PollEverywhere

iMedEd is happy to introduce another system that we are bringing into the School of Medicine line-up this summer: PollEverywhere. PollEverywhere is an audience response tool that enables you to interact with your learners by asking them questions that they can answer via text message, Twitter or a web browser. With this tool, there is no need for physical hardware, like a clicker device, and responses can be seen in real-time embedded directly into your Powerpoint presentation (no need to jump between your slides and another window!) as well as from a web browser.

We have recently purchased an institution-wide license for PollEverywhere to replace the LiveClassTech tool, which was used by Medical Education for several years but is reaching a product end-of-life. Contact us if you are interested in using PollEverywhere for your lectures, grand rounds or conferences.

For more information on the tool, visit: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Workshop: Taking a Tour of Canvas Features

This week, we wrapped up our Ilios + Canvas workshops that provided an overview of how our curriculum management system, Ilios, will integrate with our new learning management system, Canvas. In our next workshop series, we will be presenting a demonstration of the features of Canvas including Assignments, Discussion Boards, Quizzes and the Gradebook. These workshops will be offered on the following dates:

• Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Medical Education Building, Telemedicine Theater (Basement)
• Friday, June 26, 2015, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Medical Education Building, Colloquium Room 3070

RSVP for the workshops here: https://eee.uci.edu/signupsheet/canvasworkshop

Join us for a Webinar on June 18, 2015: Thinking Beyond Lecture capture: Green screening, White Board Videos, Khan Academy Style and Screen Flow

By Warren Wiechmann MD, Julie Youm PhD, Shannon Toohey MD of UCIrvine (Webinar hosted by UCSF)

UC Irvine has been expanding on its use of technology for video recording lectures for several years. We have expanded from general non-edited podcasts, to pre-recorded podcasts, to Screen Flow lectures, green screening and are now evaluating the use of Khan Academy and white board style videos for education. The objectives of this webinar discussion are as follows:

• To describe and discuss various means of lecture capture and pre-recorded lectures in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME)
• To describe specific examples and outcomes (benefits/challenges) of using these various techniques in UME and GME at UC Irvine
• To explain how to use these various techniques for teaching in UME and GME.

Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
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