Dear Chapman University faculty, Educational Technology Services will be hosting “How to Organize Your Canvas Course Series.” Chapman University instructional designers will share their best practices on engaging your students through Canvas, and show you how to use the tools in Canvas to simplify your communication. Please click on the links below to find out
Faculty and staff can join the Educational Technology Services team for instructional technology support via Zoom Monday-Friday. If you click the following link you will enter a Zoom waiting room for support: http://bit.ly/virtualtechhub 9:30 am to 11:30 am & 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Drop-in support is for instructors and staff with questions about Canvas
Dear Chapman University faculty, Canvas offers limited storage space in each course. Typically it’s either 1 or 2 gigabytes. To ensure you won’t run out of space, we recommend using external file-sharing tools such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and Office 365. If you want to upload documents to Canvas directly, consider converting them to PDF.
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
Dear Chapman University faculty, Proctorio is a remote proctoring tool integrated into Canvas quizzes that helps maintain online exams’ academic integrity. It allows instructors to choose settings that manage how an exam is proctored. Proctorio offers an array of settings. However, it is up to you to select your preferred settings depending on your course
Dear Chapman University faculty, If you are using Turnitin to grade and add comments on your students’ assignment submissions in Canvas, there are a few specific steps you need to take to ensure those comments and final assignment grades are available to students. We have created a page in our Canvas Support Knowledgebase Course to
Dear Chapman University faculty, As you continue to teach remotely, you may need to optimize your Canvas account’s storage space to share large files with your students. Your Canvas course storage is limited, so if you upload too many large files, you may run out of space. In this blog, we will review some of
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
What is CanvasCon? It’s a FREE global conference for educators, edtech experts, Canvas lovers, and Canvas lurkers. And for the health and safety of all attendees, it’s virtual. Join in for professional development, idea-sharing, and skill-building. The event will be hosted live on October 15th at 10 a.m. in Sydney, London, and Salt Lake City. (Visit
Dear Chapman University faculty, As the new semester starts, I would like to share some tips with you to help you start your classes online. You can click on each link below to receive more information. On behalf of the Educational Technology Services Team, I wish you an excellent start to the fall semester and