Documentation on services providing instructional technology and resources directly supporting teaching
and learning. Includes learning management systems, instructional technology and
design, assessment and learning analytics, lecture capture, and polling and surveys.
Accessing Microsoft's Immersive Reader in a variety of applications.
BreadWeb is a network for teachers connected to the Bread Loaf School of English.
Basic triage steps to determine why an instructor or student cannot see a Canvas site.
FERPA regulations apply when adding individuals to a course where they can see student information. Make sure you only add people to your course who have “an educational need to know.” You can learn more about FERPA here. Questions about FERPA can be directed to the Registrar.
A Canvas site is accessible according to the academic term course dates set by the Registrar. The course end date is typically set to the final day of classes plus thirty days for grading. Instructors can change this for active courses where the current students may need access to the site beyond the course end date.
This article provides instructions on adding and positioning the Redirect Tool in a Canvas course menu.
How to activate, use and upgrade content with the DesignPLUS sidebar tool in Canvas.
Guidance for instructors who need to manage access for one or more student to a Canvas site because they have been issued a grade of Incomplete or need to finish coursework beyond the course end date. As part of the process for granting an Incomplete and allowing a student to submit late course work on Canvas, an instructor or Canvas administrator will extend access to a course Canvas site beyond the academic term date.
Canvas Discussions update for Fall 2024: A temporary fix is available to restore threaded replies functionality, which may have been disabled in some courses due to an August 2024 update. Instructions for implementing the fix using a new course-level button are provided.
Middlebury has been using the Google Apps LTI in Canvas since 2017. Instructure, the company that owns and runs Canvas, no longer supports the Google Apps LTI. We are thus switching to the new Google Assignments LTI.
A brief description of all the items available under Navigation in Middlebury's Canvas courses.
Faculty up for contract renewal, promotion, or tenure review may need to share online curricular materials with the review committee.
This article provides an overview of external tools available in Canvas. These integrations commonly referred to as Learning Tools Interoperability or LTI are a series of applications that can be accessed from within Canvas to extend the built-in features of the learning management system.
The Canvas Student App allows students to view and interact with content on their mobile devices. Some issues can arise when content from an integration (such as Panopto, Google, Office 365, etc.) is added to a Canvas site. If this happens, use the following steps to troubleshoot the Canvas Student App.
The Google Apps LTI in Canvas makes it easier for instructors and students to share content from Google Drive, submit Google Docs for assignments, and collaborate within a Google Doc. Browser settings affect the integration between Canvas and Google, and browser updates can reset the settings to defaults that interfere with the integration.
Requesting a collaborative editing option in ArcGIS and StoryMaps.
The searchable Course Catalog at
https://catalog.middlebury.edu/ provides full-text searching of course descriptions, course favorites, and a schedule-planning tool.
The Course Hub is the starting point for managing and accessing digital resources for courses. When an instructor or student logs into the Course Hub with a Middlebury username and password they will see a list of courses organized by academic term. Each course is listed with basic information including course title, description, instructor, schedule and location. Some course hub sites may also contain links to other resources.
The CourseHub's name pronunciation feature allows both students and instructors to add extra profile information, including a name pronunciation recording and phonetic spelling of their name.
Flip, a free web-based video discussion tool for education, is being retired by Microsoft. As of July 1, 2024, users can no longer create new content, and the service will be fully decommissioned by September 30, 2024. Flip is no longer available in Canvas. Instructors are advised to stop using Flip and explore alternatives such as Canvas discussion boards with video capabilities or Padlet for multimodal discussions. For assistance in finding alternatives, instructors can contact DLINQ.
This article provides a step-by-step guide to setting up courses and assignments for video feedback in Canvas using GoReact.
The article describes how to use Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation tool, within Canvas. Hypothesis can be integrated either as a graded assignment or as a non-graded module activity. Getting started guides for both instructors and students are provided.
This article provides steps for getting started with annotation through the Hypothesis website. If you are looking for the Canvas integration see Hypothesis: Getting Started with Annotation Assignments in Canvas.
The article explains how to use Lucid's interactive whiteboard tools in Canvas for active learning. It explains how to create individual assignments where students work independently on Lucid boards and submit them for grading as well as collaborative activities where students can edit shared Lucid documents embedded in Canvas for group work.
Panopto is Middlebury's main video hosting and creation option. It is integrated with Course Hub and Canvas.
This guide shows how to link a Panopto video folder to multiple course sections in Course Hub by copying the folder’s unique ID and connecting it to each desired section. This allows easy sharing of Panopto resources across classes.
This guide explains how to add a Panopto course folder to a Course Hub listing, enabling video sharing and student access. Instructors can adjust settings to allow students to upload content, facilitating interactive course use.
How to connect Panopto folders between different courses and instructors using Course Hub.
This article provides a quick-start guide to using Pressbooks from initial setup to final publication options.
This article contains specific directions for printing a poster from a PDF file using the public Windows computers in McCardell Bicentennial Hall.
Information on Qualtrics, Middlebury's supported survey software.
You can use the ArcGIS Online Assistant tool to copy certain content over to your Middlebury account. If you (or a student) are leaving Middlebury and want to transfer your content to either a personal account or to another ArcGIS Online organization, ArcGIS Online Assistant can help you do that.
How to install the DLINQ Canvas template for your Canvas course.
This article provides step-by-step instructions for adding the Zoom app to your Canvas course navigation. It explains how to access the course settings, locate and enable the Zoom app, and save these changes so that the Zoom link appears in the course navigation menu.
This article describes steps to access a Zoom cloud recording associated with a course using the Zoom integration with the Canvas learning management system.
This article explains how to record a Zoom meeting to the cloud for access in Canvas, providing steps to start a Zoom meeting, begin cloud recording, and stop the recording once finished.
This article helps you schedule Zoom meetings within a Canvas course. It guides you through accessing the Zoom feature, creating new meetings, and setting them as recurring.
Information for troubleshooting data feeds for the course catalog.
How to get doc/docx files from a variety of authoring tools.