Faculty Support

The Office of Educational Technology provides several resources to support your teaching, whether it's by pairing you with an instructional designer to help you create videos that enhance lessons, or by providing you with access to important software.


Below are a few of the Technologies and links to support pages to help instructors who are using or considering using technology in their teaching. Click below to find out more about these tools.


Brightspace

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Brightspace is the College's Learning Management System through which professors can post assignments, grades and other course related documents. It can also be used to conduct online classes and communicate with professors.

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PlayPosit for Instructors

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PlayPosit is a platform to create and share interactive video lessons.

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VoiceThread for Instructors

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VoiceThread is a new type of multimedia discussion board that allows instructors and students to share images, documents, PowerPoint presentations,PFDs, videos and audio files. Instructors and students can then participate in the discussion by leaving feedback/ comments using a microphone, webcam, text, phone and file uploads. Participants can also use VoiceThread's doodle tool to illustrate their point.

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SoftChalk for Instructors

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SoftChalk Cloud is a platform that makes it easy to create interactive websites to improve student teaching and learning. SoftChalk also allows you to host and share your websites (lessons)  

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Campus Cultural Centers

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The KHC uses the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of unbridled prejudice, racism and stereotyping.

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QPAC is an invaluable entertainment company in this region with a growing national reputation. The arts at QPAC continues to play a vital role in transforming lives and building stronger communities.

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QCC Art Gallery

The QCC Art Gallery of the City University of New York is a vital educational and cultural resource for Queensborough Community College, the Borough of Queens and the surrounding communities.