Canvas Spring 2021 Training Schedule
The Canvas training schedule for spring is announced! Join us for any or all of the sessions. The January training sessions begin next week with ‘The Basics: Creating Your First Course in Canvas’ on the 19th and ‘Plagiarism Prevention – Using Turnitin with Canvas’ on the 20th. The ‘Blackboard-to-Canvas Course Imports’ training session is scheduled […]
Publish Canvas Courses and Term Dates
How do I give students access to my course? When a course remains unpublished, students do not have access. Faculty have the ability to publish and unpublish a course depending on when you want students to view it. When you want students to have access to your course, you must publish it. Publishing a course […]
Upcoming Canvas Training – November 2020
Nov 5, 12pm-2pm: Canvas Open Discussion for VCU Faculty Facilitator: Adam Kuntz, Canvas Consultant Registration: https://training.vcu.edu (keyword – Canvas) Zoom Join URL: https://instructure.zoom.us/j/9106416784 Two hours have been scheduled for this drop-in, online discussion event for VCU faculty. The session will be moderated by a Canvas consultant, and is a great opportunity for VCU instructors to […]
Respondus/StudyMate Training
Instructor Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus MonitorLockDown Browser and Respondus MonitorThis comprehensive training is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor proctoring with online exams. The training will cover:How to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to protect integrity and ensure student identityThe instructor and student perspective in each applicationHow […]
Online Course Spring Development Program
Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare your spring online courses! Provided by our instructional partners, VCU Online, is gearing up to assist faculty members who are preparing to teach spring online classes. VCU Online offers support with its instructional design expertise to help transfer courses to a virtual environment. For more information, contact Elaine Reeder […]
VoiceThread Workshops – October 2020
VoiceThread Basics 1: Upload, Comment, and Share October 6 at 1:00pm ET – Register Participants will learn how to upload media, comment and annotate on that media, and share it with others. This will be a slow paced, step-by-step, hands-on workshop. It is open to both VoiceThread license holders and free accounts. VoiceThread Basics 2: […]
Canvas Training for Faculty – The Basics: Creating Your First Course in Canvas
The Basics: Creating Your First Course in CanvasOct. 5, 12:00pm – 1:00pmFacilitator: Eric Harvey – Senior Manager, VCU Learning SystemsRegister: https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctduCqrjspEtHAyAmPMntIvtaNbEsP6l0Z Learn the first steps to getting your new Canvas course off the ground. Starting with an empty course shell, we’ll walk you through getting the VCU template imported into your new course and taking those […]
VoiceThread Workshops – Sept. 2020
VoiceThread Advanced Skills September 22 at 7:00 pm ET – Register In this workshop, participants will learn about more advanced VoiceThread features. We will demonstrate how to integrate Google Drive content via our Media Sources, how to change language displays, adjust playback settings, and more. Portions of the workshop will be hands-on. Humanize Your Online Course […]
Respondus Training
Instructor Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus MonitorLockDown Browser and Respondus MonitorThis comprehensive training is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor proctoring with online exams. The training will cover:How to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to protect integrity and ensure student identityThe instructor and student perspective in each applicationHow […]
Canvas Community Migration Incident Details (8/6/20)
Summary With the recent migration of the Canvas Community to a new platform, Instructure encountered three issues that impacted community members (highlighted below). Details On August 6th, the day of migration, we put the community into read-only mode for approximately 8 hours. People could access and search but not comment or participate. – At 10:14 […]