• Canvas,  Educational Technology,  Inclusivity,  Instructional Strategies,  Remote Teaching

    Using Zoom Meetings in Canvas

    Zoom is a web conferencing tool available in Canvas. To be enabled, it has to be added to the course navigation menu. Zoom can be used to schedule lectures, group meetings or appointments. Students can join any virtual meeting directly through Canvas and can review any recorded sessions through the Zoom Meetings link. The videos below explain how to use Zoom to schedule meetings and office hours in Canvas. Using Zoom to schedule meetings in Canvas (7.31) Using Zoom to schedule office hours in Canvas (4.05) How students can join a Zoom session in Canvas Once in Canvas students can simply click the Join button, either from the Zoom Meetings…

  • Canvas,  Remote Teaching

    Office hours in Canvas

    Office hours are important because they allow our student to connect with us and ask questions, but they can be time consuming to set up in a remote environment. Using Meets in Canvas, you can quickly and simply set up remote meeting times as “office hours” so your students can sign up for a time to meet with you.  You’ll want to do it this way instead of some outside tool because: You can set a block of time, and divide it into any length of appointments You can auto schedule short breaks between appointments You can push one set of office hours to all your classes, so student from…