Are you unsure how to re-imagine your successful in-person activity for use online? Are you responding to the same student questions via email over and over? Are students confused about where to find your content in Canvas? Do you want to brainstorm strategies for keeping your students engaged and excited about learning? We’re here to…Continue Reading Remote Pedagogy Office Hours
Microsoft Teams is now enabled in Canvas!
What we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! Microsoft and Canvas have launched the Teams integration in Canvas! When Microsoft Teams Meetings for Canvas is enabled, the Teams Meetings icon will be enabled in the Rich Content Editor in several areas within Canvas. Supported feature areas include Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Classic Quizzes, and the…Continue Reading Microsoft Teams is now enabled in Canvas!
Moving Your Courses Online
D-Term is going online and the TTL Team has put together many resources for faculty to help ease the transition. We’re got LOTS of trainings coming up this week for Canvas, Zoom, and Echo360, both in-person and online. Check them out and please RSVP (we are limited to 40 people in person). We have a…Continue Reading Moving Your Courses Online
Sharing Echo360 Videos as a Course-Relevant Collection
How do Echo360 videos integrate with your Canvas course? One easy way is through the Echo360 button on your left side course menu. When you share a video to your course, they are accessible via this button, and appear as a list. From here, students can download the videos they want….Continue Reading Sharing Echo360 Videos as a Course-Relevant Collection
Uploading Videos to Echo360 and Sharing
This blog shows you how to use Echo360 to upload and then share your videos. First we’ll cover how to upload a video. Then we’ll show you the different ways of sharing your video once it’s in Echo360. Uploading a Video File Sharing the Video Uploading a Video File You don’t need to use Echo360’s…Continue Reading Uploading Videos to Echo360 and Sharing
Embedding Video in Canvas Pages
If you want to embed your course videos into a Canvas page, you have three options. WPI currently uses Echo360 and Canvas Studio as video storage and creation solutions, and each offers different benefits. This post shows how to use each of those tools to embed video in a Canvas page. We will start with…Continue Reading Embedding Video in Canvas Pages
Student Projects with Universal Capture
This post explains how to use download Echo360 Universal Capture, how to record with it, and how to share a link to the recording. Downloading Universal Capture The first step is to click Echo360 on the left side menu-bar of the Canvas site. Once you do this, you’ll see a gear wheel on the…Continue Reading Student Projects with Universal Capture
Creating a Video Assignment with Canvas Studio
In this post, we’ll go over how to create an assignment that accepts a video from Canvas Studio, Canvas’s video recording and storage platform. Studio is an application that can be added to your Canvas menu on the left. To create the assignment, first click on Assignments on the left side menu. Then click…Continue Reading Creating a Video Assignment with Canvas Studio
Creating an Ad-Hoc Capture with Echo360 Universal Capture
This post was updated 8/15/2023. The Echo360 Universal Capture platform is identical whether you use it from your personal computer or if you use it in the classroom. These instructions will show you how to start and stop your own lecture captures in a WPI classroom. If you would like to schedule automatic captures for…Continue Reading Creating an Ad-Hoc Capture with Echo360 Universal Capture
Uploading and Using Studio Videos
Hello Producers of Educational Media! Today we’re going to talk about how to use Canvas Studio to store your video files and then share them in modules. What is Studio? It’s a repository for your videos. You can store video files there and you can also use an accompanying tool to record new ones. First…Continue Reading Uploading and Using Studio Videos