Over Winter break, the TLi team has updated some features and tools within Canvas. Below, we’ll give some highlights and descriptors about what’s changed and what you need to know. New IgniteAI Features in Canvas (Opt-in) Canvas has introduced several new AI features that we’ve made available in our Canvas instance. These features are both […]
Although the academic year is only halfway through, the Teaching and Learning Innovations team spent some time reflecting on things we are proud of in 2025! Together with campus and community partners, we accomplished a lot behind the scenes and in the digital spaces at CSU Channel Islands, so it was challenging to narrow them […]
Background Between 2013 and 2019, CI’s average postgraduate completion rate (16.8%) exceeded the national average of 14.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022). Research-related courses as well as support for attending professional conferences likely contributed to this success. However, completion rates among historically underrepresented groups (HUG), first-generation students, and Pell Grant-eligible students remained disproportionately lower, ranging from […]
This is the first post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. *Disclaimer: This is NOT an advertisement for Adobe Express. I find this particular suite of tools to be a really approachable way to create some graphics that will give an online course a visual boost. Adobe Express is available to […]
As of this moment in time, if you were to mention the term artificial intelligence or AI to someone, you’d likely land on the topic of ChatGPT, as it’s been dominating headlines lately. And with good reason, ChatGPT is capable of some really impressive stuff, and it warrants discussions about its ethical uses, what it […]
The past twenty months have been breathtaking. Many may remember the highly visible role that Teaching and Learning Innovations assumed when, as a community, California State University Channel Islands moved to emergency remote—and later virtual—teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic that we are still very much dealing with today. By comparison, Fall 2021 may […]
With the start of the Fall 2021 semester came the return of people being back on campus. This meant students, instructors, and staff were once again breathing life into the buildings on campus. And with everyone coming back to campus, that meant everyone coming back to our office for support with their teaching, instructional design, […]
This is part 3 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. Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez, our self-described “quirky” Instructional Technologist and Accessibility Lead for the Teaching and Learning Innovations (TLI) […]
CI Learn (Canvas) has a ton of functionality, as we all know, but there are some hidden gems in there that make it even more useful. Below are some of our favorite tips and tricks to help you get the most out of CI Learn during your semester. Hiding and Unhiding Courses from the Dashboard […]
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 […]
