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How to upload assignments to Onenote Class Notebook

Using OneNote Class Notebook for student assignments These are some clumsy directions I recorded to help my students see how to upload their assignments to the Onenote Class Notebook that I’m using this semester for their assignments. The first video shows how they can upload an existing PDF on their computer using Teams. The second is how to upload the scan directly from their phone. Uploading PDFs from your computer Scanning and uploading from your phone

Between Semesters Frequently Asked Questions

Below are answers to some frequently asked questions I get between semesters. Are you teaching ___? Maybe? My Fall 2023 (current) schedule is: Math 321 - Discrete Structures 1 in-person and online for CS majors and secondary ed Math 231 - “Discrete Mathematics” it’s different than the other one. it’s a new class we’re running for the fall. Math 531 - History of Mathematics Yes, it is as awesome as you’ve heard....

End of Semester Frequently Asked Questions

Below are answers to some frequently asked questions I get after the semester is over. What is my grade? I can’t talk about grades over email due to FERPA regulations. Your final letter grade is on MyWSU. I got almost all of the question right on ___. Can I get credit? Sorry, no. The grading is, on the one hand, draconian because it is “all right or it’s wrong.” However, every individual learning target has the opportunity to be revisited six times(!...

Testing Teams Embeds

Teams has their own embed. But I can’t get it to work for people who aren’t me –

Allowfullscreen: A lesson learned about asking students

I’ve spent the last week trying to improve my site’s presentation of material for my calculus students. What really irked me was how unprofessional my non-responsive images looked when I’d go in the classroom and see my site rendered on their phones. So I added lightbox2 javascript library, I used Hugo’s automatic generation of smaller images (for faster load times), and changed the positioning CSS. I felt really proud because it looked great on the laptop (Safari and Firefox) and on mobile....

Non-traditional Grading: Ungrading

How does a student “get 75%” of a 50 minute exploration that even Achimedes never solved in his lifetime? ...

Non-traditional Grading: Mastery-based grading

Want students to learn more? Try grading differently. ...

Getting started with Hugo for course content.

I wanted a “simple” way to write my class materials in Markdown. Hugo magically makes it a website. ...