Mom, wife, Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching Contact for Upper Canada DSB, and a forever learner. The journey is more fun than the destination!
Ontario, Canada
Joined October 2014
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Connie Boros retweeted
Congratulations to #UCDSB TELT-Contact, Connie Boros for winning the @theoelc “Supporting Boards and Students in eLearning” Award.
Connie was honoured this evening on the eve of #BOLTT2223 and is incredibly well deserving of this recognition!
@CBFlower1965 @UCDSBDistanceED
Connie Boros retweeted
Exciting news! TVO Mathify has expanded to support Grade 12 students! Now serving Grades 4-12 with free 1:1 online math tutoring.
Tutors will be back online on September 19 at 9 am ET and will be available 7 days a week!
Students can register at tvomathify.com
ALT Illustration of a student working on their computer at a desk, with a checked check box beside two sentences reading: “Grade 12 tutoring added! Now services Grades 4-12.” And “Tutors now available 7 days a week!”
Connie Boros retweeted
A quick tutorial video on how to use the NEW Search in #MicrosoftTeams 🔎 Search has gotten some very nice updates and enhancements that have recently rolled out 🚀
YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=PDWE1tRQ…
#edtech #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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Connie Boros retweeted
Online Teaching Tip of the day for @myNBCC instructors (and others): Manually enter student grades in your @D2L #Brightspace gradebook by using the spreadsheet view, by learner, and/or by grade items or categories. More info here: youtube.com/watch?v=hThRRADR…
Connie Boros retweeted
UPDATED! The Periodic Table of Learning Tools 📖
With today's announcements, I had to update the chart to expand our inclusive tools 💯
Get your copy 👉 aka.ms/PeriodicTableLearning…
#edtech #accessibility #dyslexia #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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Connie Boros retweeted
NEW! A quick tip video 📽 on the just-launched feature that lets you convert a Word document into a beautiful @PowerPoint presentation in a single click!
YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=p852pYyx…
#edtech #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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Connie Boros retweeted
✨ A positive from the past year - thank you @mtholfsen for sharing in such an effective way.
✨ This YouTube Channel is a one stop shop for @MicrosoftEDU CPD.
#MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
#TeamMIEEWales #TimMIEECymru
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my YouTube Channel!
I created the channel at the beginning of the pandemic to help educators & others learn #MicrosoftEDU knowledge faster & in bite size ways 🤏🌳 Stay tuned, lots more coming ⏩
📺 youtube.com/miketholfsen
#edtech #MIEExpert
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Connie Boros retweeted
This Micro Tip will show you how to sort in word - by letter, number or date. Easy to do, not many know how..
👉 vm.tiktok.com/ZMe1XHkqW/
#edtech #MIEExpert #elearning
Connie Boros retweeted
Microsoft Forms is a great way to easily create surveys and quizzes for your students. ✔
Did you know that your Forms quizzes can be auto-graded?
See @mtholfsen's 5 essential tips to auto-grading here: msft.it/6012pSYaC
#MondayMotivation #MIEExpert #RemoteLearning
Connie Boros retweeted
This Micro Tip will show you how to edit a PDF in Word 📝
If you like the TV show The Office, there’s bonus material just for you!
👉 vm.tiktok.com/ZMJoW9JjF/
#edtech #MIEExpert #engchat
Connie Boros retweeted
Learn how to Control Student Meeting Chat in #MicrosoftTeams online lessons BEFORE, DURING & AFTER meetings. Also covered are the current LIMITATIONS of this new feature⤵️
📺WATCH THIS 👉youtube.com/watch?v=MesKCWWV…
#MicrosoftEDU #edtech #remotelearning #MIEExpert
Connie Boros retweeted
NEW! The one-stop shop for @MicrosoftEdge on the #MicrosoftEDU Educator Center!
Quick tip videos, support, resource links and lots more 🌐
👉 aka.ms/EdgePP
#edtech #MIEExpert
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Connie Boros retweeted
Set up an activity feed to share announcements, assignments and allow comments from students. This tutorial shows how to add attachments or links to a post in Activity Feed in #Brightspace: ow.ly/Y6ep50CuvKx
Connie Boros retweeted
Take a photo of a math problem and solve it with the FREE MIcrosoft Math Solve app
👉 vm.tiktok.com/ZMJoW9JjF/
#edtech #MIEExpert #mathchat
Connie Boros retweeted
Customize question delivery adds structure to your quizzes and increases assessment integrity using the Quiz Builder. This tutorial shows how to create sections and question pools using Quiz Builder: ow.ly/N3fd50Dk5yk #Brightspace #D2L #VLE_EAV
Connie Boros retweeted
Online Teaching Tip of the day for @myNBCC instructors (and others): If you'd like your students to be able to review quiz attempts in @D2L #Brightspace, it's important to customize the submission views to what you want them to see. Info here: youtube.com/watch?v=BTOeIbGt…
Connie Boros retweeted
NEW! Disable Chat in a #MicrosoftTeams meeting 🚫 This top requested feature lets the meeting organizer disable/enable the chat in real-time, or before the meeting starts. Rolling out over the coming weeks 🎉
YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=gi42zGev…
#Edtech #MIEExpert #edchat
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Connie Boros retweeted
How to use Dictation (speech-to-text) in Windows 10 🎙 It’s built right in and super easy to use!
This Micro Tip video and lots more like it on TikTok 🎶
👉 vm.tiktok.com/ZMJErEFev/
#edtech #MIEExpert #accessibility #dyslexia
Connie Boros retweeted
Love Insights as an aid to monitoring pupils engagement but now we are all locked down those using @MicrosoftTeams on mobiles seem to be ghosts in the class, contributing but no purple line. @mtholfsen @grelad ? – at Grangemouth, Scotland
Want some data on your students' learning activities?
This is the strength of a new feature in Microsoft Teams, Insights.
Keep an eye on:
🟪 Digital activity
🟪Avg time for feedback
🟪 Communication activity
More on Teams: ditchthattextbook.com/micros… #DitchBook #MicrosoftEDU
