In addition to consultations and professional development opportunities, CATL offers a limited menu of “concierge” services to help make instructors’ lives a little easier. How to request any of these support services can be found in the descriptions below.
Canvas “Spot-Checks”
A Teaching, Learning, and Technology Consultant or Instructional Designer will do a spot check of your course in Canvas. A few things we always check for include course organization, whether features are turned on or off, and basic accessibility features. If there’s something specific you’d like to get a closer look, such as the setup of discussion groups or grading breakdown, let us know. Request a once-over by emailing CATL@uwgb.edu.
Transparency Checks
Not sure if your instructions are clear? Looking for a better way to phrase something because students always seem to miss your meaning? Send CATL@uwgb.edu a copy (or direct link in Canvas) of your instructions, syllabus language, etc. and we’re happy to take a look for transparency, inclusive language, and student-centered language. Looking to work with someone to review an entire course? We encourage you to schedule a consultation.
A Sample Module
If you’ve recently completed Teaching with Technology Basecamp or worked through a course plan with an instructional designer, you might have 100 different ideas buzzing through your head. Following a consultation, let a Teaching, Learning, and Technology Consultant in the Center build a sample/template module (week or unit) for you. They’ll work through those 100+ ideas and build the module using best practices. While doing so, they’ll keep a running document of considerations and how-tos to either alter or replicate what they’ve set up for the rest of your course. This service is offered time-permitting and on a first-come first-served basis, so reach out early and often. Schedule a consultation to kick off work on your sample module.
Canvas Integrations
In order to best manage instructor and student data in Canvas, campus Canvas admins ask that instructors wishing to use an integration requiring administrator action complete a request for integrations for their courses. The request form is available here.
A list of available apps is available on this page. Other limitations (such as whether we have an institutional license) vary by product. External App approval is done by UW-System based upon publisher compliance with System policies. To request an integration not listed, please email DLE@uwgb.edu. Most requests take 30-60 days to complete.
Caption Generation
Videos posted in Kaltura My Media now automatically generate “machine captioning.” This is an important step in making course materials accessible, but it isn’t perfect. If you require full-accuracy captions to comply with an SAS request, please email DLE@uwgb.edu with a sharable link to each video requiring captions.
Text-to-Canvas Quiz Conversion
CATL has limited access to a tool for converting and importing “quizzes” (or exams) to Canvas. The tool converts a formatted text document (.txt, .rtf, or Word) into a Canvas ‘quiz.’ Details of the formatting required can be found in this document (downloadable PDF). When you’ve got your document, use this brief form (instructor login required) to submit a link to the intended course and your documents of 20 or more questions for CATL to convert and upload. Note that depending on the volume of requests, it may take some time for CATL to process your document. We will upload your exam directly into Canvas in the Quizzes area and the confirmation message that the exam is available will include information on how to finish applying settings and making the exam available to students.