Tip! Zoom Auto Captioning
Zoom now has automatic Live Transcription (closed captioning) available in English. Once enabled, this automatically adds text to the bottom of…
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Tip! Add Zoom to Outlook 365
Want to add an easy way to send Zoom invites via Outlook 365? You can add this ‘Add-In’ to your…
“Tip! What is Canvas Portfolium?
Portfolium is an academic portfolio allowing both students and faculty to showcase their education and work accomplishments and connect with…
Tip! Provide additional time or attempts for Canvas quizzes
If you have set a time limit on your quiz, you can grant access for extra time. If the student…
Tip! Stop Canvas messages from going to Junk or Clutter
First and foremost: Canvas does not have an email feature, but through “Notifications” process, Canvas can forward notices to the…
Tip! Under-appreciated Benefits of a Source Course
Every section in every term’s credit schedule gets a dedicated space in Canvas. Canvas itself calls these spaces “courses” —…
Analytics in YuJa and Canvas
Need to know who watched a video? Or your class grade average? Here are some features you may be missing…
Tip! Important Canvas Updates
Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”…
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…