This is part 4 in a series of blog posts to highlight the work of our Teaching & Learning Innovations team. Each team member was asked to write a post about the work of one of their colleagues. Ben Hytrek is many things; young, creative, funny… he’s quite the peacock. As the unofficial “media specialist” […]
First of all, I just wanted to take a moment to welcome you all to the Fall 2018 semester. It’s great to see the campus abuzz with students, faculty, staff, and guests again as we get this semester underway. I also wanted to remind you that Teaching & Learning Innovations (T&LI) is here to support […]
Happy Summer! On behalf of the Teaching & Learning Innovations Team, we want to thank you for another fantastic semester and also wish you a wonderful and enjoyable summer! There have been a number of incredible accomplishments this year: Canvas transition complete! We did it! CI Successfully completed it’s transition from Blackboard to Canvas […]
Happy New Year!! It’s the first week of January and we are happy to announce that a series of new course banner designs are now available upon request for your CI Learn (Canvas) courses. There are 5 designs available in blue, grey, red, teal, and yellow; each color has two options: with your name (options […]
The twelfth week is upon us and I have exciting news! There’s a built-in Accessibility Checker in Canvas!! This tool will help as you build out your final activities this semester and is a ‘must use’ when you start developing your spring courses. It is important to create accessible content for students from the onset […]
There are only a few weeks remaining of the Fall 2017 semester and so many of you are using Canvas already (Hooray!) that we decided to add more workshops to our Canvas series. From November 28th – December 19th we will be offering Canvas 3-5* but don’t worry these workshops will also continue during the […]
I am excited to share with you that we now have more options available in Canvas Commons which can be accessed in the Global Navigation Menu between ‘Inbox’ and ‘Help’. From within Canvas Commons, you can search ‘csuci button’ to see an array of module buttons and homepage kits which include a syllabus button, module […]
Happy April everyone! I can hardly believe that the Spring 2016 semester is almost over. Last week, I spent most of spring break at the CSUN16 Conference on Accessibility and I wanted to share a few tips with you to keep in mind when creating instructional materials. Accessibility may not be the most exciting topic for […]
I can hardly believe that it is that time of year already with only five more weeks remaining until the new year! If you are like me, you find yourself spending a fair amount of time this week not only being thankful but also reflecting on all that has happened this year. For example, I am very thankful […]
Have you joined the many instructors across the nation that have flipped or blended their courses? Are you using video to support student learning? Do you have videos that you use repeatedly each semester? If yes, I am sure the thought of captioning your videos is daunting. T&L Innovations is here to help! We have set […]
