Tip! Important Canvas Updates
Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”…
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Tip! Using the Canvas Scheduler Feature for Student Appointments
Scheduler is a Calendar tool that creates appointment groups within a course or group. Students can sign up for a…
Tip! Invoke Turnitin after Submissions already Turned in
Have you ever developed suspicions that students might have plagiarized material for a particular paper after one or more submissions have already…
Tip! Ed Tech Equipment Available for Checkout
We’ve got a lot of equipment here in the center, and it’s all for faculty benefit. We have tried to…
Tip! Student Study Spaces and Resources
Plan ahead and reserve a study room for yourself or your group. Need a laptop? Borrow one for use while…
Tip! Request a Course Consultation with the Ed Tech Center
Request a consultation with ETC’s Design Team. We work side-by-side with faculty throughout the course development process to create an…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Availability
All Canvas assignments (including graded discussions and quizzes) have settings which determine their availability for interaction: availability when, and to…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Upload File Types
Canvas assignments (if they aren’t also discussions or quizzes) can act as “drop boxes” for content which originates outside of…
Tip! “LockDown” Browser for Chromebook
UPDATE AUG 2021: The Chromebook feature is now standard in Respondus Lockdown Browser and installation guidelines will redirect students to…
Tip! Closed Caption Assistance
Do you have an online lecture or video that needs closed captions? Complete the Closed Caption Cleanup Request Form and…
New Zoom Tutorials Available!
Check out our new Zoom How-to Guides now available. Learn how to delete old recordings, change your settings to prevent…
New Default Zoom Setting – Passwords to View Recordings
A new setting is now requiring special passwords for students to access Zoom recordings. You will need to provide the…
Zoom Meetings with Ed Tech
Ed Tech has set up a meeting room you can access at your convenience for questions and issues regarding moving…
Online Contingency Plan
Using Canvas During College Closures Instead of losing valuable class time to unexpected campus closings during emergencies or inclement weather,…
How to Use Zoom
With all the hubbub going on, we want you to be able to use Zoom. All employees have access to…
YuJa – Manage Your Media
If you haven’t heard, we have a new Media Management tool for Canvas that makes creating and using media in…
Changes in Canvas – October 2019
A couple of changes are happening to Canvas this weekend and we want you to be prepared. Very prepared. Just…
Adding People to Canvas Course
Hey everyone – We get a lot of questions about adding people to courses and YOU can do it, too!…
New Gradebook Features in Canvas
Hey everyone! If you missed all the gradebook drama over the summer, welp, you missed it. All bugs are fixed…
Professional Development Days Fall 2019
The schedule for Fall 2019 Professional Development Days (PDD) is now available! Check the calendar link often for any updates and room…