Record your lectures in Mediasite this semester! This step-by-step tutorial is your guide to opting in for Mediasite recording any (or all) courses on your schedule.
1.5-minute video by Ted Seidel
Continue ReadingFaculty Tutorials
These tutorials are for faculty members teaching distance education (online) in Texas A&M University's College of Engineering.
How to Add Word’s Accessibility Checker to your Quick Access Toolbar
Did you know Microsoft Word has its own internal accessibility checker? See in this tutorial how to add Word’s Accessibility Checker to your Quick Access Toolbar so it’s always available.
This can help you check your documents for accessibility issues more frequently, thus making your documents more accessible.
Continue ReadingIntro to Accessibility: The What, Why, and How of Accessibility
Welcome to the Intro to Accessibility tutorial!
We will discuss the what, why, and how of accessibility: what it is, why it’s important, and how we do it.
Continue ReadingBulk Edit Assignment Dates
Learn how to bulk edit the dates in your Canvas course instead of manually changing each and every date. Then, simply verify and edit when needed.
Continue ReadingGetting Ready to Record at Home
This tutorial includes everything you need for getting ready to record at home.
We will discuss sound and visual quality, thus improving your students’ learning experience. Lastly, we’ll discuss scripting and rehearsing, recording in PowerPoint, and submitting your content.
Continue ReadingExamity Setup in Canvas
The following page includes instructions and additional information about setting up Examity in Canvas for practice and real quizzes and exams.
Continue ReadingPossible Time Issues in Canvas Quizzes
Canvas availability windows work differently than those in eCampus. Instead of the time window being a start window, in Canvas, the time window is absolute and overrides all other settings.
To illustrate this, we’ll go over two examples.
Continue ReadingUsing Categories in New Quizzes
Canvas offers a variety of tools to support creative teaching practices in online and face-to-face courses. New Quizzes is no exception, offering four novel question types, Hotspot, Ordering, Stimulus, and Categorization, to move assessment beyond multiple choice questions.
Categorization questions are a great way to engage students with the material and creatively measure their understanding.
Continue ReadingImport Content into Your Canvas Course
Importing your previous semester’s section in Canvas to your new section makes it easy to start your semester.
This tutorial will help walk you through a simple set of steps to transfer content from one Canvas course to another.
Continue ReadingClean Up Your Canvas Dashboard
Have trouble finding your current courses? Want a faster way to get to the courses you need most?
You can clean up your Canvas Dashboard in 3 easy steps and save yourself time every time you log in.
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