Quick Tip: Captioning Your Kaltura Videos

POSTED: Feb. 02, 2023

Course accessibility is a time-sensitive activity.  Throughout the course's development, you can take small steps to make course materials accessible, so when a student needs accommodation, it is available. Captioning videos can even help students who do not have an accommodation, for instance, if they do not know how to spell a term, cannot have the volume on, or simply learn better by reading.

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Visualizing Math via Manipulatives Local teachers will get a much-needed assist with math instruction thanks to EHHS professors Karl Kosko, Joanne Caniglia, and Rick Ferdig, who have been awarded a nearly $15,000 grant by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation (MHJF) for their project, "Visualizing Math via Manipulatives." From March 2023 through February 2024, this grant will fund professional development for elementary school teachers in three different public school districts in Portage County. “Recent reports from the federal government show a decrease in math scores nationwide,” s...

Fierce rivalry between Kent State and Akron comes down to competition and an old wagon wheel.

It’s that time of year when the Kent State Golden Flashes and the Akron Zips basketball teams go head-to-head in a historic rivalry that is fueled by fierce competition, bragging rights and local folklore. The women's basketball team defeated the Zips 57-55 at James A. Rhodes Arena on Wednesday and soon it will be the men's turn.  The Flashes will play The School Down the Road on Feb. 3 for the Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge contest. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. at Akron’s James A. Rhodes Arena. The game will air on ESPNU.  For those who aren’t from these parts, le...

Students and staff working in DI Hub

The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership.  ...

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