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Canvas currently has the ability to post comments in video (webcam) or audio form--though, the flash programs for these seem to be hit or miss for me.
For essay feedback, I want to be able to communicate what I'm seeing in a student's essay, but I don't necessarily need them to see my face. Far more valuable to me is to be able to point to aspects of the essay or assignment while I'm talking and to have the student see those specific aspects while they are hearing my comments.
I do this now using Camtasia. I open speedgrader and begin recording a screen capture with audio. I then have to save the file and upload it to Canvas using the media comment video upload option.
This works, but it is a bit clunky. My speed at grading would be greatly increased if I could press a button and simply begin recording the screen.
Again, I know the benefit of this with essays, but my guess is that it could be of benefit to almost any discipline. If an instructor is taking the time to record a comment of any sort, it is probably a comment that has something to do with the digital object that is right on the screen. The added benefit would be that if the recorder is capturing the screen and not just the current window, an instructor could use the video as a digital whiteboard. I can imagine a math instructor giving a just in time KhanAcademy style explanation for a problem on which a particular student seems to be having difficulties.
Since I have an android tablet with a stylus, if this could be incorporated into the android speedgrader app, that would be some wicked awesome future s%&t!!!
Can someone recommend a LTI that might work?
The students need to add comments on their video to identify where certain points during the video occur. The instructor then needs to add comments as a response / feedback to the students, also at certain locations on the video.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Leona
Hi all! I hope you don't mind me popping in, I have instructional design experience, but only briefly, at my previous job. I'm now working for a tiny liberal arts college and as I was researching the trend in instructional design I encountered an interesting article on the importance of instructional design, but also the role in such positions in widening the gap between high and lower budget and sized schools.
My current school has no instructional guidelines at all and no one on staff to officially create them. My position is as close as we have, so I'm looking into it. I've stumbled upon two others on staff in different (non ID related) roles who have previous experience in this area, and as we're about to launch a curriculum overhaul, it seems the perfect time to pitch adding at least a baseline few elements.
So here's my question: for a school that is likely years away from a single dedicated instructional designer (much less a full instructional design team), what are your top 5 must-haves in a course before it goes out the door? Where is the highest impact in instructional standard or design that will get us thinking about the most important things and seeing an impact sooner rather than later?
I can't launch into a full one on one ADDIE analysis with each faculty member on every one of our nearly 300 courses, nor would I get any support from the faculty or dean in doing so, but if I can pitch a few specific, high impact practices, and ask that they be included in the redesigned courses, I think I might be able to find traction.
What are your thoughts? To be clear, we currently have no requirements for course elements at all other than a basic template for the syllabus. Courses are not yet required to have any online presence.
Here are some of my initial thoughts for instructional and general design, in no particular order, after a day or two of thinking casually about this:
- Incorporate a branded (or at least on-brand-ish) home page for the new courses based on if they are core or specialization to give the new curriculum a unifying theme and connection to the new branding and initiatives
- Prioritize at least one activity per course (could be flexible, based on course objectives) emphasizing social learning to make the most of our small size, on campus classes and close community
- Require the basic learning modalities be present in all new courses
- Encourage (or require?) some competency based elements to allow for individualized learning
- Assist building faculty in doing a backwards analysis of each new course in the early stages
- Standardizing a few key course components to assist in ease of use, especially for later in life learners (we're a brand new Canvas school), thinking course navigation, a few set of set up options such as modules or a home page or both, etc
Basically, I just need your thoughts of things I can promote to a culture that doesn't see the importance of instructional design (and won't require a full support staff to implement) but can make small, high visibility/impact changes.
What are your top five in a class before it goes live, if you could only have five? Assume you're starting at a baseline of word documents on a professor's PC (MAYBE dumped into the Canvas files, if we're lucky) that are often printed or emailed to the students, and in-person lectures and discussions with traditional papers and tests.
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Hello Admins. I was wondering if anyone has found a way to adjust Chromebook mic levels when using the Canvas record media tool in the RCE without needing to access the Alsa Mixer through shell in dev mode? It seems crazy for students to be submitting videos in Canvas without the ability to adjust their Chromebook mic input level, but being new to Chromebooks maybe this is just the crazy way they are. I'm thinking that I'm just overlooking something though. When students record, their mic levels by default must be set to extreme input because their audio is so garbled and loud on their recordings. Is there something in place to prevent the audio from recording at such a high level and lighting up red. I'm hopeing someone might be able to point me in the right direction (without having to download a different video recording app like Screencastify if possible). It would be great to use the Canvas video record tool directly with a Chromebook, not record elsewhere. Context: My sixth grade band students are submitting their playing assessments using the Canvas Assignment Tool Text Tab's RCE media recorder. Our 1:1 program provides Chromebooks to our sixth graders. Thanks for any tips to help with this.
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Hi fellow Canvas admins!
