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Reusing Old Announcements

Posted: December 21, 2020 | Last Modified: October 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

Quick Tip: Ordering and Editing Captions and When to Use Video Summaries

Posted: November 5, 2020 | Last Modified: January 5, 2022 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, Kaltura, Kaltura Capture, Multimedia, Quick Tips, Social Presence

Caption and Share Zoom Recordings

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Last Modified: December 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

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: 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: 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

Inserting Kaltura Videos into Canvas

Posted: May 13, 2019 | Last Modified: June 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

Kaltura Capture Installation

Posted: April 29, 2019 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

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...]

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

Academic Integrity by Design

Posted: May 10, 2017 | Last Modified: August 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Announcements, Assessment, Grades, Instructor, Social Presence, Turnitin

Reflecting on the Course through an Online Protocol Discussion

Posted: April 24, 2017 | Last Modified: May 19, 2021 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Discussion, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Reflection, Social Presence

Ensuring Academic Honesty in the Online Classroom

Posted: December 1, 2016 | Last Modified: July 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Fundamentals, Instructor, Quizzes, Social Presence, Turnitin, Written Assignments

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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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