As far as students being able to view comments, copy and paste the link into your courses:
https://canisius.atlassian.net/wiki/x/EQD5J
The above link shows students how to access the comments left to them by instructors.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
Faculty and staff are invited to the monthly AI and Pedagogy Lunch and Learn! No RSVP necessary! The first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 25, at 1 p.m.
During these Teams meetings, we discuss the current state of AI, new or interesting AI tools, how AI can be used in our pedagogy and more! Feel free to enjoy your lunch at the same time too.
If interested or have topics to suggest related to AI and Pedagogy, please email COLI at coli@canisius.edu for the calendar invitation. Once you receive it, feel free to share it with colleagues!
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
COLI, in partnership with Academic Affairs, is looking for session leaders for the upcoming Summer Faculty Development Week, taking place Aug. 11-14. Topics usually are centered around pedagogy and range from novel practices to roundtable discussions on using particular tools, such as podcasting, using Panopto for videos, Hypothes.is for social annotations and more. We have also had sessions talking about best practices for internship courses and how to get started developing new programs and advanced certificates at Canisius.
Check out last year’s FacDev and the 2023 FacDev promotional pages for more ideas. Interested faculty (or staff!) can fill out the Session Information Form.
Those that are simply interested in attending Summer FacDev 2025, stay tuned to the COLI Blog and The Dome!
Questions? Contact COLI at coli@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
COLI is offering two new 30-minute workshops dealing with Microsoft Teams:
The first is Microsoft Teams for Virtual Meetings. In this workshop, we will go over how to conduct virtual meetings with Microsoft Teams including starting a meeting, recording a meeting (and where to find said recording), screen sharing, and breakout rooms. If there is time, we will also go over how to share documents (that you and participants can edit live!) and Microsoft Whiteboard.
The second is Microsoft Teams: Chats and Teams. In this workshop, we go over how to start a chat in Microsoft Teams. Similar to text messaging, this helps prevent the need for a flood of emails, saving our inboxes. We will also go over how to create a Teams, which is useful for offices and departments for organizing chats, securely sharing files, and more.
To see dates and times (and other Workshops), check out the Faculty Development Opportunities Wiki Page. Can’t wait or want to get started with Teams now? Check out the Microsoft Office Support Wiki Page.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
D2L Quizzes provides a robust tool to grade quizzes easier and quicker. Some features can help prevent cheating to a degree, like basic question randomization and advanced question randomization. If you want to use questions from a previous exam or quiz, the Question Library lets you copy questions to the midterm. Additionally, for faster grading, you can connect the Quiz to the gradebook. You can also have your students sign an Academic Integrity Pledge before continuing to the exam. Customize the Quiz Result display to show students what questions they got and see where they need to brush up on their studying.
Please note that if you allow automatic grading of your exam, D2L will not automatically grade written responses. Those need to be graded manually. Inform your students that the grade they have immediately after completing the exam is not reflective of their overall grade. If you want to see all of the tutorials on the D2L Quiz tool that COLI has compiled, check the Online Quizzes and Exams in the Quizzes Tool Section.
D2L Dropboxes are a great way to receive student work in various formats but more notably PDFs, Microsoft Office files, JPGs or PNGs. You can also restrict the types of files the dropbox will accept. Attach the dropbox to the grade book or use a D2L Rubric and attach it to the dropbox for faster grading.
For more information on D2L Dropboxes, check out the Collecting Assignments in Dropboxes Section. For tutorials on D2L Rubrics, check out the Using Rubrics Section. If you would prefer, you can also sign up for COLI workshops or sign up for a Consultation with one of COLI’s staff members.
COLI has compiled other resources on the various tool sets in D2L. Check the D2L Self-paced Training for Faculty and Staff Wiki page.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
