Teaching with Carmen
You can use Carmen as an extension of your classroom teaching, the framework to support a fully online course, or something in between.
- Grade and Assess Student Learning. Carmen can be used to assess students and monitor their progress. Details...
- Manage Your Course. Carmen includes tools to manage your course, classlist, and student files. Details...
- Share Course Materials. Carmen makes it easy to post your course files in a centralized location. Details...
- Communicate with Your Class. Carmen provides a wide array of course communication tools for instructor and student use. Details...
- Create Assignments. Carmen provides web-based solutions for creating and collecting assignments. Details...
Carmen Posts from the Digital Union Blog
Subscribe to OCIO RSS FeedsA Quick Guide to Using Carmen Mobile
May 10, 2012
Carmen is a great way for students to access their course content. But did you know that it also offers a mobile web interface? With many students now accessing Carmen from their mobile devices, it may be time to take a refresher (or a first peek) at the Carmen mobile site. Currently the functionality is mostly ...Read more at the full article: A Quick Guide to Using Carmen Mobile
Getting Beyond “The Students Liked it”: Leveraging Carmen for Educational Scholarship
April 26, 2012
Did you know that Carmen has several features that could make it useful for conducting research in the classroom? This was the focus of the Innovate conference presentation, “Getting Beyond ‘The Students Liked It’: Leveraging Carmen for Educational Scholarship.” Instructors from the medical school discussed how they used less commonly known capabilities of Carmen to ...Read more at the full article: Getting Beyond “The Students Liked it”: Leveraging Carmen for Educational Scholarship
7 Things You Need to Know about Using Media in Carmen
April 26, 2012
So maybe you’re teaching a ballad course and would like to provide some songs for your students to study. Or maybe you would like to incorporate a Khan Academy explanation of a basic mathematical concept in your chemistry class. Or maybe you’re teaching a language course and would like to include audio clips or videos ...Read more at the full article: 7 Things You Need to Know about Using Media in Carmen
The Value of Small Discussion Groups in an Online Environment
April 13, 2012
My online Sociology courses are capped at 60 students. To make the discussion board forums a bit more manageable, I subdivide classes into three or four separate forums of 15-20 students each.
I have found that this has two main effects: it encourages a greater sense of community among students, and helps to discourage plagiarism.
Smaller groups ...Read more at the full article: The Value of Small Discussion Groups in an Online Environment
Carmen Calendar Import
March 8, 2012
The Calendar tool in Carmen received some significant updates during the December 2011 update. The way it looks changed, but also the way it interacts with other parts of the Carmen system. Other than some notices to you about our struggles to cope with the impact of these changes, we really haven’t said much about ...Read more at the full article: Carmen Calendar Import