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Category: Instructional Technology

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    Canvas Magic: Securing Exams
    September 17, 2025 by

    In this entry in the Canvas Magic Series, learn about three Canvas quiz features for securing exams and combating academic dishonesty. For some students, cheating has never been easier.  Artificial Intelligence (AI), online computation software, and the ability to “Chegg it” are only a few of the ways students may practice academic dishonesty.   While no […]

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  • Canvas Magic: Restoring Deleted Content
    August 20, 2025 by

    For the inaugural blog in my Canvas Magic series, I introduce faculty to simple ways to restore deleted Canvas content. Recently, I received a call from a stressed faculty member. She was reviewing her course’s content and accidentally deleted all its exams—the same exams she was planning to import into her next iteration of the […]

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  • Creating, Storing, and Sharing Your Videos with Panopto

    Creating, Storing, and Sharing Your Videos with Panopto 
    April 30, 2025 by

    As OneDrive storage is decreased, this blog advocates for creating, storing, and sharing course videos with Panopto. Beginning this summer, the University’s OneDrive storage will be significantly decreased. Specifically, storage quotas in existing student, faculty, and staff OneDrive accounts will gradually be reduced to 3GB. As quotas are reduced, Ball State faculty may consider moving […]

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  • How I Integrated Panopto into My Canvas Course 
    April 9, 2025 by

    To help instructors utilize Panopto in their own courses, this article details how I integrated Panopto into my online COMM 210 course this spring. What is Panopto?  Available to Ball State faculty and employees, Panopto is a video platform for creating, managing, and sharing video content.   If you are interested in using Panopto as a […]

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  • Recording Better Videos for Your Class
    March 19, 2025 by

    Learn tips and tricks from equipment to filming space for recording even better videos for your classes at home or in your office. As the Multimedia Design Specialist in the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, I use my video and design skills to help Ball State University faculty upgrade their class quality in several […]

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  • Three Ways to Monitor Attendance on Canvas 
    February 5, 2025 by

    Attendance policies are standard practice at Ball State. Whether individually created or departmentally assigned, most instructors keep track of their students’ absences. One way to monitor attendance is through Canvas’ Roll Call feature. Roll Call allows instructors to record attendance, while providing a grade based on the number of absences entered, but the tool does […]

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  • Teaching and Technology Summit 2025 
    January 22, 2025 by

    This blog is the first in our Summit series. Stay tuned next week to learn more about the virtual Ball State Provost Summit, February 6 and 7, 2025. Are you innovating with teaching and technology? Consider presenting at the fourth annual virtual 2025 Teaching and Technology Summit, hosted March 20 and 21 by the Division […]

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  • Poll Everywhere

    Leverage Poll Everywhere to Engage Your Students
    November 20, 2024 by

    Learn how to use Poll Everywhere for comprehension checks, exit tickets, student check-ins, readiness assessments, and more. Poll Everywhere is an effective student response system for fostering an interactive in-person classroom and for engaging with students asynchronously. Students can respond to your poll via a QR code, a unique link, or text message on their […]

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