Spring 2025 Canvas Preparation Guide

Spring 2025 courses should be available in Canvas before end of day on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Copying an Existing Course? Start here. BEFORE a course copy: AFTER a course copy: Teaching a New Course? Start here. Consider using the CAS Canvas Template to make your course design more consistent…. Continue reading…

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Fall semester announcements

As we get ready to start another Fall semester, I’d like to take a minute to share with you some resources available to your instructors who teach online, as well as a few significant updates related to Canvas that occurred over the summer. Please share the following information with any… Continue reading…

Canvas and OneDrive Updates

Workshop: OneDrive in Canvas

There is a Microsoft OneDrive integration available in Canvas that does several things, including: This one hour session, offered in Teams, will cover the above topics as well as a few reminders about getting your Spring Canvas courses aligned with the Microsoft migration. Sign up here to attend Tuesday, Dec…. Continue reading…

Canvas and OneDrive Updates

Spring Canvas updates

Spring and Summer 2024 Canvas Courses Canvas shells for Spring 2024 courses are now available and Summer 2024 should be available soon! If you are listed as the instructor of record, you should be able to now access courses for Spring 2024 in Canvas. OneDrive Integration in Canvas There is a… Continue reading…

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Fall Semester canvas news

Happy Fall semester 2023! Below you will find several reminders and updates related to Canvas. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Start of Semester Checklist Canvas Template Do you have instructors who are developing new online courses, or instructors who would like to update existing courses?… Continue reading…

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Are You Ready To Teach M365 in Canvas?

Tags: Apologies in advance for the long post, but this is the big post providing an overview of some of the important things to know immediately about the Microsoft migration. Below I first address Fall courses, support available, a checklist for Fall courses, and then some notes/warnings of what to… Continue reading…

Microsoft 365 Tools: Sneak Peek!

Are you ready to start exploring some of the tools available to use in Microsoft 365? I’ve partnered with the Bryan School ITC to schedule a few one-hour sessions to demo some of the most popular tools in Microsoft 365. In these one-hour sessions, we will provide a brief preview of:… Continue reading…

AI in Higher Education

Addressing AI Tools in higher education

tags: In late November of 2022, an AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT became available online and immediately began making waves in both academic and private sectors. By February 2023, Chat GPT was pervasive in virtually all levels of education. Chat GPT is now one of many AI chatbots that are… Continue reading…

Office 365 Support Site

Though we still don’t have details about the Microsoft migration, I have started pulling together a resource site that faculty and staff can visit to learn more about the Microsoft Office 365 products. Please visit this link to view the site. Please understand that the information on the page could… Continue reading…

Instructional Support Drop-In Sessions

Drop-In Sessions The Academic Technology Specialists (aka ITCs) have partnered with the UTLC and ITS to test faculty interest in regularly scheduled drop-in hours. November drop-ins will be offered in Bryan 209 because it is a computer lab. For November, drop-ins will be offered on Mondays from 10am-noon and on… Continue reading…