MICA Educational Technology How-to Guides

November 16, 2017

Addressing some of your Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), here are some How-to Guides that take you step-by-step through tasks within the various online tools you use everyday – Google Apps for Education, Canvas, Online Evaluations and Adobe Connect for Web Conferencing.

Google Apps for Education @ MICA

Google Drive has an option akin to Dropbox, where you designate folder(s) on yourpersonal computer that are connected to an online version of that folder on GoogleDrive. Syncing these folders will automatically reflect changes in both locations made online or on your computer.

Canvas @ MICA

Main features that are essential to experiencing the Canvas Interface to the fullest. You can customize your Global Navigation panel, Course Dashboard customization, and other features to make your Canvas page truly yours.

The syllabus is most likely the first thing uploaded to your Canvas course. Follow this shortstep-by-step guide to successfully upload any files that you might want to have online for students via Moodle.

Uploading videos onto Canvas make it easier for students to access any videos you might want them to see.You may directly insert your videos through third-party applications like Google Drive, Dropbox, and otherexternal tools or directly embed videos by inputting the URL through Youtube or Vimeo.

Sometimes, it is easier to email your students directly from your Canvas page withoutswitching to another browser window or email application. To have this function available to you, follow this quick how-to.

By default, Canvas sends you a weekly email that summarize any activities that happened on your Canvas page. You can adjust these notification preferences to change how frequently you want these emails/notifications, what content you want on your notifications, etc.

Adobe Connect for Web Conferencing @ MICA

Adobe Connect is a really great tool for web-conference calls with your students whenyou are not physically in the classroom or have a guest lecturer/presenter call in fromoff-campus. These are some best practices to keep in mind when working inAdobe Connect.

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