2025 Summer Faculty Development Week
Mark your calendars! The 2025 Summer Faculty Development Week is August 11th to the 15th! Here are some of the sessions for this upcoming FacDev Week: Teaching Integral Ecology across disciplines with Dr. Sue Margulis Navigating the Multilingual Classroom: Insights...
Summer OFDC Starting in July
The OFDC (Online Faculty Development Course) offered by COLI is for full-time and part-time faculty, whether new to D2L, or experienced with technology for teaching. This five-week mini-course prepares instructors to teach online and hybrid courses. The OFDC...
Fall 2025 Course Spaces Now Available
Fall 2025 course spaces are now available in D2L. For faculty looking to merge courses, please see the D2L: SIS Course Merge Wiki Page. Note that, while you may merge courses now, we recommend waiting until closer to the start of the semester, mid-July or early...
Spring 2025 End of Semester Checklist
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! Check out the Entering Final Grades at the End of Semester Wiki page for tutorials. If you...
D2L: 2018 and 2019 Course Spaces to be Deleted
The D2L Course Spaces associated with the following semesters will be deleted July 15th: Summer 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Summer 2019 Fall 2019 This is in line with our five-year retention policy. If needed, please Export a Backup of Your Course Content before July...
Copyleaks: AI Insights will be Called AI Phrases
On May 13th, Copyleaks will update the AI Insights report to AI Phrases. The functionality of this part of Copyleaks will not be changed whatsoever. However, it does help make it easier for viewers of the report understand what, exactly, is being measured (i.e., the...
Canisius to Transition from Zoom to Microsoft Teams
As part of the University’s efforts to streamline technology services and responsibly manage resources, Canisius will transition from Zoom to Microsoft Teams as its primary video conferencing platform, effective June 1, 2025. This strategic move leverages the...
Panopto for Video Discussions
Did you know that students can use Panopto for video discussion in D2L? This is also a great way for students to record and share video presentations as well. Here is how to set up a Panopto Assignment folder for video discussions: Create a Panopto Assignment Folder...
D2L: New Way to Merge Courses
A new way to Merge Courses will be coming to our D2L environment after Easter. This new way makes it easier on faculty and is much faster than the original tool, which required a fair bit of manual labor on the part of ITS and COLI. The new tool is far more automatic,...
Panopto Offering Training Webinars
Want to start using Panopto but cannot find the time to attend COLI's workshops? Check out their upcoming webinars below: Basic Training WebinarsOur Basic Training Webinar is perfect for new users and beginners who want to learn how to effectively use the Panopto...