{"id":21164,"date":"2018-06-26T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=21164"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:51","slug":"lightboard-illuminate-your-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2018\/lightboard-illuminate-your-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightboard \u2013 Illuminate your teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Lightboard \u2013 Illuminate your teaching\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-400x225.png\" alt=\"Shannon Butler writes on the Lightboard glass with fluorescent markers\" class=\"wp-image-43191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Shannon-Butler-using-Lightboard.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Mathew Schatkowsky, Instructional Designer, EDC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have a process or a sequence that you need to illustrate for your students? Lightboard might be the answer for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lightboard is a large&nbsp;sheet of glass powered by colourful LED lights.&nbsp;It can be used to create short, engaging videos that showcase the instructor drawing or annotating on the glass with fluorescent markers&nbsp;to help illustrate their message.&nbsp;The tool is especially useful for instructors who want to provide explanations of problems or case studies, review material, or annotate images, videos or physical objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-400x225.png\" alt=\"Pam Wolff writes on the Lightboard glass with fluorescent markers\" class=\"wp-image-43190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Pam-Wolff-using-Lightboard.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lightboard was originally designed by&nbsp;Professor Michael&nbsp;Peshkin&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Northwestern&nbsp;McCormick School of Engineering to support his&nbsp;electronics design course, which was offered both in&nbsp;online and blended learning environments.&nbsp;The tool helped him engage with viewers as he stood facing the camera while drawing sketches and equations.&nbsp;You can <a href=\"http:\/\/lightboard.info\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learn more about Peshkin and see some examples of a lightboard in action here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s Media Production Centre studio has one of the biggest and most brilliant Lightboards around and it is available to help you bring your class to life, whether you are teaching online, face-to-face or in a blended environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See how your colleagues are using Lightboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Instructor Robin Norris of the Department of English diagramming with intransitive verbs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"tscplayer_inline embeddedObject\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.screencast.com\/users\/PatGilbert\/folders\/edc\/media\/812645f2-c003-4218-a318-ecb48a0475b2\/embed\" name=\"tsc_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" align=\"aligncenter\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/cu_event\/illuminate-lightboard-basics-4\/\">Sign up for our introductory session to Lightboard on July 25.<\/a> Located&nbsp;in the Media Production Centre\u2019s studio in Southam Hall,&nbsp;participants will have an opportunity to&nbsp;create&nbsp;a 1-2 minute&nbsp;test video using the Lightboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elspeth McCulloch, Manager &#8211; eLearning, at 613 520 2600 ext. 8819, <a href=\"mailto:elspeth.mcculloch@carleton.ca\">elspeth.mcculloch@carleton.ca<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Runge-Faubert, Supervisor \u2013 Media Production Centre, at 613 520 2600 ext. 3817, <a href=\"mailto:lisa.rungefaubert@carleton.ca\">lisa.rungefaubert@carleton.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mathew Schatkowsky, Instructional Designer, EDC Do you have a process or a sequence that you need to illustrate for your students? 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