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...]
Saving Announcements as a Page in Canvas
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...]
Reusing Old Announcements
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...]
Quick Tip: Using Free and Paid Captions on Videos
Captions are the text representation of the audio in a video. Captions are legally required for course material. Some learners are deaf or hard of hearing and require … [Read more...]
Caption and Share Zoom Recordings
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...]
Adding Videos in Canvas
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...]
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 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...]