Canvas Release: Enhanced Gradebook Filters
Dear Chapman Community, If you’re searching for innovative ways to access and locate information in your Canvas course gradebook, Canvas’s recently upgraded gradebook filter functions could be of assistance. The upgraded filters are accessible in the Canvas gradebook and allow you to filter your gradebook by sections, modules, grading periods, assignment groups, status (late, missing,
How to create a YuJa playlist
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, It is now possible to create custom playlists using YuJa. Below please find instructions for creating and sharing a YuJa playlist. Creating your playlist Access YuJa by navigating to video.chapman.edu or by clicking on YuJa in the left-side navigation menu of a Canvas course. Click on Playlists in the menu
YuJa Updates
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, We hope that Fall 2023 is off to a great start! Recently, the Educational Technology Services team had the opportunity to ask our friends at YuJa about the new features that they think will be the most helpful for the Chapman community. Below please find the list of new features
Introducing: Strategies for Student Success
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, The Educational Technology Services team is excited to introduce our Fall 2023 workshop series: Strategies for Student Success. In alignment with Chapman’s new five-year strategic plan, our workshops for this academic year will focus on the student experience and how instructors can use Canvas and other educational technology tools to
Summer 2023 | Software Showcase for Staff
⛺ If you missed the Summer 2023 Software Showcase for Staff or if you want to rewatch any sessions, the videos are now available. 🥾 If you learned about something from the showcase that you would like to pursue further, please reach out to us. Email edutech@chapman.edu, and we will connect you with the right person
Get to know your classroom before the first day of class
Dear Chapman Instructors, We hope that this blog post finds you well and that you are enjoying these final days of summer. As the start of the fall term draws closer, Educational Technology Services wanted to share a few different ways that you can get oriented to the technology in your classroom and get classroom
Preparing for my Fall courses
It’s that time of year, when we all begin adding materials in Canvas for our Fall courses. However, before I jumped to do a course copy from a previous semester, I wanted to take some time to reflect on my course evaluations and consider if there were areas I need to change to improve my
The Virtual Tech Hub Is Here to Support You!
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, We hope this message finds you well and that Fall 2023 is off to a great start. Join us in the Virtual Tech Hub for drop-in educational technology support via Zoom! The Virtual Tech Hub for Fall begins on August 18th. Our hours are: Monday through Friday from 2:30pm to
Want to hold office hours virtually and by appointment?
Dear Chapman Instructors, Do you like to hold your office hours on Zoom? Would you like your students to be able to book virtual 1:1 meetings with you? We are excited to share that there is now an Appointments tab in Zoom inside your Canvas courses. With this new feature, you can easily set up
Canvas Video Guides Migrating from Vimeo to Canvas Studio by July 31, 2023
Canvas offers many video guides in order to help new and continuing instructors and students learn how to use Canvas. In the past, those videos were stored in Vimeo. By July 31, 2023, Canvas plans to migrate all the video guides from Vimeo to Canvas Studio. This migration will change the links you use to