to complete each task in the assignment? Tool versus specific tool "word processor" versus Microsoft Word (only require a specific if it is part of the actual learning objective) Table/Chart with task, category, and  tool --visual helps lead students
4. Become/Find an "expert" for each required tool  (You or Youtube, Atomic Learning, Lynda.com?) Add "expert" or "resource" to table/chart.
5. Whenever digital files are "shared" determine your accepted file types. (process files which is manipulative, or "Product" files (.pdf or .docx is ok, .mov, .mp3, .pps etc.)  Word and pages not always the best.  If F2F class be careful to still identify the file types if "bringing to class" because your school computer may not have the program the student created it on so it may not open.  So designate to ensure it corresponds with what is available.
6. Do it yourself. (Can also give estimated time for completion.)
7. Determine your current students' proficiency with each task/tool.
8. Mind the proficiency gaps. Gap filler (guest speaker, gap filler assignment, proactive tutorial like "tools you'll use", have a human "expert" as the second touch)
9. Create precise and complete assignment instructions. (Precious of language, Jonah. Book "Giver")
10. Monitor and evaluate the assignment instructions for future semesters.



Monday, June 22, 2015

Fusion Melanie on Student Engagement

https://online.southflorida.edu/d2l/home/52190

Ease of navigation - two clicks

Research videos- 6 minutes

Chunk your Info no more than 3 scrolls

Use video-don't overly stress about professional quality

Don't make things due over the weekends-Mondays and Wednesdays seem more ideal (Kari's additiona: I've been preaching this for years. And worse yet, don't do midnight deadlines when no help is available.  I do 1:00 pm)

Student Discussions (students choose questions-include something from discussion on the next quiz)

Voice thread option for discussions

Rubrics

Make sure gradebook matches syllabus

Can use chat tool as "virtual office hour" (archive) (can give extra credit for participating)

Surveys

Notifications--good

Replacement Strings





FUSION-Template Break Out Session

A beautiful, accessible, instructionally-sound online course template

go.osu.edu/fusion15

Ohio State- John Muir, Valerie Rake

Create a template and make available for copy course
HTML templates
syllabus
Weekly Overview
Assignment Instructions
blank content page
content with placeholders

"That just opens you up to a whole new set of demons sister!"

Settings:
Content: Authoring
Allow HTML template setting (editing) enable HTML templates

CSS - someone who knows coding can help but most tools will be there in skeleton

visual touches to make it appealing custom widegests (intro video, basic orientation)

HTTP and HTTPS do not work well so take out and do www.osu...

Whole course package available as a zip file on their website Http://odee.osu.edu/distance-education-faculty-resources

Non-academic course that--that they can copy components

Choosing a template, using the TinyMCE editor (and best practices for copying in content)
replacing photos, customizing the homepage

At Ohio they have a team that does a consultation (meet for an hour and then check back in later)

Master forum course with IDs as instructors
web-based job aid (like how to change picture to the correct number of pixels)
buildt-in standard HTML styles (blockquote, etc) to use
workflow for HTML-first workflow

Simplified version of the course shell

COURSE IDEA: Professional development have a motivator for courses (3 image classes)

documntation.desire2learn.com/en/accessible-html-templates

Tool kit
templaes

Brackets free from Adobe

Google web fonts (for CSS sheets)

"Stock photos that don't suck"
thestocks.im
Wikimedia Commons

Making it eaiser
Simpler, fewer features on the surface

Push faculty to TinyMCE styles, baics of web accessibility