Cybersecurity at Canisius
At Canisius, Cybersecurity is more important now as ever. ITS would like to remind our community of the following: Is It Really Them? Every now and then we receive emails, or even text messages, that purport to be colleagues or ITS, asking us to communicate with them...
Celebration of Scholarship, 2024
We are happy to announce an update to the Celebration of Scholarship event! Save the date: Wednesday, April 17th from 4:30PM to 6:15PM. This event will be held in the Science Hall Atrium, after Ignatian Scholarship Day! If you are interested in having your scholarship...
The Canisius Wiki has been Updated
The Canisius University Wiki, a long-time host for policy and procedural documents, has moved! In general, users of the wiki should report any outdated information or broken links within the Wiki to helpdesk@canisius.edu. Additionally: If you own or maintain wiki...
Quick Tip #26: Create Filters in Excel
This quick tip is another Excel one. If the your data has headers, you can quickly turn those headers into filters. Even if your data does not have headers, you can quickly add them. Here's how: Select the entire row with your headers (typically the first row) Select...
Changes in the Wiki
The Canisius University Wiki, a long-time host for policy and procedural documents, is getting a new look and feel as it moves to the Atlassian Cloud Platform. This is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, and will bring some improvements, but also some...
Midterms in D2L
With midterms coming up, 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, like basic question...
Mission in Curriculum Spotlight: Dr. Shyam Sriram
The Mission in Curriculum website is happy to announce an addition to our case studies! Dr. Shyam Sriram, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, writes about the students from his Spring 2023 PSC338: Refugee Resettlement in the United States...
Quick Tip #25: Remove Duplicates in Excel
Microsoft Excel is an incredibly useful tool for collating and organizing data. However, there are times when duplicate information may make it into the data. Excel has a function that allows you to quickly detect and remove these duplicates. Take a look at the video...
Updated Theme for Qualtrics Surveys
The default theme in Canisius Qualtrics has been updated! The theme applied to all new surveys features a simple white background, with a single-color blue logo for the university. With mild gray highlights for question options, and our Canisius blue as the primary...
Online Faculty Development Course, Spring 2024
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...