Category: Teaching & Learning Resources

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    End-of-Semester Canvas Survival Guide

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    To help instructors get through the end of the term, we’ve compiled a list of resources related to Canvas features that can help “put a bow” on your course.

  • PlayPosit Use Cases

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    PlayPosit has many potential applications for teaching, so it can be overwhelming to decide how you might use it in your own course. We’ve collected some use cases spanning a range of disciplines and course formats as a way to help you think about how other instructors are already using the tool, and then, by extension, how you might adopt it for your own…

  • PlayPosit Introduction and Overview

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    PlayPosit is a platform for building and viewing interactive video content. PlayPosit’s uses are broad and varied, but one thing they all have in common is that they can help increase the engagement and attentiveness of learners, particularly in asynchronous environments.

  • Using Zoom for Office Hours

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    Whether your course is held completely online, face-to-face, or somewhere in between, offering your students the opportunity to meet for office hours remotely rather than just in person is a great way to offer additional flexibility and help meet your students’ needs. With its robust Canvas integration, Zoom is a solid choice for virtual office hours.

  • Using Zoom for Facilitating Small Group Activities

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    Small group activities are a key part of face-to-face learning, but they are also particularly useful in virtual classroom learning environments. Many active learning activities like think-pair-share and collaborative document annotation work well in Zoom using a feature called breakout rooms.