I'd love to know what LTI/Other integrations people are using with Canvas....both from the App Center and from other vendors who have unlisted LTIs. We spend so much time going back and forth with vendors about what integrations they have that I'd love to be able to see what other people are already doing and start there or join forces to get
LTI:
Khan Academy
Educreations (although getting ready to delete b/c it only lets you add some items so most teacher just use the embed code instead)
YouTube
GraphBuilder
Office 365
Quizlet
Cavnabadges
VoiceThread
ProctorU
AdobeConnect (best integration I've ever seen)
McGraw Hill Connect Ed (SSO, but not provisioning. not a strong integration)
SmartThinking
LTI/API Combo:
Shmoop (Includes SSO, Provisioning, Assignment Auto-Creation and Grade Passback)
EduGame Cloud (Includes SSO, Provisioning, Passing Quiz Questions from Canvas to Live Sessions and Passing Grades and Answer Info Back to Canvas)
Common Cartridge:
eDynamic Learning
Fuel Education (formerly Aventa)
Thin Common Cartridge:
Tynker
McGraw Hill (in the works)
Things We've Tried and Seen Work But Not Bought (Yet):
Read Speaker (Works with Custom Javascript)
PlagScan
BigBlueButton Premium
Vendors We're Talking to About Various Integrations:
MyOn
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
EbscoHost
Gale
Grolier
WorldBook
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I am a language teacher and I wonder if it is possible for students to do repeat-after-me exercises in Canvas?
I do not mean for students to record and upload audios in quizzes and assignments. What I want is a simple class activity where they can record their speaking practice or voice their comment to a question and playback.
I am currently using VoiceThread, which allows students to make audio/video comments to a video or slide. It is great. For institutional users of VoiceThread, they provide “consumer key and shared secret” to integrate VoiceThread into LMSs. But I only bought a single instructor account of VoiceThread, which means I can only embed, not integrated VoiceThread into Canvas. My students need to register and log in a separate VoiceThread account to make voice comments, which deters some of them (see screenshot attached).
It would be great if this repeat-after-me activity can be achieved within Canvas, instead of relying on external apps.
Anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks!
Liuchun
Hi everyone!
I'm an instructional designer at Emerson College and am working with faculty to create an online MFA in Creative Writing. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas or experience in conducting online writing workshops. In the face to face version of this program, students and the professor will read a student's work and come to class ready to discuss. I'd love to keep this asynchronous and have suggested tools such as Google Docs/Canvas Collaborations and Discussions, but faculty feel like there is an energy with the face to face courses that is lost. Are there Apps that I should be considering? Or a way to structure an asynchronous assignment that should be considered? I'm open to any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks!
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Just attended a webinar in regard to CanvasCon IUPUI: CourseNetworking - How a Social Media Platform Can Increase Engagement in the Onlin... when I opened up an EmergingEdTech newsletter. One of the featured apps was Flipgrid - Video for student engagement and formative assessment. I was wondering if anyone has used this before in their classes and if so how did it go? It says that it can be integrated with Canvas so I was wondering if it was effective. I would like to share it with our faculty if it proves resourceful and a good form of active learning similar to the CN post.
Measuring student achievement of course outcomes through a variety of assessments accommodates diverse learners, promotes critical thinking and encourages academic honesty (and helps meet QM Standard 3.4).
In traditional assessments, such as quizzes and tests, students select responses from the options provided and usually receive automated scores. In alternative assessments, students demonstrate proficiency though hands-on application of course concepts, and grading criteria is provided.
Some hands-on assessments possible in Canvas:
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT | TECHNOLOGY |
Journals | |
Papers Canvas Discussion or Zoom webinar to share and critique papers |
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Video Responses, Demonstrations and Interviews |
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Presentations Canvas Discussion or Zoom webinar to share and critique presentations |
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Visuals (Posters, Infographics, Web Pages) Canvas Discussion or Zoom webinar to share and critique visuals | |
Drawing, Charting, Graphing | |
Audio Responses and Feedback Canvas Discussion or Zoom webinar to provide audio responses and feedback |
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Collaborative Writing and Notetaking |
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Discussions |
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Live (Sychronous) Presentations, Demonstrations, Meetings | |
Games Canvas Discussion or Zoom webinar to share and critique student-created games | |
Interactive Tutorials |
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Discussions & Reflections |
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Peer Reviews | |
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Online Learning
Teaching in the throes of a pandemic
Can be tricky, because classes are all online
Students reactions ranged from the academic to the eccentric
To suddenly find themselves still in school while in quarantine
Slacking off is not an option,
for classes have assignments with due dates
Zoom meetings to attend, full lecture sessions,
Readings to be done, and in-class debates
Canvas the main LMS, but to navigate
All that’s out there, one must not be stupid
To skip those that help one to communicate
Apps as Padlet, Voicethread, Flipgrid
To be motivated, online find your team
Develop the self-discipline needed to succeed
In a world where one can digitally dream
For learning online can expectations exceed
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