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Talking to Your Students about Generative AI - July 26, 2023

With the rapid onset of available generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Bard, the world of higher education has become immersed in ongoing conversations about how these tools…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 14 - Canvas: Create Appointment Slots Using the Calendar

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to create and edit appointment slots through the Canvas calendar. This is a great way to set up individual or group appointments, allowing students to…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 12 - Canvas: Hide and Manage Navigation Links

Navigation links are an important part of the student experience in the Canvas LMS. Navigation should be clear and simple for students, and they should only see the links you want them to have…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 13 - Canvas: Managing Assignments Through the Calendar

Did you know that you can create and manage assignments for your courses through the Canvas calendar? The calendar allows you to see assignments from all your courses in one central place. You can…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 7 - Canvas: Assignment Groups

Are you using the assignment groups feature in Canvas? It is easy to do, and a great tool for organizing your courses and doing things like assigning different weights to your assessments or dropping…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 9 - Canvas: Drop the Lowest Grades

Are you looking for an easy way to drop the lowest grade for students in Canvas? This is extremely easy to do! This video tutorial will walk you through the basic steps. In order to do this, you must…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 8 - Canvas: Assignment Weights

This video tutorial will walk you through the basic steps of assigning weights to grades in Canvas. Would you like your assignments, discussions, quizzes, and tests to each contribute a different…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 6 - Canvas: Student Groups

You may not know how easy it is to assign student groups in Canvas for your courses. This is a great feature that you can use to create and manage group assignments. This video tutorial will walk…

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LEC Guest Presentation-Answering Student Questions: Effective Platforms and Approaches

Session Description: Responding to students’ questions in an efficient and effective way can help reduce misunderstandings and improve student performance and engagement. This presentation will…

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Effective Use of Teams for Project Based Learning

Session Description:Project-based learning (PBL) has been shown to be a powerful tool in the classroom. This method can also be used effectively in the online teaching environment. In this…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 5 - Canvas: Attendance Tool Seating Chart

Taking attendance in class has always been important, and using the Seating Chart makes it quick and easy to do. This video will guide you in using the Seating Chart function in the Canvas…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 4 - Canvas: Message Students Who

The topic of this video is the Canvas feature called Message Students Who. It allows you to message students who have not turned in an assignment or earned a grade higher or lower than an identified…

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Media Variety in Asynchronous Discussions

In this session, we discussed ways to engage students in online discussions using a variety of media including text, photos, audio, and video. Examples of instructor-created and student-created media…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 3 - Introducing Poll Everywhere

This video will give you a brief overview of Poll Everywhere. Poll Everywhere is a great tool for increasing student engagement in a course. You can create surveys, assessments, competitions and…

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Using Zoom to Facilitate Instructional Approaches

Title: Using Zoom to Facilitate Instructional Approaches Session Description:The purpose of this session is to discuss how Zoom can be used to facilitate various instructional approaches (e.g.,…

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Learning with the LEC Ep. 2 - Canvas: Page History

Have you ever wished you could retrieve and restore a previous version of a page you made in Canvas? It is very easy to do. This video will guide you through the steps. For more information on…

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