IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips

Create Kaltura video from within Canvas (new recorder)

Kaltura allows faculty, students, and staff at Rutgers to create or upload videos to a streaming server, which makes sharing them easy for everyone. You could think of our Kaltura server as Rutgers’ own YouTube-like service. Before you record a lecture for your course, review our tips about video lecture types and optimal video length…. continue reading

Canvas: control student access to your Canvas course

Two important factors affect the availability to students of all Rutgers Canvas course sites. At Rutgers, all Canvas courses follow our official “term dates” for availability to students (we try to get them adjusted consistently for the earlier start dates for Law). Term dates run from the first day of classes to some time after… continue reading

Canvas: share a quiz with another instructor

If you create a Canvas quiz for your course, you might want to share it with another instructor to use in their Canvas course. The simplest way to do that is to 1) export the quiz from Canvas to your computer, then 2) email the export file to your colleague, and then 3) they can… continue reading

Creating a welcome and inclusive course– starting with the syllabus

In May 2018, Instructional Design & Technology collaborated with the Gender Studies department to create a workshop about designing welcoming and inclusive course syllabi. Why is this important? Research shows that students are more successful in courses where they feel a sense a rapport with a professor: specifically, when they believe the professor respects students,… continue reading

Collegial sharing & learning at the 5th annual Rutgers University–Camden eLearning Conference

The 5th annual Rutgers University–Camden Faculty eLearning conference took place on March 1, 2018. The conference featured presenters from Rutgers–Camden, Camden County College, Rowan College at Burlington County, Rowan College at Gloucester County, and Rowan University. Attendees joined from these institutions, as well as from Atlantic Cape Community College and Salem Community College. Each year,… continue reading

Digital Teaching Fellows

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications from all full-time Rutgers–Camden instructors for the 2018 Digital Teaching Fellowship, until April 16th. The program this year will focus on using digital tools to support best pedagogical practices in hybrid, online and traditional classroom-based teaching.  If you are interested in learning more or would… continue reading