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Thanks!  I posted it over there now, too 🙂 ... View more

We had a little hiccup with the password thing, and I can’t get any of my grids to work. I don’t know if I have to redo them all. I use a FlipGrid each week instead of a written discussion board. Prior to this hiccup, I would say that FlipGrid and EdPuzzle are my two favorite tools to use in Canvas (using the embed feature). FlipGrid builds community. EdPuzzle provides time on task. Beth Ritter-Guth Director of Instructional Design & Distance Education Director of the Innovation Center Union County College, L22 1033 Springfield Ave. Cranford, NJ 07016 908-497-4363 ... View more

I am doing a project like this right now as we speak.  I am not using Mastery Paths; I am hyperlinking to pages.  I am happy to chat with you if you want more detail.  beth.ritter-guth@ucc.edu or 908-497-4363 ... View more

Thank you for the links and support everyone!  We are trying to use Canvas as the tool to see if we can actually pull it off.  The idea is to use graphics linked to pages in a stacked format. ... View more

Hi Scott ~ yes.  We are the Batmans of code 🙂 ... View more

Very very cool!!!   ... View more

I've used Fallout 3, Dante's Inferno, Mass Effects 3, GTA and Assassin's Creed (and way back UnReal).    I combine it up with literature, so there is no gamification either.  That is a whole different horse show. ... View more

Thanks for these tips.  I am actually using Canvas's native voice recorder in announcements.  This doesn't have a way to transcribe it without porting it out to another tool.   ... View more

I use FlipGrid in all my classes.  I used it before the (very handy) LTI integration.  I love it.  I would be happy to add you (or anyone) into a class to see it working in action.  Best,  BRG ... View more

I think it is ok to stay here for the discussion. In composition, we teaching the various modes of writing, and compare/contrast is one of them.  Historically, we might assign "republicans/democrats" or "Pepsi/Coke" kinds of topics.  I wanted to find something that would spark interest in non-readers to help them think critically about a topic they might not really care about but could "come to" care about.  As a text, Dante's Inferno is a little inaccessible to a modern urban young adult.  None of the references mean anything.  But, the concept of "hell" and the concept of "levels of sin" is compelling when you adjust the topics to famous people living today, gangs, politicians, etc. I have often paired the Inferno text with Gloria Naylor's novel, Linden Hills.  So the students read the Inferno, read Linden, and play the game.  They have compared/contrasted the game to the original poem and have also written cause/effect papers on how the poem impacts the writing of Linden Hills. In almost every case, students were really interested in making the connections.  I used a web version of the Inferno.  We read the poem first and did activities on reorganizing how we perceived "sin" in our lives.  So, we did a lot with the poem first. Then students played the game.  I had student workers play the game forward for me to where I wanted students to start in class (each team started at their chosen "thematic" level).  In teams of 2 (one player, one recorder), the students were to journal everything they saw, did, heard, experienced, etc. in the game.  They did two class periods of this "lab" (observation/experience).  They could come to my lab any time before or after class to play, as well.  They could also play the game at home (I had some extra lender copies). They then used their notes to compare it to the level they had chosen in the poem. First, they made a chart.  Then they wrote an outline.  Then they composed the first draft of the essay. ... View more

Thank you so much Gerol!  I believe we met in Co, as I have your card right here 🙂 I don't really know how to use Mastery Paths yet, but that does sound like a great approach.  I do write HTML, so that had been the thought for mapping out a Canvas Page (or embeddubg something like Glogster or ThingLink).  I went to the Delphinium presentation at the conference, and I think they might be a good resource to help generate game-like functionality.   Would anyone be interested in working on a game (something simple like Oregon Trail) within Canvas to maybe play test at next year's CanvasCon? ... View more

Hack night was, by far, the best event I have attended, and I have attended lots of great events!!!! ... View more

Game night was awesome!  Played King of Tokyo for the first time, and met great people from all over!!! ... View more