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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Adobe Connect, Canvas-Students, For Students, How to... ?, New No Comments

Old PowerPoint presentations that were recorded as Adobe Presentations several years ago rely on Flash, an obsolete technology that is set to expire in December, 2020.  Until then, these troubleshooting steps will allow users to see Adobe Presentations.  Watch the …

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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Alternative Teaching, Canvas-faculty, Communications, How to... ?, New Alternatives No Comments

Canvas has an appointment-scheduling tool for setting up individual conferences with students.  The instructor uses the tool to schedule a series of time slots, and the students sign up for them on a first-come, first-serve basis.  The instructor should provide …

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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Canvas Studio, Canvas-faculty, Canvas-Students, Closed Captions, For Students, How to... ?, Posting, Posting in Simple Steps No Comments

To record yourself presenting via webcam to Canvas Studio, you must be using a laptop with a webcam built-in and a microphone, or from a desktop computer that is equipped with webcam and mic accessories.  The steps are simple, and …

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If you want to record a video directly to Canvas Studio from your iPhone (or other smartphone), go ahead!  These steps show you how.

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Your instructor has asked you to upload a video to a Canvas assignment.  Now what do you do?  Here are three basic tutorials on uploading video to a Canvas assignment, or just to Canvas Studio to be used later.  There …

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You can create new content in Canvas by creating a “page,” directly from a module.  The steps are shown in the screencast that follows. [frame width=”560px” height=”320px” allowfullscreen=”true” src=”https://stfrancis.instructuremedia.com/embed/23b9ac7c-ef46-4c6f-aa15-8c915e86c8a9″ frameborder=”0″][/iframe]

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You can submit a video to a Canvas assignment that is enabled by the instructor to do so.  The first video below, shows the steps for submitting the video from your computer.  The second video, below the first, shows you …

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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Alternative Teaching, Canvas Studio, Canvas-faculty, Closed Captions, Faculty, How to... ?, New, Posting, video No Comments

These procedures show how to upload a video, such as a PowerPoint video, directly to Canvas Content (a page, an assignment, a discussion topic or post, or a quiz), using Canvas Studio.  The procedures also show how to automatically load …

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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Alternative Teaching, Faculty, How to... ?, MS office, Posting, Powerpoint No Comments

… and exporting the show to video for upload to the web Using a current and supported version of PowerPoint, you can record audio narration to slides, and export the slide show to a video file that can then be …

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by datlearnitPosted on Posted in Canvas-faculty, Faculty, How to... ?, New No Comments

The following guide shows how a Word document of multiple choice quiz questions must be formatted for it to be uploaded successfully into Canvas.  All references to CID in this document are meant to indicate the Department of Academic Technology …

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