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Engaging Students and Building Community Through Announcements

Posted: May 9, 2025 | Last Modified: May 9, 2025

With the bulk of the course content prepared before the term begins, announcements are your best opportunity to personally coach students, to motivate them through the … [Read more...]

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

Saving Announcements as a Page in Canvas

Posted: May 22, 2023 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

As a policy, iDocs instructional designers do not copy announcements when we copy your courses from term to term. We've found that this often leads to confusion for the … [Read more...]

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

Quick Tip: Receive Notification When Someone Posts in a Discussion

Posted: March 4, 2021 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Receiving notifications when someone posts in a discussion is a two-step process, and you have some options. Step 1: Subscribe to the Discussion  First, tell Canvas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Notifications, Student

Reusing Old Announcements

Posted: December 21, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

One great way to build social presence is through announcements. An original announcement (one created in the course and not copied over from a previous course) has the … [Read more...]

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

Caption and Share Zoom Recordings

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

When hosting optional class meetings, it's helpful to share the recordings with students who were unable to attend. Zoom offer the ability to include live transcripts in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Multimedia, Social Presence

Adding Videos in Canvas

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Last Modified: November 5, 2024

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: Personal Pronouns

Posted: March 31, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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: Delaying (and “Undelaying”) Announcements

Posted: September 23, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

We've discovered a few things about how Canvas handles announcements that are vital in organizing your course and getting information to students in the way you mean to. … [Read more...]

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

Inserting Kaltura Videos into Canvas

Posted: May 13, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

RCE toolbar with an arrow pointing to the Kaltura icon.

Use this guide after installing Capture to your computer (Click here to read about how to install Capture) and creating your first video (Click here to read about how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Kaltura Capture, Multimedia, Social Presence

Using Kaltura Capture

Posted: April 29, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Use this guide after installing Capture to your computer. Click here to read about how to install Capture. Launching Capture Log into Canvas. Click Account on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Kaltura Capture, 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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