Winter Faculty Writing Retreat
We are pleased to announce that Academic Affairs will sponsor the 2024 Winter Faculty Writing Retreat on campus, Tuesday, February 20. Faculty scholarship is critical to the academic excellence of Canisius, and time for scholarship has been far too lean in the past...
Podcasting at Canisius
A Podcast is typically a digital audio only recording on a certain topic or series of topic. Podcasting can be a great alternative to essays or presentations while also teaching students about technology. And it is a relatively easy lift for both faculty and students....
Quick tip #24: Microsoft Excel: Sorting Data
Microsoft Excel makes it a breeze to quickly sort data by row alphabetically, by date, by smallest to largest number, and more. This, in turn, allows you to quickly see various patterns when using your data. Take a look at the video below: More information can be...
Graduate Student IT Information Session
Whether face-to-face or online, graduate students at Canisius make extensive use of internet tools and services. Come learn about the core information technologies you will use at Canisius. Begin the semester confident in your use of Canisius Gmail, D2L,...
COLI Faculty and Staff Development
This semester COLI is offering a variety of virtual workshops where faculty and staff can pick up some technology skills. This may be using D2L for course management, Panopto for course videos, or Hypothes.is for engaging student - student interaction via the...
Faculty Meetup: AI and Teaching
Generative Artificial Intelligence presents new challenges and possibilities for curriculum. The AI and Society Initiative and the College of Arts and Sciences offer a series of meetups for faculty to discuss AI and its relationship to their courses and...
Winter Weather Alternatives
As we get well into the winter weather that WNY is famous for, and the uncertainties this weather brings, it may be useful to review some of these alternatives to traditional pedagogy: If needed, faculty can meet with students outside of the classroom with Zoom and is...
D2L Updates Winter 2024
Here are some quick updates for D2L: Assignment and Discussion feedback field reduced from 500,000 to 300,000 characters. This will help prevent the loss of feedback due to a variety of reasons. Quiz Start Dates and End Dates now appear as separate events in the...
Start of Semester Checklist Spring 2024
The start of the semester is almost upon us! Here is a quick checklist of things to do before the start of the semester: Overview Video – Transcript If you are teaching two sections with identical content, you can have these sections merged within...
Hypothes.is Updates
Hypothes.is has several updates incoming. Up first, and most excitingly, an easier way to create Hypothes.is Assignments. Now, instead of having to go to the Wiki and grab the LTI link and then paste it into D2L, faculty can simply go to Add Existing Activities and...