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We believe that technological support for your teaching and learning efforts begins with you and your needs. You may view the digital tools we have available, free of cost, to create instructional content that engages students, sustains their attention, and taps their emotional intelligence. Use the invitation at the bottom of the page to tell us what you want to do, and we will try to match the technology(ies) that you may find useful with supported trial and experimentation.
Faculty Forum, digital experiences
- Provost’s message: Envisioning the Future of Academics at USF August 15, 2019 Dr. Beth Roth, Provost and Vice President of Academics, delivered a message on the future of academics at USF to faculty, administrators and staff. Recorded August 15, 2019 at the Turk Theater at USF.
- An in-video Canvas Quiz created by Stacy Dewald June 28, 2019 Criminal Justice Professor Stacy Dewald demonstrates how she created an in-video quiz using Canvas Studio (Arc Video) that can be entered into the Canvas gradebook. Dewald earned a digital “Innovation” badge for her accomplishments.
- Learning Glass with Deborah Bacharz June 28, 2019 Nursing Professor Deb Bacharz uses Learning Glass to deliver a “chalk and talk” lecture to remote online students. For her presentation delivered in the Innovation Academy held in May she received the “Innovators” digital badge.
- Converting old videos to web-ready formats using “Handbrake” November 18, 2019
- Free video editor may solve instructor’s media needs November 15, 2019
- Transcribe audio file to text: Cost? Nothing. October 4, 2019
- Introducing “Films on Demand” in Canvas September 17, 2019
Recent Posts
- Introducing “Films on Demand” in Canvas
- With Films on Demand, you can perform a video online in a manner similar to that of performing it...
- Can a Student Watch a (YouTube) Video in Canvas for Credit? YES!
- A professor asked this interesting question: Can a YouTube video be put into Canvas with students...
- How to Grade with the Canvas Speedgrader
- The Speedgrader allows you to grade by clicking on the criteria of a rubric (of your creation),...
- Clinic: Create an In-Video Quiz with Canvas Studio
- A quiz placed in a Canvas Studio can sustain student attention and engagement. Here is a...
- Download instructional resources from Canvas Commons
- Commons in Canvas is a repository of instructional content (modules, content pages, assignments,...
Innovative Technologies
Here are some of the more familiar technologies we have at USF that can be used to liven content and make it more engaging, accessible, and amenable to diverse learning needs.
Innovative Strategies
Here are a few ideas for what you can do with existing technologies at USF. What would you like to do? Let us know by completing the form at the bottom of the page.
Innovative Strategies
Engaging students with media Canvas Studio PowerPoint
Sustaining students attention spans In-video quizzing with Canvas Studio PowerPoint animations Poll Everywhere plug-in for PowerPoint Forms: Google or Microsoft
Teaching remote students in real-time Adobe Connect BigBlueButton (Canvas conferencing) Skype for Business
Providing digital lectures on demand PowerPoint to Stream Canvas Studio MS Sway
Assessing performance recorded on video by students Canvas Studio through Assignment submission
Recording students on video and assessing performance Canvas Studio through private sharing.
Video recording, producing and displaying
- Self-introductions or brief presentations (talking head).
- Screencasts.
- Video dialogues with students.
- In-video quizzing to sustain student attention.
- Assessing student performance.
- Adding YouTube videos.
- dialoguing
- in-video quizzing
- Lecture Capture
- Sustaining student attention
- PowerPoint animations
- In-video quizzes
- MS Sway
- Infographic-style strategies
- PowerPoint
- Infographics (Google)
- Prezis
Student Performance and Mastery
- Accepting and grading student video assignment submissions in Canvas
- Forms for differentiated learning
- MS Forms
- Google Forms
- Mastery Paths in Canvas
- Student response systems (remember "Clickers?").