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 […]
Growing with Canvas – New Faculty Training Scheduled
New Canvas training sessions for faculty have been scheduled for October. These 1-hour sessions will cover topics about importing Blackboard course content into Canvas, creating and managing assignments and quizzes, student enrollments, section cross-listing (merging), and installing 3rd party tools to enhance your course content. The training schedule is located on our Canvas website, along with the registration link.
VoiceThread Workshops – July and August 2020
VoiceThread Basics 1: Upload, Comment, and ShareJuly 14 at 12:30pm 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: Groups […]
Canvas Exploration for VCU Faculty
Facilitator: Canvas Senior Trainer, Woody Roper When: 6/24/20 1pm-4pm , 6/25, 9am-12pm (same content offered twice) Sponsored by VCU Academic Technologies, this 3-hour online training session will provide VCU instructors with a detailed exploration of Canvas. The trainer will guide you through course navigation, file management, communications, grading, assignments, dashboards, and more. Learn how to […]
Teaching with Canvas at VCU Sessions Available!
Hosted by Academic Technologies, in partnership with the CTLE and ALTLab, this 1.5-hour online training session will demonstrate how to get started with Canvas. Instructors will learn how to use the basic features to get their course up and running in Canvas. Each session is the same, so select the one that best fits your […]