Are you teaching an online asynchronous course? Do you want to add a video-based humanizing element to your course? Have you been wanting to try Flip? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this post is for you! What is Flip? In case you haven’t heard of Flip (formerly Flipgrid), it is…Continue Reading Flip It, Flip It Good! Humanize with Flip
Hosting Zoom Recordings on Platforms We now have quite a collection of video tools that can host Zoom video content. These all involve a few steps but are pretty easy to accomplish. Which one you use may depend on a few factors: which tool you prefer, how you want to manage captions, and what you…Continue Reading Storing and Sharing Zoom Recordings Long-term
Do you record sessions in Zoom that you want to share with your class? Perhaps you are already sharing Zoom recordings, but you are curious if there’s a better or right way to do it, or you just want to know your options. You are in luck! This week’s post describes how to manage…Continue Reading Sharing Zoom Recordings with your Class
Have you ever wondered how to set accommodations for a student on a Canvas quiz? Good news! That’s what today’s post is about. Whether you’re using Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes in Canvas, you can use the Moderate option to give students extra time and/or extra attempts on a quiz. You’ll want to know how…Continue Reading Moderate to Accommodate: Setting Accommodations on a Canvas Quiz
Embedding content in Canvas can be an easy way to add more interactive and engaging elements in a course. What is embedding? How do you do it? What kinds of activities and interaction can be embedded in Canvas? Read on to learn more! What is Embedding? A Window to Another Website Embedding is a way…Continue Reading Incredible Embeddables to Expand Course Engagement!
So, uh, you may remember Hugo’s post from a couple weeks ago, Otter Streams Captions in Live Zoom Sessions. Nope, you’re not stuck in the movie Groundhog Day. Yup, you read the title of today’s post correctly. ZOOM NOW HAS INTEGRATED CAPTIONS! Sorry, I don’t mean to yell at you, but I’m just so excited for…Continue Reading ZOOM Streams Captions in Live Zoom Sessions
Need One-on-One Help? Try the Faculty Facilitators! The Faculty Facilitators are here to serve you again this semester and now the process is simpler! Contact the Faculty Facilitators at facfac@mtsac.edu with your questions. Seven Mt. SAC professor peers who are experienced in online teaching, course design, and Canvas will reach out to to help you solve…Continue Reading Faculty Facilitators & Online Teaching Technology Support
They did it! They really did it! This week’s blog post is going to be short and sweet, seeing that it is going out on the first day of the Spring 2021 semester and our audience is undoubtedly busy with many fun and exciting start-of-term things. And for this very reason, we considered not making…Continue Reading Otter Streams Captions in Live Zoom Sessions
How Can You Encourage Students to Use Help Resources? As you prepare your materials for spring term, consider how you incorporate student resources and what language you use to encourage help-seeking behavior with your students. Taking steps to support awareness of available student resources is especially useful in the remote teaching format. The FCLT’s surveys…Continue Reading Encouraging Help-Seeking Behavior
In today’s post, I will share time-saving tips, tools, and resources to help you organize and build student-friendly courses for the coming spring term, or any term for that matter. 1. Course Prep & Start-of-Term Checklist The Course Prep & Start-of-Term Checklist in our Canvas Faculty Center walks you through the basics of setting up your…Continue Reading Spring Forward: Four Time-Saving Tips for Spring Course Prep