Greetings Educational Media Producers! Did you know Canvas Studio has an editing feature? Here’s the caveat. It has to be used right after recording and BEFORE you upload the video. After you upload, you won’t have the chance to edit the video unless you download it and bring it into a separate editing program. …Continue Reading Editing with Canvas Studio
Production Tools: Recording Your Lectures
Did you know that WPI has three tools that can be utilized for recording videos? Those tools are Echo360, Zoom, and Studio. Like a choose-your-own-adventure, you may be wondering where to start. Asking yourselves these questions may help you decide. Q. Where are you producing these videos? A1. In the classroom? Use Echo360…Continue Reading Production Tools: Recording Your Lectures
Recording Videos in a Pandemic
Hello WPI Community! This post will cover options for creating educational videos during situations – such as the current COVID 19 pandemic – where it’s not possible to come to campus. WPI has two primary tools which allow for communication with students via video. One is Echo360 and the other is Zoom. Both of these tools…Continue Reading Recording Videos in a Pandemic
Lecture capture in WPI classrooms
What is Lecture Capture? Lecture capturing is a service offered through the Academic Technology Center at WPI. When you “capture” a lecture, you are recording and/or live streaming your lecture for students to view. Lecture capturing can be done in a WPI classroom or remotely, via software on your own computer. This blog post covers…Continue Reading Lecture capture in WPI classrooms
Video Collections with Studio
Instead of sharing your whole oeurve with an audience, you might just want to share certain videos that pertain to a topic. Good news – this kind of selective sharing is now possible in Canvas Studio! This blog post will walk you through how to create a collection of videos in Canvas Studio and share…Continue Reading Video Collections with Studio
Creating Office Hour Time Blocks in Canvas
Teaching remotely can pose challenges for how to schedule traditional office hours with your students. Canvas’ Calendar tool has a feature called “Appointment Groups” where you can create a sign-up sheet for blocks of time so you can avoid Zoom “traffic jams” where many students show up at the same time for office hours. Here’s…Continue Reading Creating Office Hour Time Blocks in Canvas
Embedding Videos with the New Rich Text Editor
Canvas recently upgraded its rich text editor. What this means for you is that if you are embedding Echo36 or Studio videos in pages, the look and workflow has changed slightly. Here’s what the row of buttons at the top of the rich text editor looks like. You’re going to click on the…Continue Reading Embedding Videos with the New Rich Text Editor
Sharing Studio Videos in a Page
This post will walk you through how to embed your Studio videos into a Canvas page. The first step is to create a new page in Canvas. Once you’ve done that, you’ll notice a rich content editor with a bar of buttons. This row has buttons pertaining to formatting and items that you can…Continue Reading Sharing Studio Videos in a Page
Thursday, May 21st is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Thursday, May 21th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The day is intended to get everyone to think, experience, and consider web accessibility for individuals with disabilities. To celebrate this year, try taking the #NoMouseChallenge. Take 15 minutes to try perform your job or navigate your favorite website using only your keyboard. This activity is to get you…Continue Reading Thursday, May 21st is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Introducing SimCheck: New Plagiarism Detection Software
New for E-Term! SimCheck is a new plagiarism detection software integrated into Canvas that checks your students written work against our institutional repository, the web, library databases and journals, textbook publishers, homework help sites, and books. SimCheck has been integrated into Canvas Assignments as an optional tool for instructors. It serves as a replacement for…Continue Reading Introducing SimCheck: New Plagiarism Detection Software