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Canvas

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Check out these one-minute videos on various Canvas topics.

Creating a Profile in Canvas
Learn how to add your picture and tell other Canvas users a bit about yourself.
Cleaning up Dashboard and Accessing Old Courses
Have too many classes on your dashboard? Looking for an older class that is not on your dashboard anymore?
Using Due Dates
When you use due dates it helps your students know what is due. Your assignments show up in calendar, to do list, and in chronological order on the syllabus tab.
Types of Quizzes
Did you know there are four different types of quizzes you can create in Canvas?
Attendance
Canvas will keep track of attendance for you. This video shows you how to use the attendance feature.
Personalize your Dashboard
How to change your dashboard colors, names, and location.

Kaltura In Canvas Intro
Introduction to Kaltura in Canvas
Course Media Gallery vs My Media Gallery for Students
Describes the difference between Course Media Gallery and My Media from the student's view.
Add Course Media Gallery to the Course Navigation
Shows how to add the Course Media Gallery to the Course Navigation if it is not showing in your course.
Course Media Gallery and My Media
Describes the difference between Course Media Gallery and My Media from the instructor's view.
Edit Tabs
Discusses what the Edit Tabs can accomplish
Metadata
Metadata it's all in the details. How to create keywords to make your media more searchable.
Playlist
How to create a playlist to organize your media.
Co-viewer
Shows how to add a co-viewer to a video. How to create a video to give students feedback only they will see.
Anaytics by Student
Shows how to see which students watched a video and if they watched it to completion or watched it more than once.

Check back often as we add new resources for Kaltura.

Getting Started with Kaltura Capture
Kaltura Capture is a desktop recording and capture tool for the easy creation of videos at home, in the office, on campus, or on the go
This video demonstrates how to get started with the Kaltura Personal Capture Application
How to Install Kaltura Capture Application
This video demonstrates how to Install the Kaltura Capture application. Please mind the application version shown in the video as it has been updated by now. Also, note that the updated minimal system requirements are: OS: Windows 7 -10 (64 bit) and above / MAC -10.12-10.15
How to use Course Media Gallery
This video demonstrates how to use Course Media Gallery. The Course Media Gallery is a central location within each course, where users can search or view rich media assigned to the course. Only users enrolled in that course will be able to view the media assigned to the Course Media Gallery.
Note that your screen might be slightly different due to version changes.
How to Upload Media
This video demonstrates how to upload media to MediaSpace.
You can learn how to upload media from your computer or upload a YouTube video.
Note that your screen might be slightly different due to version changes.
Zoom Videos in Canvas
Video shows how to find and use your zoom recordings in your canvas courses.
Closed Captions in Kalutra Videos
This video shows how to find your auto-generated closed captions, edit the closed captions, and turn the option for them on in your video.
Kaltura Capture Walk through
Add a Co-Viewer
Shows how to add a co-viewer, great for making one-on-one videos for students
How to use the Kaltura Video Editor
In this video we will demonstrate how to edit a media using the the Kaltura Editor Video Tool.

Zoom

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Zoom is a video conferencing utility that includes screen-sharing and recording features, and it can be accessed via your Course Navigation Menu.

All faculty and staff are automatically provided with a licensed, Zoom Pro account.
A Zoom Pro account will permit your meetings to have a duration greater than 40 minutes to a total time of 24 hours.
One way to check your account status is to go to https://canvas.zoom.us / sign-in / click the far upper-right head-and-shoulders icon (or your picture if you’ve uploaded that to Zoom) / “Licensed” or “Basic" will be indicated.

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Zoom Video Training

How to change your name in zoom
This PDF shows you how to change your name in zoom both permanently or for just that one meeting.
Zoom Quick Tips
Learn how to hide the zoom floating toolbar and shut off the doorbell along with other quick tips in this one page PDF
Zoom FAQs
The zoom basics.
Zoom Personal Meeting Room
Did you know that you have your own virtual office? You can use this link without setting times. Just open it when you want to use it.
9 steps to prevent Zoom Bombing

Navigate

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Text Student from Navigate
Did you know that you could text a student from Navigate.
Navigate Alert
Whatever happened to the old opportunity for success form? It is now a Navigate Alert.