Creative Ways to use Google Apps in your Online Course

Google Apps like Docs and Slides are so fun to use in online courses. I’ve kind of fallen in love with them this year.

The best way online teachers can collaborate asynchronously is to have a cloud-based, shared platform like Google Apps.

Being able to share documents that you continue to edit is the greatest strength of

25 Storyline Ideas to Gamify Your Course

Want to start gamifying your online course but you need a bit of inspiration?

Here are 25 fun ideas for creating a story or theme for your course.

The storyline in a gamified course works like this:

Screen Shot 2015-11-07 at 1.58.36 PMThe story or theme runs throughout the

10 Tricks for Stunning Photos in Your Online Course

Does your Moodle design include stunning photos? These 10 tricks will supercharge the photos you use and ramp up your learner engagement.

Photographs can be so powerful … capturing “real life” and focusing our attention on a single moment in time. One common mistake I see in courses is to think of the

5 Moodle Design Tools I Use Every Day

I thought it would be fun to create a list of the 5 Moodle design tools I use every day in my work. I know we all have our favourites, and I’m looking forward to reading yours in the comment section below!

Here they are, in no particular order …

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