Poll Your Way to Success:
Poll Everywhere is an interactive response system that can be used as a powerful reflection tool to help instructors support their students’ learning and success. By creating interactive polls, competitions, and surveys, instructors can help students reflect on their learning, identify areas for improvement, and engage in the learning process. Here are some examples of
Slow Teaching
In general, I am a fan of efficiency. For example, I grade with rubrics because of their clarity, I post all course materials on Canvas for easy accessibility, and I copy materials from one class to the next so I don’t need to re-build content each go-round. However, lately I’ve been thinking about the benefits
Taking Attendance Quick with Qwickly!
Dear Chapman Community, Qwickly Attendance is a convenient tool integrated into Canvas that allows instructors to quickly take attendance. With Qwickly Attendance, instructors can easily mark attendance for multiple classes at once, view attendance history, and set up automated attendance policies that can be reflected in the Canvas Gradebook. The tool streamlines the attendance-taking process,
What is Turnitin and How do I use it?
Dear Chapman Community, Turnitin is an originality-checking and plagiarism-prevention tool that can check your students’ writing for inappropriate copying. When students submit a paper that utilizes this tool it compares the text to the database of student work, websites, articles, etc. As of right now, Turnitin does not detect if a student is using ChatGPT.
What happened to Unsplash images in Canvas?
In December 2022, Canvas announced that Unsplash images would no longer be available within Canvas. If you already have Unsplash images in your course, those pictures will remain unchanged. However, you won’t be able to bring in new images. …all previous imagery will be protected and retained. According to Unsplash, any images previously embedded within
Using the AppleTV in your classroom
Nearly every classroom at Chapman has an AppleTV device available for sharing content into the classroom Audio-Visual (AV) system. To use the AppleTV you will need to first select the AppleTV as the input source on the AV Panel at the instructor station in the classroom. Though the panels vary across the rooms, you should
Remembering Pronouns
One of my favorite things to read on Fridays is an emailed newsletter called “Better Together.” Each week it offers five simple tips for a more inclusive work environment. This week’s newsletter offers tips for remembering pronouns. This is something I struggle with! I want to use someone’s correct pronouns, but sometimes my memory, brain,
Classroom Enhancements (and more) for Spring 2023
Today I want to share with you several changes to improve the classroom teaching and learning experience: First of all, we’ve made several additions to the Online Classroom Inventory (OCI) resource. You will find red buttons at the top of each entry that give you downloadable technology instructions and buttons that allow you to book
Getting ready for Spring 2023 | Ways to use Canvas in your course
Welcome your students Canvas offers many ways you can welcome your students. Here are just a few ideas: Send an announcement with your syllabus Create a welcome video Start a Canvas Discussion post and allow everyone to introduce themselves Use Flipgrid in Canvas for everyone to create their own icebreaker video Get to know your
What is ChatGPT? What can educators do about cheating?
Cheating in the classroom isn’t something new. Students use to think they were clever by replacing their water bottle labels with notes or using the back of their calculator covers to hide formulas. As technology grows, it opens more avenues for students to find ways to cheat. Instead of water bottles, students began to use