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Adding Accessible Teaching Desks to Classrooms For Instructors

November 30, 2021 by | Technology

Many of our original classroom designs did not include lecterns or teaching tables that had accessibility as a foundational goal.  We are in the process of upgrading classrooms and adding motorized adjustable-height tables. In these rooms, keyboards and touch panels are now much more convenient for a majority of users to control and access. In

Teaching Untethered Step away from the podium

October 29, 2021 by | Faculty

Teaching untethered removes the physical barriers that separate instructors from the students. The connected classrooms are equipped with Apple TV. Instructors use airplay on the iPad to share their screen with the classroom projector.  We encourage instructors to interact with their students and step away from the podium. Instructors can walk around the classroom and

I updated my Mac and can’t share my screen in Zoom!

September 6, 2021 by | Faculty

If you have updated your Mac Operating System to macOS 10.14 Mojave or later, you need to authorize your computer to give permission to Zoom to use the computer’s microphone and camera, share the screen, or allow others to remotely control your desktop. This is due to increased security permissions in Mac Operating System. After

Visit the ETS Linktree

July 19, 2021 by | Faculty

What is Linktree? Linktree is a website that allows you to create a personalized and easily customizable webpage that houses all the important links you want to share with your audience. Why did ETS create a Linktree? We were looking for a simple way to put all our most important links in one place. At

Canvas Updates April 2021

April 6, 2021 by | Canvas

Assignments Webcam Submissions Summary In File Upload assignments, students can use their webcam to submit to an assignment. Change Benefit This change allows students to use their webcam to submit a file upload assignment from the browser and aligns behavior with the Canvas Student app. Affected User Roles & Behaviors Students For File Upload assignments,

Why I love using Hypothesis

April 5, 2021 by | Faculty

This blog post is authored by Dr. Shira Klein, faculty in the Department of History of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. “Hypothesis,” is a wonderful tool for making sure students have done the reading, or at least part of it. In disciplines where learning depends heavily on textual sources, ensuring that students

Teaching Tips Thursday: Wheel of Names

March 25, 2021 by | Canvas

What is the Wheel of Names? Wheel of names is a free online tool to randomize names or images. Access Go to the wheel of names website to access https://wheelofnames.com/ Ideas for Using Wheel of Names Student names Team names Subject matter You can copy special characters like smileys from other websites and paste them

Zoom default recording changes Effective March 26th 2021

March 15, 2021 by | Canvas

Effective March 26th, 2021, Chapman will be changing the default cloud recording to: Record active speaker with shared screen. This change will provide a better viewing experience in Canvas for Students. Students will see only two options, audio and video. The prior default settings made five different files (speaker view, shared screen, gallery view, shared

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