by Mark Gallimore | Jan 4, 2021 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Innovation, Online Learning, Staff, Technology in Teaching & Learning
Here’s some links to core COLI resources helpful for faculty preparing for the January Term and Spring Semester, 2021: Winter Faculty Development Week – A week of fantastic webinars dedicated to helping faculty succeed in 2021. Canisius Faculty...
by Mark Gallimore | Dec 31, 2020 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Innovation, Online Learning, Staff, Technology in Teaching & Learning
You can have students discuss a digital text in marginalia! Social annotation apps like Hypothes.is and Perusall allow students to discuss PDF texts, websites, and even video asynchronously, by commenting on passages or points on a playtrack, and replying to each...
by Mark Gallimore | Dec 31, 2020 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Innovation, Staff, Technology in Teaching & Learning
If you issue an Incomplete for students in your class, so that they can complete coursework after the semester’s conclusion, you probably need to ensure that the student has access to your course content in D2L. D2L classes ordinarily close to students at the...
by Mark Gallimore | Dec 28, 2020 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Innovation, Online Learning, Staff, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
The last year has been admittedly extraordinary, but even prior to COVID-19 successful professionals needed to cultivate social skills for online interaction. Last August, COLI developed some guidelines for students interacting within courses, be it via asynchronous...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Dec 22, 2020 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Innovation, Online Learning, Staff, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
In D2L, you are able to give Special Access to Quizzes, Dropboxes, and other Course Materials. You have probably heard of this but maybe are not sure what it does or how to use it. Or maybe you just need a refresher. For those unaware of what Special Access is and...
by Mark Gallimore | Dec 21, 2020 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Staff, Technology in Teaching & Learning
A few updates concerning the Canisius College wiki: After March 1st, 2021, the gray lefthand sidebar will be minimized by default. Although still available, it will not automatically appear to users on desktop or laptop computers. While the sidebar appears to...