{"id":2,"date":"2020-03-12T14:22:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/etownprofdev\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-06-01T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:09:01","slug":"teaching-technologies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/faculty-resources\/teaching-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Whether teaching in-person, online, or a blend of the two approaches, there are technologies that can meet specific needs for you and your students.<\/p>\n<h3>Canvas<\/h3>\n<p>Our learning management system is probably the most important of the educational technologies you will use.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the central focal point for materials and many of the online activities used in classes. You can get support and information from three courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas\/ct-p\/canvas\">Canvas guides provided by Instructure<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For 24\/7 Canvas support provided by Instructure Technical Support, log into Canvas and click the Help Icon at the bottom of the Navigation bar. There is a phone number and a link for live Chat specific to faculty (and for students, specific for student support).<\/li>\n<li>Contact <a href=\"mailto:birchs@etown.edu\">Sharon Birch<\/a> in the TLDS for support and consultation on anything related to Canvas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Teaching and Learning Design Studio will periodically offer workshops on particular aspects of using Canvas and a new &#8220;Canvas Basics for Faculty&#8221; course in Canvas will be available in summer 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Video Technologies<\/h3>\n<p>Vidgrid is our tool for both screencast recording and video streaming.\u00a0 Contact the ITS helpdesk for a recording account and contact the TLDS with any questions about best practices in video for teaching and learning. for those of you who are new to Vidgrid, <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/faculty-resources\/vidgrid\/\">we have a resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While everyone has probably had more than enough Zoom to last a lifetime, we do still keep an eye on what&#8217;s up in the Zoom world and any improvements to the platform.\u00a0 Contact the Teaching and Learning design Studio with any questions. If you happen to be new to Zoom, <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/faculty-resources\/teaching-technologies\/zoom\/\">we do have a resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Communication and sharing technologies for online teaching and working remotely<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>VPN<\/strong>: VPN or Virtual Private Network is a way for you to securely connect to networked campus resources even when you are off\u2010campus.\u00a0 Specific details can be found in the ITS Knowledgebase for how to connect to VPN from a Windows PC or a Mac computer. Everyone has access to VPN, but you will need to enable multiple-factor identification.<\/p>\n<p>Links to ITS resources for setting up VPN:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=vpn1\">Setting up VPN<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=multi_factor_authentication\">Enabling multiple-factor identification<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cisco Jabber<\/strong>: Jabber is a tool that allows you to use your cell phone as if it is your desk phone on campus. It also has a chat feature to instant message faculty and staff who use the tool.\u00a0 ITS must enable Jabber for your account. If you don\u2019t have a cell phone that can use the Jabber app, then you can still forward your office calls to another phone. This must be done while you are on campus from the Jabber program running on your<br \/>\noffice PC.<\/p>\n<p>Links to ITS resources for setting up Jabber:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=iphone_\u2010_install_jabber\">Set up Jabber<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=call_forwarding_using_jabber\">Call forwarding using Jabber<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoom<\/strong>: Zoom is web\u2010conference software that allows you to talk to others, share what is on your computer screen and\/or text chat. Everyone has access to a basic Zoom account, and hopefully everyone is fairly familiar with it by now as an excellent communication tool!\u00a0 See the <a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=zoom\">Zoom page in the ITS knowledgebase<\/a> for more specific information about Zoom accounts, and <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/faculty-resources\/teaching-technologies\/zoom\/\">check out the Zoom page here in the Resources<\/a> section for more resources on using of Zoom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office365 OneDrive: <\/strong>OneDrive is an app that is part of Microsoft Office365 that allows users to save and access files in the cloud. The easiest way to login is to click the e\u2010mail button from the college homepage and then click the squares in the upper left of the screen to access all of the Office365 apps. <a href=\"http:\/\/helpdesk.etown.edu\/helpconsole2012\/KB\/default.aspx?pageid=onedrive\">More details about OneDrive can be found in the ITS Knowledgebase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether teaching in-person, online, or a blend of the two approaches, there are technologies that can meet specific needs for you and your students. 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