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Recently, YouTube made some changes to the way that the caption editing process works. Those changes are for the better as they’ve made it easier to adjust the correlation between timestamps and your edited captions. In the following video I …

When classes moved online for the fall semester, professors had no choice but to administer exams online as well.  One solution many students have experienced is professors utilizing lockdown browsers during exams.

http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_b9236968-1928-11eb-a957-fb3b9a7038cc.html…

Vimeo just launched a new screen recording tool. The new tool is simply called Vimeo Record. Vimeo Record is available as a free Chrome extension that you can get right here. Once you’ve installed Vimeo Record in Chrome it works …

Learning to edit video and audio is tough, and complicated software interfaces don’t make things any easier. If that rings true for your editing experience, you may want to try Descript, a desktop video and audio editing program for Windows …

We have been all been in lockdown, sometimes in containment, some even quarantined. Exploring new ways of connecting, of contacting communities, and of communicating with children has been challenging but also exhilarating. Every day, we are learning from these experiences. …

In today’s post, we handpicked for you from Chrome web store some of the best apps that can help you take control of your online time and beat Internet distractions.

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/10/beat-digital-distraction-with-these.html…

As artificial intelligence moves us to a world without work, what does that mean for higher education institutions and their mission in the new economy?

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/8/interface-university-and-other-scenarios-for-the-ai-economy…

Our collaborative research group, based at Université Laval, Concordia University, Florida State University, University of Southern California and San Francisco State University, sought to better understand how universities planned to make sure all students would have access to online learning …

Always worried about the potential for embarrassing background noises at home during video meetings? Microsoft is working on an update that could save you from future videoconferencing faux pas. The company’s Microsoft 365 roadmap lists as in development “AI-based real-time …

edX is proud to announce that Google has joined the edX community of members with the addition of its Power Searching with Google XSeries Certificate. edX is committed to democratizing education and making it easier to gain key 21st century …

Three weekly lectures will address best practices for online learning, how to prevent video game addiction and set screen-time boundaries.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-offers-parenting-tips-about-online-learning-and-gaming…

Stimulating classroom participation is already a challenge in person, but it is even harder in an online course. The video conferencing platforms create additional obstacles as it becomes harder to plan when to speak, or to guess how our message …

This document describes my attempt to create a home video studio to more closely approximate the on-campus experience, and provides recommendations for a minimally-sufficient studio.

https://seanwillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Willems_DesigningHomeStudio_Final.pdf

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Moodle has reported that there are over 165,000 learning websites around the world built using its open-source software. The platform was launched 18 years ago.

https://iblnews.org/moodle-reports-165000-using-its-software-and-announces-improvement-in-usability/…