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Reusing Old Announcements

December 21, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

When your instructional designer copies your course from term to term, they will bring over your welcome announcement from your old course.  If you would like to reuse … [Read more...]

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

Quick Tip: When to Use Captions vs. Video Summaries

November 5, 2020 by Katie Venit 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, Multimedia, Quick Tips, Social Presence

Caption Collaborate Ultra Recordings

October 1, 2020 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

When recordings from Collaborate Ultra meetings are shared with students in Canvas, they should be uploaded to Canvas and captioned to meet accessibility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Multimedia, Social Presence

Adding Videos in Canvas

October 1, 2020 by Katie Venit 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, Canvas, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Kaltura, Multimedia, Social Presence, Student

Sharing Files with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

May 4, 2020 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Instructor Presence, Multimedia, Social Presence

Quick Tip: Personal Pronouns

March 31, 2020 by Katie Venit 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

May 13, 2019 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

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

April 29, 2019 by Ashaun Adler 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

May 10, 2017 by Julia Lehman Caldwell 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

April 24, 2017 by Katie Venit 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

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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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