With the transition to Canvas, OLS has spruced up the old beginning-of-semester checklist! Remember that you can still merge your courses in Canvas like you did in Blackboard – for more information on that, check out our guide! 1. Update the Syllabus If your course content has been copied from a previous semester, don’t forget to update any course information!… Read more →
Accreditation and legal guidelines require that the College be able to verify that students who receive academic credit for a course that has an online component are, in fact, the same individuals who completed the coursework. Luckily, we have an easy way to accomplish this with WebAssign! Students’ access to a WebAssign course must occur through the Canvas course. This does not… Read more →
If you’ve been following my accessibility series, you know that descriptive links are a good way to make content accessible to students using screen readers or other assistive technology, and they make content look snazzier and cleaner to boot. Canvas opens the world of descriptive links up to more than just external website URLs, though: the system lets you create… Read more →
The Files tab in your Canvas course is an excellent tool that allows you to easily store files and assignments directly within the course. It also acts as a repository for all files linked to other areas of your Canvas course. For example, a PDF link to your syllabus under the Syllabus tab can also be found under the Files… Read more →
This article is intended to assist users accessing Chalk & Wire through a Canvas course. GETTING STARTED: The general process for using Chalk & Wire consists of two steps: Upload your work / add content to the assignment page, which you access through the link in your Canvas course. Submit it to your instructor. Please watch the following very short video, demonstrating the… Read more →
Why Merge Courses? The purpose is to simplify your life by merging section enrollments into a course so that content may be shared. Generally, but not always, all students in the merged course can see and participate in all of the same content. If you are uncertain about your end goal or desired results, ask us before submitting this request – we’re… Read more →
The process for setting up your Chalk & Wire assignment looks slightly different in Canvas, but is much simpler! First, browse to the place in Canvas where you would like your assignment to appear (whether in a module or the assignments page). The steps to set up a link are as follows: Add a new assignment as usual, making sure… Read more →
Post by: David Rice, Associate Professor of English and participant in the Learning Community on Online Teaching & Learning When the topic of online teaching comes up among faculty, inevitably some colleagues question the wisdom of delivering their content online. Though many teachers find the idea of online teaching intriguing or even inspiring, the question “why teach online” is a… Read more →
Post by: Jennifer Campbell, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education and participant in the Learning Community on Online Teaching & Learning “But how do I get a good grade?” Every instructor has been asked this question by a student, and to boil it down to a single word answer, hopefully we can agree upon, “expectations.” Students are asked to… Read more →
Post By: Daniel Nester, Associate Professor of English and participant in the Learning Community on Online Teaching & Learning Getting students to participate in class discussion remains an evergreen faculty concern. In the classroom, instructors might draw from any number of techniques, from working on the board or breaking up in groups to the classic open-ended Socratic question. Online learning presents… Read more →
