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Official Canisius University Name Tags Available!

by | Mar 20, 2025 | Staff

Example of a university name tag

Do you, your department, or a program that you run require official Canisius University name tags? Are you expecting a new member to join your team? Let the Makerspace Creator Lab create them for you! Here is what you need to know:

  • We require a lead time of at least  two weeks for orders of 24 or fewer name tags. For orders greater than 24, contact COLI (email below).
  • A material cost will also be incurred. Email COLI for more information.
  • Name tags can have up to three lines (see the image above):
    • Name (maximum of 25 characters, but some modifications can be made to fit longer names).
      • Did you or the people you are ordering tags for graduate from Canisius/will graduate from Canisius or have an advanced degree? Add their Canisius graduation year (or expected graduation year) and/or degree abbreviation at the end of the name. Example: Dr. Petey Griffin ’25, or Dr. Petey C. Griffin or Petey Griffin, EdD.
    • The next two lines are optional:
      • Maximum of 36 characters.
      • Typically, one line is job title and the next is the department name or an abbreviation.
      • Or, you can put pronouns and/or degrees.

Submit a name tag request via Google Forms

If you email COLI, we can also accept Excel spreadsheets (preferred) or PDFs. Once we receive the list, we will begin the process of creating the proofs. Once the proofs are approved, student makerspace technicians will begin the process of stamping out name tags. We will email you once the tags are completed for pickup during Makerspace Creator Lab hours.

Questions or need more information? Email COLI at coli@canisius.edu.

Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI

Copyleaks Tutorial on Instructor Comment Visibility

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Staff

Using the Copyleaks Assignment Tool, instructors can leave specific comments and general feedback for students. All instructors need to do is ensure that the option to “Expose originality report to students” is ticked. This can be done either when creating the Copyleaks Assignment Tool or afterwards or after grading. For the latter, click on the Copyleaks Assignment, then click “Edit Assignment” in the upper-right corner. From there, find and click on the “Expose originality report to students” option.

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

AI and Pedagogy Lunch and Learn Open Invitation

by | Mar 4, 2025 | Staff

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

Call for Session Leaders for Summer FacDev 2025

by | Mar 4, 2025 | Staff

Summer Faculty Development Week

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

Microsoft Teams Workshops

by | Feb 27, 2025 | Staff

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