Tag: Technology Tutorial

New in Canvas: Multiple Due Date Discussions with Checkpoints

November 13, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider

Update (November 19, 2024): Canvas has changed the timeline for Discussion Checkpoints. It will now be available beginning January 18, 2025. Learn how to use the new Discussion Checkpoints feature in Canvas to assign an initial post and required replies. When assigning discussion boards on Canvas, it’s common for faculty to assign an initial post […]

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New in Canvas: Releasing Modules and Pages to Students

October 2, 2024 by Cheri Madewell

Learn how to assign specific Canvas Modules or Pages to students in your Canvas course site. With the new Releasing Modules to Students feature available in Canvas, you can easily assign individual students and sections course material and assessments tailored just for them. Releasing Differentiated Content As a master’s student many years ago, I identified […]

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New in Canvas: Lucid Integrated with Canvas

September 4, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider

Learn how to use the new Lucid integration with Canvas for visual collaboration, brainstorming, and diagramming. LucidSpark and LucidChart are now integrated with Canvas. These tools allow you and your students to collaborate visually, brainstorm, and create visual documents such as concept maps, flowcharts, and wireframes. How to Use Lucid Integration with Canvas The new […]

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Panopto Features to Know About

August 28, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider

Learn about features of Panopto and how you can use them to create engaging instructional videos for your students. In the coming months, Ball State will be adopting Panopto as our video platform. As we all work together to learn Panopto, I wanted to share a few highlights of Panopto features that will help you […]

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Canvas Provides a Path to Student Engagement

May 8, 2024 by Dan Jones

Learn about Canvas Mastery Paths and how they can help you support student engagement in your courses. Supporting Student Engagement There are millions of educational tools and software to help you build engagement, but where to begin? I recently Googled “student engagement technology,” and the results were overwhelming. It would take considerable time to determine […]

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New in Canvas: Discussions Redesign

May 1, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider, Caleb Green

Update (May 13, 2024): The authors of this post presented a virtual workshop entitled Introducing the Canvas Discussions Redesign. You can watch a recording of that workshop here. Learn about the Canvas Discussions Redesign, which brings a new look and new features to Canvas Discussions and Announcements, beginning July 20, 2024. Canvas Discussions and Announcements […]

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Supplement Office Hours with Canvas Appointment Groups

March 13, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider

Supplement your office hours with in-person or virtual appointments that students can book straight through Canvas using Appointment Groups. Have you ever bemoaned the fact that students don’t come to your office hours? In this post, you’ll learn about a Canvas feature that can help you increase the amount of one-on-one time you get with […]

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Mediasite Videos: Recording and Embedding Made Easier

January 31, 2024 by Dan Jones

Updates to Mediasite make it easier to record videos, audio, and screencasts to provide media-rich content for your student and then embed the content Canvas. Two updates to Mediasite have provided an easier recording process and upgraded features in Canvas. The first update is Mediasite Capture, a browser-based recorder that will make recording videos, audio, […]

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Engage Your Learners’ Curiosity with a Course Podcast

December 6, 2023 by Cheri Madewell

Spark your students’ curiosity and sustain their interest in the course with a podcast made by you. Your students are probably listening to podcasts. A recent (2022) Pew Research Center survey found that two-thirds of Americans ages 18 to 29 listened to a podcast in the past 12 months. How might you tap into your […]

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How to Use ChatGPT as an Ideation Partner (for You and Your Students)

November 8, 2023 by Eva Grouling Snider

Learn how to use ChatGPT to help you (or your students) quickly and creatively generate and explore ideas. Most of the higher ed discourse about ChatGPT centers on its ability to produce human-readable text. However, much more fertile ground can be found in using ChatGPT as part of the learning process. For example, ChatGPT can […]

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