TLC Workshops for Faculty & Staff

Upcoming Workshops

Intro to Canvas

New to Canvas or need a refresher? Learn the basics of Canvas to run your course from a distance. We’ll cover:

• Canvas interface & navigation
• Course settings
• Creating course content and sharing files with students
• Creating assignments and managing grades

Click on a link to join a meeting at the specified time:

Monday 1/10 10am-11am
Thursday 1/13 2pm-3pm
Wednesday 1/19 2pm-3pm
Friday 1/21 10am-11am

 

Teaching with Zoom: Scheduling, Management, and Engagement

Zoom’s Canvas integration allows you to automatically invite your students to virtual sessions! We will cover the basics of Zoom meetings, including:

• Scheduling meetings
• Sharing audio and video
• Sharing PowerPoint presentations
• Sharing your screen
• Viewing attendance lists
• Using waiting rooms
• Putting students in breakout rooms
• Preventing interruptions like Zoombombing
• Recording and archiving meetings

Click on a link to join a meeting at the specified time:

Wednesday 1/12 10am-11am
Friday 1/14 10am-11am
Thursday 1/20 10am-11am
Friday 1/21 11am-12pm

Zoom for Office Hours and Recurring Meetings

Zoom enables you to schedule and conduct one-time or recurring meetings. Join us to learn about:

• Scheduling one-on-one meetings or group collaborations
• Using waiting rooms
• Sharing audio and video
• Sharing PowerPoint or other live screens
• Recording meetings and sharing

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Thursday 1/20 2pm-3pm

Canvas Quizzes & Exams

Wondering how you’re going to test your students online? We’ll give you the basics, including:

• Creating multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions
• Best practices for promoting academic integrity
• Using Respondus Monitor for remote proctoring

Click on a link to join a meeting at the specified time:

Thursday 1/13 10am-11am
Monday 1/24 12pm-1pm
Tuesday 2/1 2pm-3pm
Friday 2/11 10am-11am

Prerecording Lectures with Mediasite

This video hosting platform Mediasite fully integrates with Canvas. You can use Mediasite to upload videos to your course and make them available only to your course members. You can also use it to narrate PowerPoint presentations and save them as videos right within Canvas!

Click on a link to join a meeting at the specified time:

Tuesday 1/11 12pm-1pm
Monday 1/24 10am-11am
Wednesday 2/2 12pm-1pm

Hypothesis for Student Collaboration

Hypothesis is a collaborative annotation tool that integrates with Canvas. Hypothesis assignments enable students to engage with their texts, with faculty, and one with another.

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Friday 1/28 10am-11am

Ally for Accessibility in Canvas

The TLC is pleased to announce Ally, the latest integration with Canvas, which makes course content more accessible for students. Learn how Ally can check the accessibility of your course content and get tips on how to improve accessibility where needed. Students can also use the Ally integration to access course content in alternative formats, including audio and electronic braille.  

Click on a link provided to join a meeting at the scheduled time:

Tuesday 1/25 10am-11am
Thursday 2/3 10am-11am

Lightboards: Remote Live and Prerecording

Faculty can use lightboards to prerecord virtual lecture content or to deliver a remote live course. Write on a glass pane and the recorded video image is reversed for students! Use these to develop lecture material with straightforward writing or to annotate PowerPoints.

Thursday 2/3 12pm-1pm: Locations to be announced
Thursday 2/17 12pm-1pm: Locations to be announced
Thursday 4/7 12pm-1pm: Locations to be announced