Webinar: What Changes When You Design Programs with AI in Mind?
In an evolving higher education landscape, intentional design is key to ensuring technology serves our core mission—a commitment that deeply resonates with Canisius University’s dedication to cura personalis and rigorous academic excellence. On Wednesday, October 7 at...
Allow Students to See Full Classlist in Merged Courses
Merging multiple course sections into a single D2L course shell is one of the most effective ways for instructors to streamline course management, unify announcements, and simplify content delivery. However, by default, merged courses maintain section-based privacy...
Upcoming Webinar: Faculty adoption of video and AI: A conversation with edtech leaders
Panopto, the company behind the video content platform used here at Canisius University, is offering a webinar on the role AI now plays with Video in Higher Education on Wednesday, September 23rd, from 12:00PM to 1:00PM. The session will focus on: Where accessibility...
Midterms in D2L, Fall 2026
It’s nearing that time of the Semester again! It may be useful to review these features of D2L Quizzes and Dropboxes. D2L Quizzes provides a robust tool to grade quizzes easier and quicker. Some features can help prevent cheating to a degree,...
Copyleaks AI Text Detector Model Update
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Copyleaks will be updating their AI text detector model to help ensure accuracy with AI content detection. There should be no downtime. However, instructors should monitor their scans and be aware of variances with scan results and adjust...
Center for Online Learning and Innovation Expansion!
The Office of Academic Affairs announced via email on August 18th, 2026th that we have received a grant from the President’s Innovation Fund to launch the evolution of the Center for Online Learning and Innovation (COLI) into the Center for Faculty Development and...
USDLA Free Workshop Webinars, Sept. 18th & 30th
The Unites States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is offering several workshop webinars this month. Friday Webinar Sep 18 - Reframing Bloom's for the Age of AI This webinar draws from the Reframing Bloom's for the Age of AI white paper and focuses on how AI can...
D2L Events & D2L Academy
D2L, our Learning Management System, offers training, workshops, and other events for anyone using D2L. Some of their free webinars include: Closing Content Gaps, Building Outcomes to "Explore ways to evaluate and improve existing course content, and learn how the...
Post-2026 Summer Faculty Development Survey
And that's a wrap for the 2026 Summer Faculty Development Week! A big thank you to all of our Session Leaders/Coordinators: General Sessions Julie Marzolf Dr. Maura Snyder Dr. Harold Fields Michael Yates Dr. Jonathan Rodgers Dr. Graham Stowe Adelina DiPalo Dr. Nathan...
What’s In My Classroom? & Classroom Training
Teaching in a new-to-you classroom? Or new to Canisius University in general? Check out the What’s in my Classroom? Wiki page, which has information on the different levels of technology, the classrooms in various buildings, how those classrooms work, and more....