For in-person classes, yes, while it isn't possible to avoid all connectivity issues, Top Hat has several features that faculty can enable or request to be enabled to help minimize student connectivity issues.
Yes, you can submit a feature request in the Canvas Community. It’s a good idea to check the Canvas Community to see if any other users have requested the same or similar feature. You may also contact the Learn@OregonState team if you have questions about the process or would like to submit a request for a third-party integration or would like to know more about our evaluation process for integration requests.
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.
Instructors can view questions they create in Top Hat from the perspective of a student in order to confirm that the question is formatted correctly and try out submitting a response as a student would. Find instructions for doing so in this Top Hat support article.
Before you publish your Canvas course site, read the article Canvas Course Checklist on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com to make sure your site is ready to go.
If you are not sure what a Canvas course could look like, check out the example Canvas course templates below, and learn how to import the templates.
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.
Yes. While Gradescope does not have an official instructor-submitted group assignment option, there is a way to achieve the same result with just a few steps. Read our article on instructor-submitted group assignments in Gradescope for details.
Yes. Data is kept secure at all times and is only used for purposes of assisting the instructor in assessing the assignment. Students always maintain ownership of any work submitted to Turnitin.
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.
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.
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.