Canvas
Canvas users – Hosting an online meeting with Big Blue Button (‘Conferences’)
BigBlueButton (BBB) is a synchronous web conferencing tool that is built in to Canvas. You can easily launch a web conference and invite your class from within your course site. Launching a BigBlueButton web conference from Canvas Make sure the … Continue reading
Canvas: customize course menu
last updated [Aside: In Canvas, all users see the Global Navigation Bar at the far-left of your screen. It has a red background at Rutgers. The tools on that bar are for functions across all your Canvas sites… think meta-Canvas? … Continue reading
Canvas: create a Page and add content
last updated Often we suggest creating a Canvas page in which to present resources for students with some context. The alternative is to create a simple list of all the resources from Modules, which is unwieldy if you need to … Continue reading
Canvas: add people to a Canvas site
Course sites are accessible to a certain group of people, in most cases. For a course site, one professor is given a “teacher” role and the students on the official class roster are given “student” roles. A couple of notes: … Continue reading
Alternatives to class meeting on campus
Occasionally, you or your students may be unable to make the trip into Camden. Here are some options you might consider: If campus is officially closed, you may not be permitted to hold a required alternative class. (Is this true? … Continue reading
Canvas: alternative to class mailing list
Important: You probably don’t need a mailing list! Most of our instructors will use the Announcements tool in Canvas to send messages to the entire class. This is a good solution most of the time: you can post a formatted … Continue reading