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...
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...
Overview of how to embed a video file from your Google Drive in your Canvas course. See also: How do I embed a video in a page in a course? Image Attribution: play-1073616_1280 by IO-Images is in the Public Domain, CC0
Representing graded components of your class properly in the Canvas learning management system is essential for sharing accurate grades with students and for ensuring transparency between your expectations and theirs. Guiding Questions Can students easily find the...
This course is a starting guide for anyone who might be new to Canvas, WWU, and the Bellingham community. Hosted by your friendly (Bellingham) neighborhood Canvas Admin, Chris Powell (ATUS), along with AJ Barse (ATUS instructional designer) and Deran Browne (ATUS...
Members of the Western community may select “Join this Course” to join this self-enroll Canvas course to view recordings, slides, and resources from recent professional development offerings related to teaching, learning, and technology strategies. This is the...
Members of the Western community may select “Join this Course” to join this self-enroll Canvas course for a collection of videos and help docs organized in an each-to-learn collection: WWU Canvas Orientation for Faculty In addition, WWU's students can enroll in this...
Good course design that is accessible creates a learning environment that is usable in an equitable way for all students, including students with disabilities. Explore the following considerations and resources to learn more about setting-up your course to address...
by Rebecca Borowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, WWU Group assignments offer one way for students to engage with course content and demonstrate their learning. Collaboration offers an opportunity to students to refine their ideas and receive...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to share a video that you have uploaded to your OneDrive via a link, both with individual people or with your Canvas course, and how to adjust the link in Canvas to make it...
View the following videos to learn how to set up online office hours via Canvas, Zoom, and Calendly. First, learn how to create and share online office hours for your classes using the Calendar feature in Canvas. See also: How to Setup Online Office Hours (ATUS...
Panopto is the primary media management tool for video at WWU. Panopto is an easy-to-use, centralized media/video management application that is integrated directly in Canvas to provide video recording, editing, uploads, streaming playback, automated video captioning,...
Explore the large collection of videos created by instructional designer, Kevin Dixey, and other ATUS staff. These videos may differ from what is shown in Panopto's documentation and better represent the WWU Panopto environment. Panopto is the primary media management...
When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...
When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...
Anyone can share their pronouns with online learning platforms such as Canvas and Zoom. This can help prevent instructors and other students from unintentionally misgendering one another, helping to create a more inclusive and welcoming online community. Explore...
At Western, class recordings fall in the category of course content that should be saved in a secure location for three months after final grade for the course is recorded and any academic grievances have been resolved. See: WWU Retention Schedule for Teaching &...
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of adding the Canvas (simple) chat menu item and using it in your class. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.
Have you ever wished you had the basic framework all set up for a Canvas course so you could just fill in your course content? Created by WesternOnline designers in Outreach and Continuing Education, these templates were created in an effort to provide an organized...
This recording of Planning for Flexible and Fantastic Courses by Justina Brown and Kevin Dixey was part of the 2021 WWU Summer Workshop Series. Session description: What do you do if your class suddenly needs to change modality this Fall? Kevin Dixey and Justina Brown...
The Beginning-of-Term Course Checklist is a starting point to ensure your Canvas course and teaching technologies are ready to go for student access at the start of a new term. Beginning-of-Term Course Checklist This comprehensive, customized list includes the...
Your academic Zoom Cloud recordings can now be automatically migrated to your account in Panopto. Once recordings are stored in Panopto, they can be shared, edited, and much more. In addition, you can easily connect to your Panopto recordings in Canvas. For instance,...