Canvas: Making Your Canvas Class Self-Enroll

Canvas: Making Your Canvas Class Self-Enroll

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to change the settings in your Canvas class to make it so any people can join the course in the student roll. NOTE: This is not intended for CRN courses. See also: How do I drop a...

Canvas: Making Your Course Public

Canvas: Making Your Course Public

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to change the visibility settings to make your Canvas course available to people inside and outside of the Western system. This includes an overview of what people outside the system...

Canvas: Microsoft 365 Collaboration Option

Canvas: Microsoft 365 Collaboration Option

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to add collaborations to Canvas through the Office 365 Canvas app. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU. See also:...

Canvas: Module Basics

Canvas: Module Basics

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of the Modules feature in Canvas: How to add to and organize a module, edit module content, and add prerequisites and requirements to modules. See also: How do I add a module? How do I...

Canvas: Question Banks

Canvas: Question Banks

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to use the Question Bank feature in Canvas quizzes, which creates a randomized set of questions for a quiz, so the quiz uses a different combination of questions each time it is...

Canvas: Question Groups

Canvas: Question Groups

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to use the Question Group feature in Canvas quizzes, which determines which questions everybody gets, and which questions are taken at random from a pool of potential questions, so...

Canvas: Quiz Accommodations with Extra Time & Attempts

Canvas: Quiz Accommodations with Extra Time & Attempts

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to set up a Canvas quiz with extra time and attempts for those who require accommodations using the Quiz Moderation feature and "assign to" function in Canvas. For assistance...

Canvas: Quiz Basics

Canvas: Quiz Basics

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of the Quizzes feature in Canvas, including how to create a quiz, the types of quizzes you can create and questions you can ask, setting a time limit and an attempt limit, and other aspects...

Canvas: Quizzes with Automatic Scoring

Canvas: Quizzes with Automatic Scoring

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how Canvas quizzes (and surveys) can be utilized as the only automatically-graded assessments in Canvas. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.

Canvas: Rubric Basics

Canvas: Rubric Basics

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of using rubrics with assignments in Canvas for grading and feedback. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.

Canvas: Setting Up a Custom Home Page

Canvas: Setting Up a Custom Home Page

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to change what is displayed on the Home navigational item for your Canvas course from the default (the Activity Stream) to something else, such as the course Modules, or a custom Home...

Canvas: Show and Hide Classes

Canvas: Show and Hide Classes

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of what to do if a class is not showing on your dashboard: How to manage your dashboard to get rid of a class on your dashboard, or find a class that should be on your dashboard and is not....

Canvas: Submitting a Google Docs URL

Canvas: Submitting a Google Docs URL

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to submit an assignment from your Google Drive, using the URL instead of the Google Drive (LTI) tab, including how to change the permission settings to allow access to your document...

Canvas: Tour of the Gradebook

Canvas: Tour of the Gradebook

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview and key features of the Canvas Gradebook. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.

Canvas: Using the Redirect Tool (App)

Canvas: Using the Redirect Tool (App)

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of the Redirect Tool, which can be used to add a unique item to the course navigation of your Canvas course that redirects students to a link that might be used often in your class (e.g., a...

Canvas: Using the Undelete Function

Canvas: Using the Undelete Function

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to recover Canvas content you have deleted, perhaps by accident, that you would like to recover to your course. See also: How do I delete a file or folder as an instructor? For...

Classroom Media: “Do Not Disturb”

Classroom Media: “Do Not Disturb”

This video from WWU’s Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of what you need to know about the "Do not Disturb" setting in Teams which can prevent notifications during a recorded lecture or meeting. See also: Classroom Details (Lookup Classroom Technology...

Classroom Media: Audio Inputs and Outputs

Classroom Media: Audio Inputs and Outputs

This video from WWU’s Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of the audio input and output settings you need when teaching a class with both in-person and online students who may be connected via Teams or Zoom. See also: Classroom Details (Lookup Classroom...

Classroom Media: Document Camera

Classroom Media: Document Camera

This video from WWU’s Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of what you need to know before using the document camera in a class when you will have both in-person and online students who may be connected via Teams or Zoom. See also: Classroom Details...

Classroom Media: Mic and Speaker Arrays

Classroom Media: Mic and Speaker Arrays

This video from WWU’s Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of what you need to know before using the Mic and Speaker Arrays that are installed in a number of the WWU's larger lecture halls.  See also: Classroom Details (Lookup Classroom Technology...

Classroom Media: Monitor Display Settings

Classroom Media: Monitor Display Settings

This video from WWU’s Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of the monitor settings you will be using when teaching a class that has both in-person and online students. See also: Classroom Details (Lookup Classroom Technology Details)

Classroom Media: Owl Meeting Camera

Classroom Media: Owl Meeting Camera

This video from WWU's Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of what you need to know before using the Owl Meeting Camera, available in many of WWU's general university classrooms. NOTE: Our Owl cameras are hard wired to the installed PC in the classrooms...

Classroom Media: Panasonic PTZ Camera

Classroom Media: Panasonic PTZ Camera

This video from WWU's Flexible Modality Toolkit provides a walkthrough of what you need to know before using the Panasonic PTZ Camera, available in many of WWU's general university classrooms. See also: Classroom Details (Lookup Classroom Technology Details)

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

The Institute for Global Engagement launched the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiative for the 2023-2024 academic year with information sessions and a program to award grants to its first cohort of Western faculty fellows. What is COIL? COIL,...

Connecting with Support Techs for Accommodations

Connecting with Support Techs for Accommodations

New online course formats may require the implementation of new accommodations by providing course recordings, captions, real-time remote transcription, among others. Students with disabilities can work with the Disability Access Center (DAC) to determine how Western...

Course Accessibility

Course Accessibility

Overview Making course content accessible for all students is clearly the right thing to do. We know this goes beyond making accommodations for students who need them. Everyone benefits when content is formatted using...

Creating a WordPress Site With WordPress for Your Class

Creating a WordPress Site With WordPress for Your Class

Interested in using WordPress to create your own class site, personal site, or portfolio site? Visit https://wp.wwu.edu to get started on creating your personalized website. Simply select which type of WordPress website you're interested in creating and enter your...