Space Saving Strategies for Online Courses

Online Event

Every Canvas course has a finite amount of space: 1 GB (or 1000 MB).  This is not a lot of space considering any files you upload into your course takes up space, any files you import into your course takes up space, and any file students submit as part of…

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Yuja & Stream Basics

Online Event

Yuja and Microsoft Stream are video storage and streaming platforms faculty and students at USM have access to.  This workshop walks attendees through how to access and use these platforms, and how to bring video from them into a Canvas course. This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will…

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Advanced Assignments, Quizzes, & Gradebook

Online Event

The workshop will build on the basics of building assignments, quizzes, and the gradebook. Topics covered include:   How to create, edit, and grade TurnItin assignments How to create student presentation assignments How to use Rubrics w/ Assignments How to moderate a quiz How to access the quiz log and quiz…

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Live Online Classes w/ Webex & Teams

Online Event

This workshop will offer detailed overviews of Cisco Webex and Microsoft Teams, how they are incorporated into Canvas, and how they may be used to hold live classes within an online environment. This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams. Links to the…

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Examity Proctoring Service, Virtual Training and Demo

Online Event

Graham Jones and Eric Rodriguez of Examity, our proctoring service, will be hosting a training event to demonstrate the new interface, and procedures. Learn the smoother process of: Integrating your Canvas course/s. Importing Canvas Quiz/Exam details to your Examity Dashboard. Choosing between Live or Automated Premium. Adding Standalone (Publisher's site…

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Examity Proctoring Service, Virtual Training and Demo

Online Event

Graham Jones and Eric Rodriguez of Examity, our proctoring service, will be hosting a training event to demonstrate the new interface, and procedures. Learn the smoother process of: Integrating your Canvas course/s. Importing Canvas Quiz/Exam details to your Examity Dashboard. Choosing between Live or Automated Premium. Adding Standalone (Publisher's site…

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Free

Examity Proctoring Service, Virtual Training and Demo

Online Event

Graham Jones and Eric Rodriguez of Examity, our proctoring service, will be hosting a training event to demonstrate the new interface, and procedures. Learn the smoother process of: Integrating your Canvas course/s. Importing Canvas Quiz/Exam details to your Examity Dashboard. Choosing between Live or Automated Premium. Adding Standalone (Publisher's site…

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Free

USM Quality Matters APPQMR Virtual Workshop via Cisco Webex

Online Event

This is a virtual APPQMR Workshop hosted via Cisco Webex. The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for Southern Miss faculty. Space is limited. Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM…

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Webex and Teams – Updates Workshop

Online Event

Webex has updated their Meeting environment with a new UI (user interface) and has added breakout rooms functionality.  Teams has also updated their UI, added more participant webcam viewing options, and is quickly developing their own breakout room functionality to be released sometime this month (October).  This workshop focuses on…

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USM Quality Matters APPQMR Virtual Workshop CANCELLED

Online Event

This is a virtual APPQMR Workshop hosted via Cisco Webex. The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for Southern Miss faculty. Space is limited. Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM…

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