How Rubrics Can Inspire Your Students’ Best Work
A well-done rubric is a thing of beauty for both students and instructors. They provide students with a set of guidelines to help them meet your expectations for the assignment […]
Category Archives: Byte-Sized Canvas
This video series, hosted by Helen Graves, @ONE’s Canvas Course Design Specialist, is comprised of short desktop sessions that focus on the wonderfulness that is our common course management system—Canvas. Learn what’s new (or just new to you!) and how you can use it, along with other pedagogical and technological tips to support high quality online course design.
4 Ways to Make Sure Students Are Watching Your Videos
Was your college education largely spent sitting in lecture halls and classrooms listening to professors talk (…and talk…and talk)? Even if that works in face-to-face situations—and research is showing otherwise—it’s […]
Dear Instructor, You Will Love This Tool!
When broaching the argument that online courses aren’t as effective as in-person, people often bring up the absence of face to face contact. But video conferencing platforms like Zoom and […]
Why Group Assignments Are Worth Your Attention
The newly-released updates to Title 5 regulations for online learning include a specific requirement of regular effective contact among students. It’s time to move beyond discussions and embrace the wealth […]
It’s Time to Rethink Feedback
Instructor presence is crucial to student success, perhaps especially in an online learning environment. Offering regular, meaningful feedback is an excellent way to contribute to student learning and to make […]
Two Canvas Blunders You Can Easily Avoid!
Did you know there’s a “wrong” way to add content onto a Canvas page? This little mistake is often the cause of broken links when you import your content into […]
What No One Tells You About Canvas Notifications
Canvas notifications is an automatic way to stay abreast of activity in your courses as well as contributing to regular effective contact with your students. But there are a few […]
Link, Link. Who’s Got the (properly formatted) Link?
Links are how your students navigate your course content. While it might seem like a picayune matter, knowing how to set links up properly will have a pretty big impact […]
Making Your Tables Accessible–In 15 Seconds (or Less)
Tables can be a useful way to organize certain types of content visually. But tables add an extra layer of complexity for students using a screen reader device which means […]
Think You Know All There Is to Know About Due Dates?
Ever have students who seem to think “online” means self-paced? They want to zoom ahead and they’re asking you about Module 8 in the third week of class. Ensuring students […]
How to Increase Student Success the Easy Way
Personalized learning is recognized as crucial element of student-centered teaching. But with 30, 40, 50 students in your online class, how the heck are you supposed to accomplish it?! Here’s […]
Ready to Beautify Your Canvas Pages? Here’s How. . .
Pssst! Want a quick way to add some visual interest to your Canvas pages? Don’t let a little HTML code scare you! There’s no reason why you can’t have beautiful […]