Often you may wish to copy course content to re-use in another Canvas site. For instance, a) if you are teaching the same course again in a subsequent semester; or b) if you have set up section 01 and want to duplicate it to section 02. Sometimes, you may wish to copy just a couple… continue reading
At the time of this writing, the Rutgers Canvas instance does not give you a simple way to view students’ email addresses. However, you can download a spreadsheet from the Registrar’s site that includes an email column: To send email to the entire group, open the spreadsheet, copy the column with email addresses, then paste… continue reading
Some instructors like to set up a Zoom meeting in Canvas that can be used throughout the semester for office hours or other students meetings, at any time. This should be a separate meeting from regularly-scheduled class meetings in Zoom, which are set up as a recurring meeting on specific dates, at specific times. [Note:… continue reading
If you are still web conferencing with students using BBB (aka Conferences tool in Canvas), you may wish to share your screen with students. This is useful if you with to demonstrate a live web site, for instance. IMPORTANT: if you want to share a PowerPoint slideshow or other documents, don’t screenshare! Simply 1) save… continue reading
If you use an iPad, recording lectures on it can give you some interesting options. This article will review: Set up your iPad Start and stop recording Uploading to Kaltura & sharing in Canvas
If you have narrated PowerPoint files you wish to share with students in Canvas, the best way to do that is to export the PP as a video (mp4), upload it to Kaltura, My Kaltura Media, and then share it with your students from your course Canvas site. It should work from Mac or PC.
