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...]
Quick Tip: Personal Pronouns
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...]
Inserting Kaltura Capture Videos into Canvas
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...]
Kaltura Capture Installation
What is it? Capture is the new video recording software that allows you to create screen and webcam recordings. You can use this software for presentations, video … [Read more...]
Academic Integrity by Design
The article “The New Cheating Economy,” published in The Chronicle of Higher Education (2016), tells the story of two Western Carolina University professors who set up a … [Read more...]
Reflecting on the Course through an Online Protocol Discussion
When they work, online discussions provide students with transformative experiences. They require students to think critically about a topic, delve deeply and explore … [Read more...]
Ensuring Academic Honesty in the Online Classroom
What is cheating? I'm sure we'd all agree that copying answers from someone else's exam is cheating. But what about discussing the options and then answering? Is that … [Read more...]
The Course Wrap Up
You’ve spent weeks teaching a course, and the final week is here. You figure your students are busy preparing for their final project or exam, and the last thing they … [Read more...]
Welcome them with a Note
Imagine you are taking an online course for the very first time. You get logged in and you enter the course, now what do you do? When you logged into this course for … [Read more...]
The Importance of Announcements
Announcements are a primary means of establishing instructor presence in a course. This is the place where you can bring in your teaching expertise--your personal … [Read more...]