IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips
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
NEW – Teaching remotely during campus disruptions
Preparing a remote instruction plan IDT is committed to helping our Rutgers-Camden faculty prepare for any potential disruption to our spring schedule. Per President Barchi’s email on 3/9, faculty should prepare a remote-instruction plan by Wednesday, 3/18. For a list … Continue reading
Scheduling recordings of in-person class meetings with RUCams
last updated New feature! As of fall 2023, RUCams classroom recordings include a moveable, resizeable picture-in-picture frame of whatever you send to the room projector, from the podium PC, your laptop, iOS or Android device, document camera, etc. This will … Continue reading
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: using Speedgrader to grade assignments and provide feedback
If your students are submitting assignments online using Canvas, you can grade them and provide feedback right within Canvas using a tool called Speedgrader–no need to download files! To access Speedgrader Click on the Assignments tab in the lefthand menu … 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