by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Oct 14, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Staff, Students
October is Cybersecurity month! Canisius ITS would like to invite you to spend some time thinking about your online presence and how you can make it more secure. Is It Really Them? Every now and then we receive emails, or even text messages, that purport to be...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 29, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
Copyleaks can now be activated right in the D2L Dropbox– no more stand-alone assignment needed. In the D2L Dropbox Editor Screen, simply go to the Evaluation & Feedback section. From there, click on Add External Tool. It should automatically default to the...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 22, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Staff, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
In Teams, by default Members (i.e., anyone who is not an owner/did not create the Team) can create channels, add apps, create private channels, and more. We can restrict Members from modifying the Team by following the steps found below: In a Team, click on the three...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 19, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
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,...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 12, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Staff, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
Microsoft Teams can be used for office hours. However, unlike Zoom, we do not have a persistent default link we can send to students. Instead, we have a few different options to us: Create a recurring Teams link (and change some Meeting Settings for extra privacy)...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 12, 2025 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Staff, Students
Organizers of a Teams Web Meeting can disable Chat feature. This may be useful to have participants focus on the content of meeting (i.e., instruction, presentations, etc.) and help the organizer not get bogged down with having to check the Chat constantly. This also...
