Category: Technology Guides and Trainings
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Bringing Your Canvas Course Forward into the New Term
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Creating a Canvas course from scratch is a lot of work. That is true whether you are teaching fully online or using your Canvas course to supplement in-person instruction. Thank goodness, then, that Canvas courses don’t have to be one-time use! When you teach a course with Canvas for the second (or third, or fourth…)…
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Dispelling Common Instructor Misconceptions about AI
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Staying updated on the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) can be challenging, especially with new information and advancements seemingly happening in rapid succession. As tools like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm, many educators have developed divergent (and strong!) views about these technologies. It can be easy to get swept up…
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10 Dos and Don’ts of Digital Accessibility
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While the digital age has made it easier than ever to create materials that meet accessibility standards, there are still some common pitfalls instructors should avoid. To help instructors create accessible materials, we have assembled our top ten “dos and don’ts” of digital accessibility, along with guides from Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Canvas for…
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Making Impactful Use of Canvas Analytics in Your Course
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Like many websites, Canvas collects data from users as they navigate their courses. Thankfully, unlike many websites, Canvas collects this data not for the purpose of selling it to advertisers but for the purpose of presenting it to instructors. Canvas presents collected student activity data in a course page titled “New Analytics,” which contains charts and…
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PlayPosit: Time-Saving Tips
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What is PlayPosit? And what can PlayPosit do for you? What is PlayPosit? PlayPosit is a video resource tool integrated with Canvas that allows instructors to create interactive videos. Using PlayPosit terminology, these videos are referred to as bulbs. Instructors can embed questions or other engagement check-points, called interactions, into recorded lecture videos, YouTube videos,…