Hypothes.is AI Literacy Course Pack

Hypothes.is AI Literacy Course Pack

Hypothes.is is providing a free AI Literacy Course Pack. This course pack provides four different AI generated PDF's for students to review across several topics, including the Space Race during the Cold War, the American Revolution, AI Regulation Policy, and a Python...

Microsoft Outlook: Email Templates

Microsoft Outlook: Email Templates

Do you use the same format when writing emails? Are there particular emails that you need to send but need to send individually and want to ensure that the same information is on each? In Outlook, we can create and manage Email Templates. This allows us to have...

2026 Summer Faculty Development Week Call for Session Leaders

2026 Summer Faculty Development Week Call for Session Leaders

The Center for Online Learning and Innovation and the Office of Academic Affairs are looking for session leaders for the upcoming 2026 Summer Faculty Development Week (SFDW)! This year, SFDW will be from August 10th to the 14th. Topics from previous semesters: AI...

Spring 2026 Final Exams

Spring 2026 Final Exams

Final exams are fast approaching! Here are some important dates: Reading Day this year is Friday, May 1st Final exams start May 4th and end on May 8th Grades are due May 13th by 9:00AM It may also be useful to review these features of D2L Quizzes and Dropboxes. ...

AI for Education Webinar, April 8th

AI for Education Webinar, April 8th

The AI for Education group is offering a webinar titled: The Future of AI in Schools: What's At Stake & the Choices That Matter on Wednesday, April 8th starting at 1:00 p.m. The webinar will help educators and education leaders move from a reactive stance...

Spring 2026 Final Exams

D2L Webinars

D2L is offering several upcoming webinars: AI Bright Ideas for Higher Education - Ensuring Academic Integrity in the Age of AI: How to Assess Real Skills in a New Educational Era When: April 8th, 1:00PM to 2:00PM Description: Participants will learn how to design...

Copyleaks Outage, March 23rd

Copyleaks Outage, March 23rd

Copyleaks reported an issue with authentication starting at 12:17 a.m. This issue meant that Copyleaks was inaccessible during this timeframe. The issue was resolved at 2:04 a.m. More details are listed on the Copyleaks Issue Statues page here.

Spring 2026 Final Exams

Coming Fall 2026: D2L Dropboxes Renamed to Assignments

Starting Fall 2026, D2L Dropboxes will be renamed to Assignments. The change is expected to happen between the end of the Summer session and start of the Fall semester. Why the change? There are several reasons for this change: Dropbox is a "legacy" term that D2L...

Panopto Maintenance, March 22nd, 2026

Panopto Maintenance, March 22nd, 2026

Panopto has maintenance scheduled this Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 from 12:30AM to 3:30AM. During this time frame, Panopto (including but not limited to video playback, uploading new videos, etc.) will be unavailable. Please plan accordingly. See the Panopto's Status...

Summer 2026 Graduate Student IT Information Session

Summer 2026 Graduate Student IT Information Session

Have new graduate students starting in your program this upcoming Summer? Have them start the semester off right by having them join one of the Graduate Student Technology sessions! These sessions introduce students to D2L, My Canisius, Google Drive, and more! Session...

The Center for Online Learning & Innovation
at Canisius University

Technology in Teaching & Learning

Providing outstanding faculty development experiences for technology use in teaching.

Online Learning

Serving as a central point of contact for distance learning needs, coordinated departmental efforts for online learning, quality assurance and consistency in online courses, and online innovation endeavors.

Innovation

Encouraging innovation across campus through technology and new processes, including in teaching and learning and everyday work.