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Adding Answer Comments in Canvas Quizzes

March 2, 2021 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Adding Comments in Canvas Quizzes As you create questions in a Canvas quiz, you’ll notice three colored boxes at the very bottom of each question. The box on the left is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Assessment, Canvas, Feedback, Grades, Instructor, Quick Tips, Quizzes

Reusing Old Announcements

December 21, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

When your instructional designer copies your course from term to term, they will no longer bring over any announcements. If you would like to reuse announcements … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Announcements, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Social Presence

Providing Flexibility for Students, Especially During Disruptive Times

November 25, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Many students take online courses because they have obligations — work, family, health, military service — that impact their ability to attend courses on-campus. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design, Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Assessment, Canvas, EDI, Extra Credit, Instructor

Quick Tip: When to Use Captions vs. Video Summaries

November 5, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Captioning Captions are the text representation of the audio in a video. Captions are crucial for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing, but they can benefit all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Instructor, Multimedia, Quick Tips, Social Presence

Add a Subject Line to Discussion Posts in Canvas

October 8, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Subject lines in discussion posts help students scan the posts and find the ones that most interest them. Although Canvas doesn't have a built-in way to do this, it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Student

Caption Collaborate Ultra Recordings

October 1, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

When recordings from Collaborate Ultra meetings are shared with students in Canvas, they should be uploaded to Canvas and captioned to meet accessibility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Multimedia, Social Presence

Adding Videos in Canvas

October 1, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Students and instructors have a few options for how to record videos for their courses. Those options are below, but first let’s cover a few terms to get oriented to our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design, Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Multimedia, Social Presence, Student

Sharing Files with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

May 4, 2020 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

Collaborate Ultra allows groups to meet synchronously. Often, these meetings involve sharing files or sharing one’s screen. Whether the moderator shares the files … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Instructor Presence, Multimedia, Social Presence

Displaying Word Documents in Collaborate Ultra

May 1, 2020 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

You can share PowerPoint and image files in Collaborate Ultra. If you would like to show the people in your room a Word document, we recommend doing a screen share. To do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Instructor, Multimedia, Student

Design Considerations for Small Group Virtual Meetings

April 14, 2020 by Julia Lehman Caldwell Leave a Comment

Choose your Strategy How can students do a group project online? The default strategy is for students to meet at the same time using synchronous tools like Blackboard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Groups, Instructor Presence, Multimedia

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Through the partnerships we form with our instructors, we develop engaging and interactive online courses. Here you’ll find ideas on course design informed by the latest research and teaching strategies that build community and instructor presence. We’ll also we share our experiences with technology, with Canvas, and with administering our online educational programs.

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