Canvas Storage and Utilizing External Tools to Share Files
Dear Chapman University faculty, Canvas offers limited storage space in each course 1 gigabyte. To ensure you won’t run out of space, we recommend using external file-sharing tools such as Google Drive or Office 365. If you want to upload documents to Canvas directly, consider converting them to PDF. Converting files to PDF will help
Avoid Data Loss when Multiple Graders are in the Speedgrader in Canvas
Instructors, if you have graders assisting you with grading, please be sure to share the following information with them: All individuals performing grading in a course should be aware of how the SpeedGrader works. Please share directions on how to use the SpeedGrader from the Canvas Guides. When the SpeedGrader is launched, all assignment data
Using Canvas to Connect with Students
Over the last two months, Canvas has been bringing in instructors from all over to talk about how they use Canvas. These streaming videos do last about an hour, but they are WORTH IT. If I share a video from this series, it’s because I have watched it, found it useful, and think it is
Canvas Gradebook Troubleshooting
End of Semester: Grading Wrap-up Set up your course Grading Scheme if you did not do so at the start of the semester. Double-check to make sure that the grading scheme on your syllabus matches the grading scheme in Canvas. A standard Chapman University grading scheme is automatically enabled in your course site, so it
Web conferencing in Canvas using Zoom
Zoom is a popular web conferencing software that is already integrated with Canvas. As of 3/13/2020 we have an expanded license to Zoom for Chapman instructors. Please log in with your Chapman credentials via Single Sign On to activate your account at https://chapman.zoom.us Students do not need to have a Zoom account to attend meetings
Strategies for teaching a class using web conferencing
If you have never taught a class before using web conferencing, like Zoom, MS Teams, BigBlueButton, you might not know what that looks like. This training video will help you! I recently attended a webinar by Online Learning Consortium and they demonstrated the use of Zoom to hold a web conference. Afterward, they shared the
Four key actions to improve student learning
I recently did an informal review of three popular learning science texts (see references below). From these three books, I compared information to see what types of topics surfaced regarding important points for instructors to follow in order to support their students’ learning. I found that the four following points received extensive treatment by all
Accessible PDFs
Creating accessibility in PDFs can feel like a daunting task. We are fortunate, however, at Chapman University to have Acrobat Pro at our disposal for ensuring that PDFs are accessible. If you are a Chapman faculty member and you haven’t already taken advantage of this resource, you can contact the service desk, at servicedesk@chapman.edu, to
Using Google Drive in my courses
For quite some time I’ve used GoogleDrive to store my course materials. For me it is the easiest way to manage the many documents that I create during a semester, and the iterations of those documents as I update them each time I teach a class. To share these documents with my students I add
Building Inclusive Research
Below is a summary of the thoughts shared in a panel discussion at Chapman University as part of the DRAW (Discover Research and Arts Week), titled “Building Inclusive Research.” Panel participants were Arpita Lal, Erin Pullin, and Jana Remy. Arpita states: Diversity considerations are extremely important at each step of the research process. Intentionally blurring