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Can I contact students through Canvas based on their current grade in the course??

Yes, Canvas has built a Canvas Analytics tool that will allow an instructor to message students based on their current course grade. Be certain that you have entered zeros for any missing work and posted scores for any assignments that have been completed. This ensures that the current grade for the course is most accurate.

Read the article How do I send a message to all students based on specific course criteria in New Analytics?

Can I contact students through Canvas based on their current grade in the course??

Top Hat: Is it possible to prevent students from responding to questions outside of class?

Yes and no. Top Hat Attendance provides a 'geolocation' feature to prevent students from responding to attendance outside of a physical area. Top Hat questions do not have the geolocation feature so technically you cannot prevent students from responding to questions remotely. However, you can make it very difficult for students to respond correctly from a remote location.

Read the article How can I prevent students from responding to questions outside of the classroom with Top Hat? on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

Note: geolocation is not applicable in the remote teaching environment.

Top Hat: Is it possible to prevent students from responding to questions outside of class?

Can I add someone to my Canvas course?

Instructors can add an OSU individual to their Canvas course as a Canvas teaching assistant (TA), Grader, Designer, or Observer via the Add TA...* link on the course navigation menu. Instructors cannot add students to their Canvas courses. Learn how to use the Add TA... tool and the permissions of each role.

Can I add someone to my Canvas course?

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

Yes, if instructors give an Incomplete, the instructor may request to have the course re-opened for the instructor and the student so they can access quizzes, assignments, etc. Please review the full documentation for details.

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

What are Kaltura specifications, retention & transfer policies, and reporting procedures?

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What are Kaltura specifications, retention & transfer policies, and reporting procedures?

How can I get help with Canvas?

All OSU Canvas users may get technical support 24 x 7, 365 days a year by phone, live chat, or email. Click the “Help” button in the lower left corner of the Canvas screen, or call 844-329-3084. If you are an instructor, TA, or staff member and would like to learn more, please contact the Learn@OregonState team. Alternatively, check out the excellent online help resources in the Canvas Community.

How can I get help with Canvas?

What are merged and crosslisted course sites in Canvas?

When a course is listed under two different names, e.g. listed as both an undergraduate version and a graduate version OR listed under different designators, it is a crosslisted course. In other words, if the two versions of the course are taught at the same time and place, they should be crosslisted. In order for a course to be technically crosslisted, the crosslist designation must be set in Banner by the Registrar's Office. Once the courses are crosslisted in Banner, a crosslisted course site will appear in Canvas. The crosslisted course will have the same Canvas course code as one of the original sections with the exception of the addition of an "X" to the front of the section number.

If you are teaching or co-teaching multiple sections of the same course, you can use the Course Merge tool in Canvas to create a single merged Canvas course with the multiple sections contained within the course. The tool can be used to merge multiple Ecampus sections together, or to merge multiple on-campus sections together. Ecampus sections cannot be merged with on-campus sections.

Read the article Merged and crosslisted courses in Canvas on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

What are merged and crosslisted course sites in Canvas?

Once I create or upload media to Kaltura, what edit options are available?

You have the ability to edit the video file directly, and you have options for modifying player features. Check out some of the articles below for ideas:

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Once I create or upload media to Kaltura, what edit options are available?

Why did OSU select Canvas?

From 2012-2014 OSU investigated our options and needs for instructional innovation and technology. Over the course of our campus-wide inquiry, Canvas was preferred by students and instructors alike as the system and technology partner that is in the best position to help us meet our goals. Learn more about the decision for Canvas at OSU.

Why did OSU select Canvas?

How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

To create and successfully manage a media assignment in Canvas, use the following two documents. The first document is used by faculty to create the assignment, the second document should be added as a link in the assignment so students have the information they need to complete the assignment.

How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

Top Hat: How do I give different versions of a formula question to each student?

For courses that require students to calculate numerical responses using formulas, Top Hat's Formula Question, exclusive to Pages and Test, allows instructors to offer a different number for students to use for calculating the formula so that no one gets the same question! Check out this Top Hat support article for instructions on setting up a Formula Question.

Top Hat: How do I give different versions of a formula question to each student?

What options are available for sharing my Kaltura media with others?

You have several options for sharing your media with others. Which one(s) you choose will depend on what restrictions you want on who can view the media. Start learning about the different options by reviewing our documentation on sharing your Kaltura videos with others. Alternatively, you may be looking for instructions to share or transfer ownership or permissions of your media.

What options are available for sharing my Kaltura media with others?

Is there some self-paced Canvas training available?

Consider signing up for the Canvas Academy for self-paced Canvas training. A Canvas Academy participant can expect to learn how to use the core features of Canvas, have access to a Canvas expert, and pick up several useful tips and tricks along the way. Sign up for the Canvas Academy by sending an email to [email protected].

Is there some self-paced Canvas training available?

What is the difference between playlists, channels and categories?

Playlists allow a content owner to group content together for embedding on an external web page. Every time you add a new or remove an item to a Playlist, your embedded player automatically updates to reflect this change.

Channels allow a content owner to group media together in MediaSpace. Additionally, the content owner can restrict access to that channel to a defined list of users (based on ONID usernames).

Categories are created by Kaltura systems administrators, and media added to a category are automatically publicly available. Note: if you publish your media to a category, adding that same media to a Channel will not restrict who has access to it.

What is the difference between playlists, channels and categories?

What do sections in my merged or crosslisted Canvas courses allow me to do?

Instructors with merged or crosslisted courses in Canvas have new features in Canvas. A few of the features allow the instructor to view which section of the course a student is enrolled in and assign differential due dates to individual sections.

Read the article Section functionality in combined and crosslisted Canvas courses on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

What do sections in my merged or crosslisted Canvas courses allow me to do?

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