Instructional Design Tutorials
Are you looking for tips or quick started guide for Canvas, Zoom, remote exam methods, and teaching tools for your classes? You are welcome to explore the College of Engineering Instructional Design tutorials, videos, and resources. Questions? Please email: eileen.chen@sjsu.edu
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Teaching Tools
- Canvas
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Canvas Learning Management System is a cloud-based system with user friendly features. San Jose State University faculty use Canvas to present course materials, communicate with students, add assignments and quizzes, grade students' quizzes, and guide students to create a collaborative learning community.
Please first review the fundamental features & communication resources. These resources below can help you create an effective Canvas course.
Resources
- How to download the Canvas Course Template: This template was designed by CoE faculty. You can download it via Canvas Commons to your practice course and modify it to meet your teaching needs
- Login to your Canvas account with your 91ÁÔÆæ ID and Password
- A frequently asked questions (FAQ) list
- Course request form
Fundamental features of Canvas LMS
Communication tools
- Find out how to send out a message to your students
- When your students access your Canvas course, they will see your homepage immediately. Therefore, it’s important to choose or design your homepage.
Course material organization tools
- You will organize your course materials on Modules weekly, topics, or sessions, etc.
Exam and grading tools
Course publish
Copy a course content to another course
How to import and export your Canvas course (, )
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- iClicker
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iClicker Resources
Other resources:
Getted started with iClicker:
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- Zoom (Mar, 2024 updated)
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Zoom is a web conferencing tool that empowers 91ÁÔÆæ faculty to conduct synchronous remote classes and hosting virtual office hours.
When you host a Zoom meeting, you can:
1) share your desktop, video, or whiteboard
2) assign students into breakout rooms for them to collaborate and to work with peers in a small group
3) use polling to post questions and check out students' understanding on your lecture topics, etc.
Zoom FAQs, , and
Fundamental
- In-meeting teaching guide: It is designed for new Zoom users to facilitate Zoom meeting immediately. (8/2020 revision)
- Setup tips: security setting and in-meeting control
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Advance
Strategies optimized for your teaching needs:
- Breakout Room: ()
- : How to use Polling to check out student's understanding in your remote classroom
- Whiteboard: ()
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- Media Device Tutorials
- Exam and Proctoring
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Find , Canvas Quizzes, Lockdown Browser, and Proctorio resources here.
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Screen recording software
- Canvas Studio
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Canvas Studio is one of screen recording application. It is integrated with Canvas.You can record your computer screen, add an existing file from your computer, or add a YouTube video in Canvas Stuido.
Resources
- How to screen record your lecture and embed a quiz via Canvas Studio () (It's called Studio Canvas now. Previously referred to as "Arc". )
- How to embed a quiz on Canvas Studio ()
- Find out more information via Canvas Studio tutorials
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- Camtasia
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Camtasia is a screen recording software. You can use it to record your computer screen and produce lecture videos. In addition, the videos can be utilized as an alternative learn method to enhance student learning. The video tutorials below can guide you to create a professional-looking and amazing video production!
How to get started?
- Check out the video tutorials and video tips listed below
- Review the Camtasia Checklist [pdf]
Please ensure that you include closed captions on your recording video. If you need captioning support, please visit the Center of Faculty Development (Link).
Video Tutorials
Quick Tips for recordings
- Plan and determine your recording topics before recording a lecture.
- Script an audio narration script before recording.
- Keep your video short for the purpose of keeping audience attention span.
- Use headsets for better audio quality, and it can remove the background noise.
- Speak at an appropriate speed which combined with fast, slow, and medium speed in order to make your lecture videos clearer.
- Stay focused on your topics, and it can prevent audience from feel disengaged with the topics.
- Ensure including closed captioning.
- Use table of contents while editing your recordings (as needed).
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- Panopto
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Panopto offers a comprehensive suite of tools that empower educators and students alike to create, manage, share, and engage with video content seamlessly. With Panopto, you can effortlessly record lectures, tutorials, and presentations, making them accessible for your students to review at their own pace.
You can login to your Panopto with your 91ÁÔÆæ account for full access, click here to learn more about Panopto.
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Additional Resources
- Accessible tools
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How to make your powerpoint slides accessible ()
How to make your Word doc accessible (Website for , , Google doc for , )
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- Adobe Express
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Adobe Express is a cloud-based media creation application that provides different templates for you to create a professional-looking webpage and showcase your work.
Free with school login, click here to complete the Adobe Access Form.
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- Free software available for Faculty
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Free software is available for 91ÁÔÆæ faculty to download, like Microsoft Office, Adobe …etc. (link)
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- Qualtrics
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Qualtrics is a web-based, user-friendly survey tool. You can use it for research, collaboration, evaluation, etc.
A quick-started video
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