We posted this Quick Tip back in August, but it’s particularly relevant now that absences are likely to increase due to the omicron variant. Would you like to provide students access to your recorded classes so that they can review course content or catch up if they had to miss your class? You can use… Read more »
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Quick Tip: Accessibility Checklist for Instructional Video
As we prepare for the coming semester, we are offered yet another opportunity to iterate on our instructional materials and approaches. Some instructors are creating new materials while others are modifying the pre-existing ones. We’d like to offer you a quick checklist along with some considerations for improving accessibility and providing alternate modalities from which… Read more »
Quick Tip: Moderate Your Canvas Quiz to Accommodate Students’ Needs
You may find that some of your students need additional time or attempts to take a Canvas quiz. Fortunately, you can use the built-in quiz moderation tools to handle these accommodations. On the Moderate Quiz page, you can manually unlock (and re-lock) a quiz for a specific student, allow more time to complete a timed… Read more »
Quick Tip: Picking Breakout Room Reporters
When you’re teaching online, you likely use Zoom breakout rooms to create engagement and get your students thinking more in-depth about a complex idea. Maybe you bop around in the breakout rooms, listening to great ideas and students chattering. However, when you return to the shared space and ask students to share what they discussed… Read more »
Quick Tip: Making Breakout Room Instructions Clear
We’ve all been there. You’re a participant in a webinar and just as the facilitator starts to give instructions for an activity your kid starts demanding more cookies, or your dog starts demanding more cookies, or you were in the kitchen getting more cookies. You missed the instructions and now people are headed to breakout… Read more »
Quick Tip: Prompting Participation
Almost two years into the pandemic, most of us are experts at being in a Zoom presentation. However, if you’re like me, maybe you still get caught off guard when you’re suddenly asked to participate. (What! I’m not ready to participate – I’m refilling my coffee!) Our students can similarly be caught off guard when… Read more »