Key Steps to continue your course at MSU during temporary breaks in face to face instruction.
Training Available: Multiple training opportunities are available to help teaching faculty make this transition including 60 minute hands on workshops, webinars and personal one on one instruction (Canvas Corner). Registration is required and is availalbe at the sites below:
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Communicate with your students using Canvas
Announcements this tool is a quick and effective way to share information with your students
Video - Announcement Overview
Canvas How To Guides
Inbox this tool is the Canvas email function that allows you to communicate with your students
Notification Settings Make sure you are keeping up to date with all events in Canvas
Canvas Notification Settings
Notification settings how to Guides
Video - User Notification Preferences
Make recorded lectures
Make recorded lectures Asynchronous instructional videos can be very effective in online instruction. MSU provides two tools to easily create videos.
Benefits of asynchronous lectures
Allows for students to access course at a time that is most convenient for them
Lecture and materials can be posted for students to access anytime
Studio (formerly known as ARC) this tool allows you to create quick instructional videos to be disseminated in your course quickly
Recorded Webinar - Using Studio (ARC) effectively 8/16/19
Canvas How to Guides
Video - Managing Studio Media
Webex
Recording a Webex meeting
Recorded Webinar - Webex in Canvas - 1/23/19 * Hosted by Webex
Recorded Webinar - Canvas and Webex - 12/20/19
Video - Conducting a Webex Meeting
Modules
Share course materials
Modules Use modules to share your course files (PPT, DOC, PDF) with students
How to Guides
Video - Modules Overview
Provide remote participation
WebEx During a temporary break in face to face instruction, synchronous meetings may still be needed in the form of office hours or class meetings. WebEX is available at MSU to host both office hours and class meetings.
Benefits of synchronous instruction
Using same time slot as your current course
Video - Conducting a WebEX Meeting
Scheduling a WebEX meeting
Webex Training Breakout sessions
Types of Webex Rooms
Create Assignments and Quizzes to be submitted via Canvas
Create Assignments to be submitted via Canvas
Video - Assignments Overview
Sharing and Recieving an Assignment in Canvas
Google Assignments
Connecting MSU Google Account to Canvas
How to create a Google Cloud Assignment
Office 365 Assignments
Connecting MSU Office 365 Account to Canvas
How to create an Office 365 Assignment
Creating Quizzes via Canvas
Recorded Webinar - Quizzing in Canvas
Videos - Quizzes Overview
Providing Accommodations
Sharing and Recieving a Quiz
Grading in Canvas
Canvas Gradebook
Recorded Webinar - Canvas Gradebook 12/17/19
Video - Gradebook Overview
Speedgrader
Recorded Webinar - Speedgrader Webinar 12/17/19
Video - Speedgrader Overview
Consider alternatives
Canvas Teacher App
Canvas Teacher App The mobile app makes it easy to stay connected on all your mobile devices
Cisco Webex Meetings Mobile App
Cisco Webex Meetings Mobile App The mobile app makes it easy to stay connected on all your mobile devices.