Panopto, D2L, and Canisius
Starting next semester, instructors will be able to use Panopto for their courses. Panopto is a video content management system (CMS) that will be available to you right inside of D2L, without any additional sign-ins on your part. This means that you can record or...
D2L Quiz to Text
Many faculty and staff have asked us for the ability to convert D2L Quizzes to Text. While D2L does not have this as a native function, COLI has come up with a quick program on how to do just that. You can view a brief video that will take you step-by-step on how to...
COLI’s End of Semester Checklist for Instructors
It's coming up to the end of the semester again. Here are some actions you should take by the week after grades are due: Enter your Final Grades through MyCanisius. Click here for a brief video tutorial.If you want students to see their Final Calculated Grade, click...
D2L Dropbox Troubleshooting For Students
The D2L Dropbox is a great way to allow students to submit work at any time of day and allow you, the instructor, to have an easy-to-access repository of their work that you can view, grade, and give feedback on. However, sometimes students have a difficult time...
Regular and Substantive Interaction Online
In a recent revision to the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the U.S. Department of Education has elaborated a requirement for instructed online courses offered by colleges and universities participating in Title IV funding. This includes regular and substantive...
Join Your Asynchronous Discussions
Many faculty use asynchronous or message-board discussions in their courses. These are usually in the D2L discussions space and toolset, but Hypothes.is discussions may qualify as asynchronous discussions, too. Either way, you can achieve a much greater presence and...
Better Feedback on Student Work
A chronic complaint among college faculty is that students do not read or act upon the feedback professors provide on student work. But properly conceived feedback to individual students can be as much or more important than anything you present in lecture or have...
Teaching Online: Updates Workshop
You may teach online courses but completed online teaching training years ago. It can be challenging to keep up with developments in online teaching. COLI offers a workshop, Online Teaching and Learning: Updates, where we cover new methods, tools, and other concerns...
Qualtrics: New Results/Reports Screen Coming
In December, survey and data-gathering tool Qualtrics will receive a new, improved screen for generating results visualizations and reports. For a few months, users will be able to choose the old Reports dashboard. or a new Results dashboard and toolset, before the...
D2L Fall/Winter Updates
Discussions: Simplified Accessibility & Visibility Management When: December Some of the options in D2L Discussion's Restriction Tab will have updated language and options moved to make it easier to manage restriction, visibility, and access to Discussion boards:...