This month we have been busy integrating external tools into Canvas that faculty and students may find useful. Most notable is the integration with Turnitin. Currently there are two different ways to make an assignment a Turnitin assignment in Canvas. …
When showing a YouTube video in class, it is often helpful to have the video start playing from a specific point as soon as it loads. You can change this by adding the time onto the end of the URL. …
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Dressing up as a secret spy: fun. Pretending to work with the FBI: also fun. Actually dealing with the FBI: not fun. Halloween is just around the corner and everyone’s pretending to be someone they’re not, scammers and data thieves included. …
Using passwords is a common practice, and they should be used on every device that allows one. If you don’t have a secure password, it’s imperative that you start using one. People can easily access your personal files and data if you …
When we piloted Canvas about a year ago, one of the comments that surfaced repeatedly from students is that things were much easier to find in Canvas. In working with students throughout this semester, many have commented that they wish …
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What is PII? It stands for Personally Identifiable Information, and we all have an obligation to protect it. Generally, this information includes your name, address, phone number, birthdate, SSN, and credit card numbers. These can, in the hands of cybercriminals, …
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Making a form or survey for a class is a useful tool, and Microsoft Word lets you do that easily. Click on this link to learn how to do it.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the threat you need to be most aware of is phishing. Phishing is an attempt by criminals to get personal information from you through fake emails. They hope that you’ll “take the …
PDFs can often contain important or confidential information that should not be seen by everybody. To control who can download, view or edit your document, you must change the security settings. Click this link to learn how.
Do you teach two different sections of a course on different days of the week or do you have a student that needs an extension for an assignment? You can assign different due dates for sections of specific students using …
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Do you want to show a presentation to a class and PowerPoint is just showing presenter view? Well it’s a simple fix! Simply go to the ribbon and select SLIDESHOW and go to MONITORS. There, select the check box labeled …
One of the easy-to-use features of Canvas has been the check box to enable Turnitin Originality Checks on any online assignment in Canvas. But, that Turnitin API integration limits the features and functionality of the Turnitin tool. So, last week …
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Atomic Learning can give students and faculty in-depth, clear tutorials on a wide range of software and programs. To access Atomic Learning, you must first login on Etown‘s Atomic Learning page at http://www.atomiclearning.com/login/etown using your Jayweb username and password or …
As we continue to get used to Canvas and transition our workflows from the “Blackboard way of doing things” to Canvas, one of the biggest changes may be that content is organized differently in Canvas. In Blackboard, course content was …
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This post from the Chronicle of Higher Education and this post from Faculty Focus highlight some tips on how to organize and manage discussions. How do you manage online and face-to-face discussions? How do you assess them? Share your ideas …
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