Do you want to use writing in your courses but don’t know where to start? Do you worry about how to grade papers fairly? Does the thought of a stack of ungraded essays wake you up in the middle of the night? I’m here for you! As the new Campus Writing Program Director for CITL,… Read more »
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What Do Our Students Think? A New CITL Initiative
Much of the work we do in the CITL mixes faculty members’ experiences and perspectives in the classroom with what we know about educational theory and research. Naturally, we look at teaching and learning from the perspectives most familiar to us. What we too often leave out, though, is the student perspective, and we are… Read more »
Beyond Course Content: Classroom Climate
At this point in my PhD, I am at the Beyoncé-level on the college learner greatness scale. I am a note-taking master, I am an exceptional close reader, and I have superior analytical skills (#humble). Certainly, I thought that all of my learner abilities would make me a great college instructor. Then, I started teaching…… Read more »
So Many Google Accounts… How Do I Manage Them All?!
In the biggest news since the Canvas adoption, Indiana University has joined the ranks of Google Apps for Education (GAFE) and is now able to leverage collaboration features like never before… and all in one product! Which reminds me, be on the lookout for our upcoming post about why Google GroupSpaces are such a great… Read more »
I just wanted to move it in Canvas, but deleted it instead! Help!
Have you ever accidentally deleted a file or an assignment instead of renaming or moving it? Did you know there is a “hidden” undo feature in the Canvas environment? If you have mistakenly deleted a file, page, rubric, announcement, etc. (even if a few days have past) go to your Canvas course home page the… Read more »
Students, Can You Hear Me?
Do you make Canvas announcements, only to come to class and find out 70% of the class didn’t know you made one? Have you sent a Canvas message to a student and never heard back? It seems impossible to find the one simple way to communicate with all the students in your class. Canvas can… Read more »