Activity: Run a synchronous meeting in Zoom Know and practice using Zoom before bringing a class into a synchronous session DLS has created a brief guide with tips for using Zoom for synchronous sessions. Zoom offers… Read More »Run a synchronous meeting in Zoom
Activity: Set up asynchronous discussions Provide students a ‘read-reflect-respond-revise’ framework to engage in discussion boards For each assigned discussion board, frame the experience so that students: Read, watch, or listen to a content-driven resource Reflect individually… Read More »Set up asynchronous discussions
Activity: Facilitate group projects Collaborative projects have the potential for high impact learning. However, students can dread them when they are not carefully facilitated and supported. Use Canvas to set up groups and give students… Read More »Facilitate group projects
Activity: Create activities to support student processing and comprehension. Provide reading/viewing/listening guides for new course content Reading or viewing guides help students focus on the most important ideas and prompt connections between old and new… Read More »Create Activities That Support Student Processing and Comprehension
Activity: Create accessible online course content Every discipline uses different materials in the classroom. Whether texts, images, podcasts, or social media, all course materials must be accessible. Strong design also promotes more effective processing and… Read More »Creating Accessible Online Content
Activity: Create an assignment and a ‘home’ for it in Canvas Click on each question below for more details and links. What kind of assignments can I set up in Canvas? What is the difference… Read More »Create an assignment and a ‘home’ for it in Canvas
Activity: Create a rubric and attach it to an assignment in Canvas Learn how rubrics work in the Canvas platform: There are several ways to add a rubric to an assignment in Canvas: Add a… Read More »Create a rubric and attach it to an assignment in Canvas
Activity: Create a quiz in Canvas Click on each question below for more details and links. I tried to create a quiz in Canvas, but there were all these quiz types—surveys, quizzes, graded, ungraded. What… Read More »Create a quiz in Canvas
Activity: Explore your communication options using UMW-supported tools and determine the communication channels you will use in your course. See table below for links to guides. Canvas Communication Tools UMW-Supported Communication Tools Inbox UMW E-Mail… Read More »Communication Options
Activity: Create a ‘Getting Started’ or ‘Week 0’ module in Canvas to introduce your students to the course. Click on each step for more details and links. Step 1: Create a module in Canvas In… Read More »Create a ‘Week 0’ module