ASCILITE Keynote Review – Paul LeBlanc and the “Benevolent” Mega-University
Paul LeBlanc leads the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) which has taken dramatic and innovative approaches in tertiary education. Beyond the buzzwords, they have…
EdTool Tips #15: Canvas Content and Marks Control – Publishing, muting, and visibility
The transition to Canvas is running along smoothly and we’re almost starting to get into a routine with it. The value of our ever-increasing experience…
EdTech Blog Review – Stanford University’s Tomorrow’s Professor – Flipped Classrooms Old or New?
Stanford University’s Tomorrow’s Professor blog series is a reproduction of a newsletter associated with the National Teaching & Learning Forum. A post which drew me in…
Educational Technology Blog Review: Hack Education
There is seemingly endless enthusiasm and hype in the educational technology world. Hack Education by Audrey Watters is one of my favourite blogs because the author…
EdTool Tips #14: Finding the answer to your Canvas questions quickly
There are a wide array of new and existing support options for Canvas and it can be hard to know where to start. We…
EdTool Tips #13: Using Arc for student video submissions in Canvas
Arc is the new video hosting platform we are using in Canvas. As is typical with the EdTool Tips series, we wanted to go through…
EdTool Tips #12: Canvas, Echo360, and Your Lecture Recordings
With Semester 1 sites built, and the Canvas Transition Project going live as we speak, it is a good time to provide an update…
EdTool Tips #10: Canvas inaugURL Short Guide to Linking Content
One of the best improvements in building content in Canvas, as compared to Blackboard, is the ability to quickly and easily link to other…
EdTool Tips #9: Canvas and Turnitin – Guide to New Setup and Workflow
I’m really excited to be working in the central Educational Innovation team on the transition to Canvas. As our early adopters begin to hit…
EdTool Tips #8: Turnitin Feedback – Providing fully online feedback to your students
Welcome back to another edition of EdTool Tips. In the last post we went through the seemingly labyrinth means of setting up your dropboxes…