Using Loom to Demonstrate Statistical Analyses in the Online Classroom

Danielle Henderson

PUB-550, Application and Interpretation of Public Health Data, is a course in the Master of Public Health curriculum in which students learn to conduct descriptive and inferential statistical in Excel and SPSS. Statistics is a difficult subject for students to learn online, but studies have shown implementing short video lectures in the online platform can enhance student learning and improve course success. The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the implementation of instructional videos created through Loom in PUB-550, a course with high withdrawal and fail rates. Short (4 minutes or less) videos were developed, and the links were provided to students in the Discussion Question Forum. The videos were placed in the topic resources in the course revision process, therefore all students who take the course can benefit from this resource to help with mastery of objectives.  Students have commented on the usefulness of the videos in EOCS.

Halo Meets Canva

Megan Neel

With GCU’s recent transition to Halo, faculty are presented with a new challenge and a new opportunity—to reset and refresh. Using Canva’s abundance of templates and personalization capabilities, updating supplemental materials for Halo can be streamlined without reducing support for student success. This presentation provides a variety of examples for practical applications of Canva that can be easily and quickly implemented to create an elevated and refreshed digital classroom environment.