Email and Collaboration

Listserv FAQs

How to post a Canvas Announcement 

Posting an Announcement in Canvas (Video Tutorital)

Announcements are used to post important information, such as upcoming due dates and clarifications to the course site.

Can also simultaneously send email to student’s inbox and/or a push notification to a student’s phone. *Note: Students control their own notification settings within Canvas. By default, when a student’s Canvas account is created, Announcements are sent automatically to a student's email.

What is the Canvas Inbox?

The Canvas Inbox (clip from the “Tour of Canvas” video tutorial)

The Canvas Inbox allows you to send messages to one, several, or all the students enrolled in a course that you are teaching. You can also choose to send messages to TAs, co-Teachers, and course observers. 

*Note: Students control their own notification settings within Canvas. Students can select to have messages in their Canvas Inbox also sent to their Outlook email and/or a push notification sent to a phone.

Getting Started with OneDrive

OneDrive FAQs

Narrated PowerPoint

Narrate a PowerPoint

Share Narrated PowerPoint in Canvas as a file

Narrated PowerPoint presentations allow for audio to be added to slides. 

Narrated PowerPoint presentations can be uploaded into Canvas or OneDrive for students to download and view offline.

Beginner

Kaltura Capture

What is Kaltura?

Getting Started with Kaltura Capture

Keep Teaching - Kaltura Basics (Video Tutorial)

Adding Kaltura Videos to your Canvas Course (Video Tutorial)

Kaltura Video Analytics Guide (check how your students are interacting with your videos)

Teaching with Kaltura – CET&L Workshop Recording

Kaltura is used to pre-record videos and screencasts. Media can be created using Kaltura Capture and uploaded to Kaltura. Media created in another program can also be uploaded to Kaltura. 

You can access all your Kaltura videos through the My Media link in any of your Canvas courses.

Intermediate

Webex FAQs

Webex Basics, Instructor Tips

Keep Teaching Webex Basics (video)

WebEx Participant Guide (a great resource to send your students or colleagues)

Use Webex on Mobile Devices

Teaching with Webex – CET&L Workshop Recording

Webex Quick Start Guide, Hosting a Meeting

Webex is a video conferencing tool with the option of breakout groups. Webex can be used to provide virtual office hours, student discussion and collaboration, live lectures, review sessions, or live student presentations.

*Note: The cap on faculty and student hosted rooms is 1000 participants  and up to 100 breakout rooms.

Download Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams FAQs

Microsoft Teams, Part 1: The Basics (video)  

Microsoft Teams, Part 2: Class Teams (video)

Overview of Teams and Channels in Microsoft Teams (video)

Chat and Share Files in Microsoft Teams

Start a Video Meeting in Microsoft Teams using Meet Now (video) 

Using Breakout Sessions in Microsoft Teams

Teaching with Microsoft Teams - CET&L Workshop Recording

Teams is a digital collaboration tool that can be used for chat-based asynchronous discussions, live video meetings, breakout groups, and file sharing. Microsoft Teams can be used to provide virtual office hours, student discussion and collaboration, live lectures, review sessions, or live student presentations.

We recommend using Canvas for assignments, quizzes, and grades. Microsoft Teams compliments Canvas by providing tools for collaboration and communication.

*Note: Class Teams are created for UC courses. Faculty need to activate their Class Team in Microsoft Teams to grant students access.

*Note: Video meetings are limited to 350 participants and 50 breakout rooms.

Zoom video series

UC Zoom Login Guide

Getting Started with Zoom for Faculty and Staff

Full list of KB articles on Zoom

Teaching with Zoom - CET&L Workshop Recording

Zoom is a video conferencing tool with the option of breakout groups. Zoom can be used to provide virtual office hours, student discussion and collaboration, live lectures, review sessions, or live student presentations.

UC Zoom accounts are limited to 300 participants and up to 50 breakout rooms per meeting.

CET&L: Keep Teaching Canvas Conferences Basics (video)

Using Conferences: Canvas Guides

Conferences is a video conferencing tool built into Canvas. Conferences can be used to do live lectures, group or class meetings with breakout rooms, and online office hours.

*Note: Increased demand has caused performance issues in Conferences. We recommend extensively testing Conferences before hosting a live online session.

Getting Started with TurningPoint PC

Getting Started with TurningPoint Mac

PowerPoint Polling for PC

PowerPoint Polling for Mac

Creating TurningPoint Content and Questions

TurningPoint allows students to engage in live polling during a synchronous online lecture by using the mobile app. Posing questions using a Personal Response System, like TurningPoint, elicits an active response from every student, and may elicit greater participation in subsequent discussions.

*Students need to purchase a Turning Technologies license but can use a license for multiple courses during a semester.

What are Discussions?

Creating a Discussion in your course

Create a Canvas Discussion Board (Video)

Create a Discussion in Canvas (Video Tutorial)

Create a Canvas Assignment

Create an Assignment in Canvas (Video Tutorial)

Grade a Canvas Assignment

Canvas SpeedGrader

Create a Canvas Quiz (Select Classic Quiz

Create a Quiz in Canvas (Video Tutorial)

Grade a Canvas Quiz

Additional Canvas Guides on Quizzes

Quizzes in Canvas allows for online quizzes and tests with multiple question types such as short answer and multiple choice.

 For Online Proctoring: Contact your Dean or Associate Dean and let them know you need online proctoring. An IT@UC representative will be in contact with you shortly thereafter.

Kaltura Interactive Quiz Guide

Integrating Kaltura Video Quizzes into Canvas

Kaltura Student Quiz Guide (a good resource to send to your students)

Kaltura Video Quizzes allow you to turn your Kaltura videos and pre-recorded lectures into low-stakes quizzes with immediate feedback.

*Note: We recommend scheduling a one on one consultation with a member of CET&L to discuss Kaltura Video Quizzes – click here to schedule a consultation