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
Anonymous Instructor Annotations
If you have a grader or multiple instructors in a course, you may want to consider turning on anonymous instructor annotations in your assignment. When creating an assignment, you can enable anonymous instructor annotations in DocViewer supported submissions. When students view a submission with anonymous instructor annotations in DocViewer, comments do not display an instructor’s
Canvas Spotlight on Instructors
What do Chapman students want to see in a well-designed Canvas course? According to a recent survey, they want Canvas to be organized, assignments clearly communicated with due dates, and the course easy to navigate. These findings are in line with a recent Ohio University survey. In April 2023, we asked students to share examples
New Canvas Feature: Apply Score to Ungraded
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, There is a new feature in Canvas called “Apply Score to Ungraded” that makes it easier to enter grades in the Gradebook for past due and ungraded assignments. What does the “Apply Score to Ungraded” feature do? Have you ever had to go back through your Gradebook at the end
Anonymous Grading in Canvas
Have you ever found yourself unintentionally influenced while grading an assignment upon seeing a student’s name? It’s a common experience that many of us can relate to. Canvas has a new feature specifically designed to address this issue, allowing instructors to conceal student identities in Speedgrader, promoting fairness and impartiality within the classroom. By utilizing
YuJa Playlists
Now available from the My Media Navigation Bar, Content Creators (Faculty, Staff, and Students) can create custom playlists by adding and rearranging media content in any sequence they desire. Once a playlist has been created, it may then be directly linked or embedded for viewing on any desired website. Future updates will enhance the Playlist
Gain Valuable Insights on Teaching with Nearpod: A Professor’s Perspective
This blog post is authored by Dr. Samantha Dressel, Assistant Professor of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of English. I don’t think of myself as particularly a techy person, especially in my pedagogy, but over the last year, Nearpod has become one of my favorite teaching tools. It is simple to