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Adding Videos in Canvas

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Last Modified: June 1, 2022 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, Announcements, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Multimedia, Social Presence, Student

Quick Tip: Using Fudge Points to Fix a Gradebook Bug

Posted: April 7, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

On occasion, a student may report that they submitted a quiz and received a grade, but their score isn't recorded in Grades. Luckily, this bug is easy to fix using these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Grades, Instructor, Quick Tips, Quizzes

Quick Tip: Edit your Canvas Profile

Posted: April 2, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Setting up your Canvas profile is one of the first things you should do before you teach on Canvas. You can add a short bio about yourself and upload a picture so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Instructor, Quick Tips, Student

TILT Your Assignment Prompts

Posted: March 31, 2020 | Last Modified: October 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

The TILT Framework consists of three levels. The first is Purpose, which consists of skills practiced and knowledge gained. These items should be relevant to students five years out and connect to the Learning Outcomes. The second component is tasks, which is what students should do and how. Finally, Criteria, which is what excellence looks like (include examples) and the criteria provided in advance so students can self-evaluate

Assignment directions can often prove difficult for students to follow in online learning. Students don’t always ask when they have questions, and they can’t just hang … [Read more...]

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Quick Tip: Personal Pronouns

Posted: March 31, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Canvas users can now set their personal pronouns in their profile. These pronouns will display after the user's name in several places such as the discussion board, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, EDI, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Social Presence, Student

Quick Tip: Finding Past Enrollments

Posted: March 30, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

When your course concludes, Canvas automatically moves it out of your Dashboard, but it's not gone forever. To locate courses from previous semesters: Click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Instructor, Quick Tips

Instructors: Assignments Using Turnitin

Posted: December 18, 2019 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Turnitin (Tii) is a “similarity check” tool that you can enable in Canvas assignments. Tii identifies text in student papers that matches against the text in websites, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Assessment, Canvas, Grades, Instructor, Turnitin, Written Assignments

Students: Assignments Using TurnItIn

Posted: December 2, 2019 | Last Modified: December 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

Your instructor may have enabled TurnItIn (Tii) on one or more of your assignments for a course. This application is used to help you understand more about your writing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Assessment, Canvas, Copyright, Student, Turnitin, Written Assignments

Quick Tip: Where’s My Feedback?

Posted: November 20, 2019 | Last Modified: October 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

As a student, you can see all your feedback from the Grades tab when viewing on a browser. The score will display automatically, but you will  need to click on the icons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Assessment, Canvas, Discussion, Feedback, Grades, Quick Tips, Student, Written Assignments

Canvas Student Tip: Canvas App. vs Browser

Posted: November 5, 2019 | Last Modified: April 21, 2020 1 Comment

Using Canvas Canvas offers two ways to access your courses – a mobile app or web browser. Accessing the Canvas website on a desktop or laptop with a compatible browser … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Quick Tips, Student

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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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