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Center for Digital Instruction Resources all in one spot!
Your Go-To for CDI Guides, Training and Help
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Canvas Training
Canvas Basics: Asynchronous course you complete at your own pace.
Mastering Canvas Playlist: If you learn best with video, this playlist will make you a Canvas guru!
Canvas How-Tos: Mini guides to basic Canvas features.
Online Faculty Training (OFT): Sign up for a facilitated, five-week course. If there are no dates available, sign up to indicated you are interested in the next scheduled training.
Online Course Design: Semester-long course led by the entire CDI team. Participants must have successfully completed OFT or passed a CDI evaluation to enroll.
Student Online Quickstart: Free asynchronous course students can take to get to know Canvas and test their computer for Canvas readiness.
Winter Term (Snowmester) Training: Asynchronous course to guide faculty/adjuncts through development of a Winter Term condensed course.
Canvas Course: Creating a New Course
Canvas Quickstart: Basic guide to build your course in Canvas, quickly.
Adding Course Materials: Basic guide on adding modules, pages, links and documents into Canvas
New Canvas Course Checklist: Make sure you have all the elements to give your students a quality experience.
Canvas Guides
Popular Canvas Guides: Collection of the most requested Canvas guides
Canvas Course: Importing an Existing Course
Importing: Job Aid to move an earlier version of your Canvas course into your new shell.
Importing: Video to show you how to move an earlier version of your Canvas course into your new shell.
Adding Course Materials: Basic guide on adding modules, pages, links and documents into Canvas
Imported Course Checklist: Make sure your imported course has the elements to give students a quality experience.
CBU Institutional Requirements
Basic Canvas Presence: Guide for how to meet CBU requirements for all CBU courses.
Digital First
Ready for Spring: Digital First website: CDI created site to assist faculty in adding more digital elements to their courses.
CDI Academic Resiliency Guide: This resources was developed in the Spring and contains numerous tools and guides for online and remote teaching/working.
Remote Resources for Students: CBU student services available via online, phone or email.
Proctoring Software
Respondus Training: Before implementing proctoring software for your course, here is the CDI training to successfully use this powerful tool.
Student Resources
CBU Online Learning Guide: Complete guide of strategies and resources for CBU students taking online courses.
CBU Remote Resources: e-Packet of CBU remote help available to students (tutoring, services, CBU contacts, etc.)
Student Quickstart: Tutorial for students navigating Canvas. Also, includes diagnostics students can run to test their computer readiness for Canvas.
CBU Student Tutoring Hub: Complete guide to all student tutoring, mentoring and consulting services available to students free of charge and remotely at CBU.
Synchronous
CDI WebEx Guide: Basic information about using WebEx in your course.
CDI WebEx Troubleshooting Guide: Information about how to navigate common WebEx issues.
Student-Centered Synchronous Practices: Suggestions for using livestream in ways that are best for students.
Considerations for Synchronous Sessions: Before you plan synchronous, read these considerations.
Setting up WebEx Office Hours: Create student sign ups or open office hours.
Instructions for Using WebEx Office Hours: PDF instructions for both professors and students.
WebEx On-Demand Webinars: Collection of recorded webinars developed by WebEx to learn various aspects of using their platform.
Video
Recording Lectures/Making Instructional Videos: Learn how to use Studio in Canvas to create videos.
Contact Us:
CBU Center for Digital Instruction: CDI@cbu.edu 901.321.4004
Dale Hale, Director: Dale.Hale@cbu.edu 901.321.3264
Tyler Isbell, Instructional Designer & Trainer: Tyler.Isbell@cbu.edu 901.321.4455
Kyle Purpura, Instructional Designer & Trainer: Kpurpura@cbu.edu 901.321.4457
Shontale Bryant, Instructional Designer & Trainer: Sbryant3@cbu.edu
Lurene Kelley, Online Student Success Specialist: Lurene.Kelley@cbu.edu 901.321.4456