Dear Chapman Instructors, We hope that you are well and that you are enjoying these last few weeks of summer. As you are finalizing your syllabi and preparing your Canvas courses for Fall 2021, you may be grappling with the difficult question of how much work is the right amount to expect your students to
For this week’s edition of Teaching Tips Thursdays, we explored five features of Canvas that can help instructors provide timely, consistent, specific, balanced, and actionable feedback. Feature #1: Quiz Question Feedback Research shows that providing frequent quizzes with timely feedback improves students’ understanding of concepts. Did you know that you can add feedback for answer
This blog post is authored by Dr. Melissa Rowland-Goldsmith, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Co-Director of the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning On March 11, 2020, I had to quickly pivot the direction of my research based molecular biology lab class so that the students would still
Courses MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters Summary LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters. Change Benefit This change allows users to use equations in more areas of Canvas and manage equations more efficiently. Affected
PAGES Bulk Page Delete Multiple pages can be deleted at one time in the Pages Index page. This change allows outdated content to be removed more quickly. Previously pages could only be deleted one at a time. Pages can be multi-selected by selecting a checkbox next to the pages. More details Individual Page Student View
Have you ever wondered how your students see their grades and the feedback you provide them in Canvas? In this workshop, we looked at grades and feedback from a student perspective: Here are the Canvas Guides for the topics that we covered. Please feel free to share these with your students! For students: How do
What is Tech Tuesday? Tech Tuesday is an opportunity to learn about different technologies available at Chapman University. Faculty and staff can join the conversation online via Zoom. When and Where? Tuesday’s at noon. Tech Tuesday Video Conference Link Topics Date Topic Presenter 11-17-20 How do I find the Virtual Tech Hub? Meet the support
The recording is now available for the “Exploring HyFlex Problems & Solutions” workshop that was held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. This workshop was organized by the Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Educational Technology Services, and explored how faculty can overcome course obstacles so that all students meet the learning objectives. Throughout
The recording is now available for “HyFlex Course Planning: Learn HyFlex Basics and Class Design Tools.” This workshop was organized by the Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and explored what the term “HyFlex” means, and introduced helpful worksheets that faculty can use for course planning (if you are interested in a copy of
Starting September 27th, 2020, Zoom will require that all meetings have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled. Zoom renamed “Passwords” to “Passcodes” to better align with its role of allowing people in a meeting For meetings that do not have either a Passcode or Waiting Room enabled by September 27th, Zoom will enable a