Canvas Spotlight on Instructors
In April 2022, we asked students to share examples of exemplary Canvas courses and tell us why they thought these courses made particularly good use of Canvas. Here is what our Chapman students said: Argyros School of Business and Economics Cristina Nistor | MKTG 408: New Product Development Professor Nistor’s Canvas Course is organized in
Lessons from Snowflakes
A few weeks ago my son (who lives far away in a snowy valley of northern Utah) texted me this picture: It’s a photo he’d taken of a partially-melted snowflake under a microscope. He told me that it was harder than he thought to capture the flakes under magnification, that all of the equipment
YOU + Canvas = Student Success
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
Welcome Message in Canvas
Welcome your students for the upcoming term prior to your first class. In Canvas, after you have published your course, you can post an announcement and/or have a course Homepage with a welcome message. In the Rich Content Editor, you can type the information and add a video for your welcome message. If you are
Teaching Untethered
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
Student Annotation in Canvas
Hypothes.is Instructors can make PDFs and web pages hosted in Canvas annotatable. Students can then annotate course readings collaboratively, sharing comments, and replying to each other’s comments. Instructors can also create annotation assignments using Hypothesis so that students submit their annotation “sets” for feedback and grading in Canvas. Hypothesis allows instructors to create small reading
Open Up to OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials that are created or managed by commercial publishers, but with open licenses. These resources are free for students and allow faculty to revise materials to fit individual courses specifications. Some benefits of using OER materials: They’re free! Easily accessible Flexible Can supplement existing materials Can be updated/changed anytime
Looking for ideas to further "humanize" your face-to-face class?
The 8 elements discussed below can either be created in Canvas or pulled in from elsewhere using an external tool or embed code. Email edutech@chapman.edu to find out how you can use Canvas to humanize your course.
Wondering how much work you should assign?
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
Visit the ETS Linktree
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