Panopto Overhaul
Over the 2024 Summer, COLI will be doing a required overhaul to the Panopto integration with D2L. This will occur on late June 17th. The impact to instructors using Panopto for course video should be minimal. However, on the day of the overhaul, Panopto may not be...
Excel Lunch Learning
COLI is offering two half-hour Excel trainings in June. After lunch, come learn some quick Excel tips that can make your work easier and increase your productivity! Excel Lunch Learning Sessions, Old Main 115: Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, 12:30 PM Thursday, June 27th,...
Google Drive: Saving Student Files for Long-Term
Do you use Google Drive to collect student work or files? Have students shared files with you via Google Drive? Do you need to preserve these files in the long-term and/or for accreditation or reporting purposes? Make sure to copy these files or download them!...
Upcoming Hypothes.is Maintenance
Hypothes.is will be doing server maintenance Saturday, May 25th, 2024. The expected maintenance window is 3:00AM to 11:00AM. Hypothes.is will be temporarily unavailable during this time. If you are planning on creating Hypothes.is assignments in your Summer D2L...
Zoom: Automatic Captions/Live Transcript
In Zoom, Faculty, staff, and students can use Automatic Captions, which provide a Live Transcript of what is being said in a meeting. These are great for taking notes, reviewing meetings, and for the purposes of accessibility. To use Automatic Captions, you first need...
Export Discussion Posts
In D2L, faculty and students can export Discussion Posts. For faculty, this may be useful for your own records or for departmental purposes. For students, it may be useful to keep a history of what was said in a previous course. To export Discussion Posts, you will...
Using the Digital Media Labs Podcast Studio
If you are planning on having your students use the Digital Media Labs (DML) Podcast Studio for final projects/assignments this year, please have a look at and install the Podcast Studio Wiki page into your D2L course: https://canisius.atlassian.net/wiki/x/aysYAg...
Spring 2024 End of Semester Checklist
It’s coming up to the end of the semester again. Here are some actions you should take by the week after grades are due: Enter your Final Grades through MyCanisius! Check out the Entering Final Grades at the End of Semester Wiki page for tutorials. If you want...
2024 Summer Online Faculty Development Course
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...
Changes to Help Desk and Computer Labs
After May 31, 2024, the ITS Help Desk will no longer be processing Scantron exams. Due to extremely low utilization and the growing number of alternative methods for offering in-class quizzes, the university is not renewing its license for the scanning machine or the...