Author: Jessica

Rubrics Workshop with Dr. Anne Huffman

February 22, 2024

Topics covered include:

  • Matching the assessment to the assignment
  • Using VALUES rubrics or creating your own
  • How to partner with the students to build the skills needed for the assignment
  • Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in rubric building

Lecture Courses

February 15, 2024

About Lecture Courses

  • A course that meets solely in-person at CIIS.
  • No Zoom link will be sent for your course by Online Learning. If a student must join the class virtually for an approved reason, you will send them the link to the classroom in which you are teaching. You may also send this link to any guest lecturer who plans to join your class remotely. Instructions and login information for the Zoom Room links will be sent to your CIIS email at the start of the Semester.
  • To check your modality and class meeting schedule, please search for your course number in Self-Service.

Zoom Classrooms

  • You can also invite guests to your class directly from the podium in the Zoom Room. Please visit Inviting a Guest to a Zoom Room for more information (these instructions are also on the podium in the Zoom Room).
  • Please visit Zoom Rooms for a virtual walkthrough of the Zoom classrooms and quick start guide.
  • All Lecture courses have a virtual course space on Canvas. Please contact onlinelearningsupport@ciis.edu if you need any assistance with your Canvas course space.

Assistance for Zoom Classrooms

  • If you need assistance with the Zoom Classroom during your course meeting, please send a chat message to the Online Learning team by visiting www.vclhub.com.
  • If you need supplies/equipment for the classroom (such as an HDMI cable, mac adapter, etc.), please send an email to ocee@ciis.edu at least one day prior to your class meeting.

Turnitin Draft Coach

February 12, 2024

What is Turnitin Draft Coach and how is it used?

This video provides students with an overview of Turnitin’s Microsoft Add-on, Draft Coach. Students will discover how Draft Coach can support their learning, strategies for using Draft Coach while writing, and how Draft Coach and Turnitin solutions can work together. 

Using Turnitin Draft Coach

Upload a video to Canvas

You can upload a video using the Rich Content Editor (RCE) to an Announcement, Assignment, Discussion, Page, Quiz, or Syllabus.
  
Supported formats include MP4, MPG, MOV, MPEG, MP3, WAV, WMV, etc. For additional formats, please see the Canvas Community article here.
 
The maximum size for each file uploaded to Canvas is 500 MB. The maximum course storage limit is 524.3 MB. You can upload as many files as you wish, as long as each is under 500 MB. (If your file is larger, please upload it to Online Learning here. Then email Teams@ciis.edu to tell us where to post it).
 
Video files will not count against your course storage limit when uploaded using the instructions below. However, videos uploaded via the Files tab will.
 
Media that is uploaded using the instructions below are saved in the Uploaded Media folder in your course or group Files tab.

The following article is intended mainly for instructors uploading a media file to Canvas.

If you are a student wishing to submit a media recording to Canvas, please see the following articles:
·         Submit media to an Assignment in Canvas
·         Upload media to a Discussion post in Canvas

  1. Videos can be uploaded to Announcements, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus page. Go to the Canvas item where you’d like to insert the video. 

      • Announcements 

    If you are adding media to an Announcement, start by clicking the blue +Announcement button:Button that says + Announcement

      • Pages

If you are adding media to a Page, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

      • Quizzes

If you are adding media to a Quiz, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

          1. To add the media to a question, click the Questions tab:Two tabs, called Details and Questions. The Questions tab which is at the right is highlighted.
            1. Then click the +New Question button:
              Button that says +New Question
          2. To add the media to the quiz prompt, continue reading step 2 below. 

      • Syllabus

If you are adding media to the Syllabus, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

  1. In the Rich Content Editor, click on the Record/Upload Media button itself (not the arrow next to it):Rectangle containing a triangle alongside a music note.It is generally near the middle of the second row of the menubar. If you do not see it immediately, first expand the menubar by selecting the More button which looks like 3 stacked dots:

The Rich Content Editor menubar. An icon is highlighted that looks like a rectangle containing a triangle and a music note. At the far right of the menubar an icon is highlighted of 3 stacked dots.

  1. Drag the video file into the area that says Drag a file here.
  2. Click Submit. 
  3. On the Canvas item, click Save. 

Please note:

        1. Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes may instead display a Save & Publish button.
        2. The Syllabus may instead display an Update Syllabus button.
  1. You will see the media on your Canvas item.

Upload an Assignment in Canvas

  1. Save your file as a Word doc on your computer (or whatever file type the instructor may have specified). Do not save it to the cloud only—it must be saved locally in order to upload it. 
  2. Log in to the course. 
  3. Find the Assignment (depending on how your instructor set up the course, click on the Assignments tab or the Modules tab). 
  4. Click on the title of the Assignment you wish to submit, e.g. Reflection paper.  Make sure the icon looks like a piece of paper with a pencil: Paper and pencil icon
  5. A new page will load. 
  6. Click on the Submit Assignment button in the upper right corner. Submit Assignment button
  7. A File Upload tab will appear: File upload tab contains choose file button, add another file option, option to click here to find a file you've already uploaded, comments field, cancel button, and submit assignment button.
  8. Click Choose File and navigate to the file that is saved on your computer.
  9. (Optional) Add a comment in the Comments field.
  10. Click Submit Assignment.
  11. You know it was successfully submitted when you see button that says Re-submit Assignment, as well as the following confirmation on the right side of your screen: Submission confirmation contains check mark, date, and time stamp when submitted successfully.