• Educational Theories,  Podcast,  Teaching & Learning

    Tranform Your Teaching: AI Resilience & Backward Design Principles

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoes Backward Design look different now that AI has changed the world of education? How does “starting with the end in mind” produce courses that serve students well? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss how a backward-design approach enables teachers to create AI-resilient courses.  View a transcript of this week’s episode.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

  • Canvas,  Educational Tools

    What Do I Need to Know about Using Proctorio in Canvas? 

    Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you want to use a lockdown browser with your quizzes or exams in Canvas, Proctorio is the answer. It’s not hard to start using it, but there are a few things you need to know.   You (and your students) must use Google Chrome.  Proctorio works through a Chrome extension, so you cannot use any other browser when adding Proctorio to a quiz/exam or when students attempt the assessment.   Before you can add Proctorio to a quiz/exam, you need to add Proctorio to your course and install the Chrome extension.  Adding Proctorio to your course  Since Proctorio is enabled at the course level, you will need to follow these steps for each course where you want to use Proctorio.   Installing the Chrome extension  Once you’ve added Proctorio to your course navigation, click the navigation link. You’ll be directed to a page…

  • Podcast,  Teaching & Learning

    Transform Your Teaching: AI Resilient Course Design – Kickoff Part II

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat level of specificity should you provide about how students can use AI in your courses? What are some practical steps for implementing design concepts that will help your courses be more AI-resilient? Join Rob and Jared as they share a “practical menu” of six components instructors can use in their courses.  View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

  • Canvas,  Educational Tools,  Teaching & Learning

    Turnitin: Grading using SpeedGrader 

    Reading Time: 4 minutesLast post, we talked about the new Turnitin Clarity features, what Clarity is, and how to use it. Even if you use Turnitin (either the standard assignment type or Clarity), you can still use Canvas’s SpeedGrader and rubrics for grading. SpeedGrader will still give you access to all of Turnitin’s reports and information about the submission – you just need to know where to look.   When you open a Turnitin assignment, you’ll see this kind of table with submission information. Students name their submissions, and you can see that title directly under the student’s name. You can also see the submission date and time information, then there’s the “Grade” column (which you can just ignore – that’s for grading…