From FlipGrid to ScreenToGif to ‘ungrading’, three Innovation Fellows presented their ideas of creative teaching methods through exploring new technologies at the second meeting of the Instructional Innovation Fellowship.

At the fellowship’s second meeting, Colleen Chase presented on how she uses FlipGrid for student engagement, Torrey Trust shared her ideas on ungrading and self-reflection, and Susan Boyer demonstrated strategies for using ScreenToGif to create ‘How to’ videos for her students..

Before the presentations started, participants completed a warm-up activity on Jamboard to share what they were doing to engage students in the Fall 2022 semester). The ideas in the board highlight a combination of creating connections between student and teacher, interactions between students, and promoting creativity in problem solving! Now, here are other ways instructors are using technology to engage students: