While making even basic webcam video can be a scary process for some, personal video shows students that their instructor is an “active participant in the presentation of new material rather […]
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Explore Canvas Basics
As a faculty member it is a good idea to make yourself familiar with Canvas so you can know what tools are available to you as you build your courses. […]
Assess Student Learning in Canvas
It is recommended that Canvas be used for all assignments and grading for your courses. Consistent use of these tools across all courses will help students be as successful as […]
Create and Organize Your Content in Canvas
There are a lot of excellent tools in Canvas to help you engage your students both inside and outside your classroom. Creating and organizing your content is much easier when […]
Decisions Regarding Recording Zoom Sessions
Recordings of live Zoom sessions are sometimes used to allow students to watch a missed class session, to review an earlier session, or shared with a future class. Depending on […]
Plan Your Course Outcomes, Activities, and Student Workload
The first step in creating/recreating your course is to establish or revisit the learning outcomes of the course. Establish Learning Outcomes Writing measurable learning outcomes for your course, module/unit, and […]
Teach Online
Faculty in colleges and universities across the country often learn about teaching and classroom management informally through observing faculty whose classes they enjoyed taking as a student, discussions with colleagues, […]
Types of Teaching Presence
Teaching presence includes both the planning and forethought that go into building your course and what you do “in the moment” when interacting with your students. The parts of teaching […]
Support Active Learning
Keeping students actively engaged with you, the content, and each other promotes student success. When students are observing, doing, communicating, and reflecting, they are actively working with concepts and people. We […]
Foster Group Work and Participation
Group work is challenging for many students in a face-to-face class. When you add the extra layers of complication from technology and asynchronous communication, it is not surprising that some […]