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Instructional Design Tutorials

Looking for quick tips or getting started guide for Canvas, Zoom, proctoring tool, or teaching technologies? Explore the College of Engineering's Instructional Design tutorials, videos, and resources to support your courses. 

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Teaching Tools

• Canvas

  • Canvas Learning Management System is a cloud-based system with user-friendly features used across San Jose State University. The resources below highlight key features and comunication tools to help faculty build effective and engaging Canvas course. 

    Resources

    1. How to download the Canvas Course Template: This template designed by CoE faculty, is available in Canvas Commons. You can download it into your practice course and customize it to fit your teaching needs
    2. Login to your Canvas account with your 91ÁÔÆæ ID and Password
    3. A frequently asked questions (FAQ) list 
    
    

    Fundamental features of Canvas LMS 

    Communication tools

    1. Learn how to send message to your students through Canvas Inbox 
    2. Your course homepage is the first page students see. Learn how to choose or customize a homepage layout that supports student engagement and course navigation

    Course material organization tools

    1. You will organize your course materials on Modules weekly, topics, or sessions, etc.

    Exam and grading tools

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    Course publish

    Copy a course content to another course(, )

• Zoom (Mar, 2024 updated)

  • Zoom is a web conferencing tool that empowers 91ÁÔÆæ faculty to conduct synchronous remote classes and hosting virtual office hours.

    When you host a Zoom meeting, you can:

    1) share your desktop, video, or whiteboard

    2) assign students into breakout rooms for them to collaborate and to work with peers in a small group

    3) use polling to post questions and check out students' understanding on your lecture topics, etc.

    Zoom FAQs, , and

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    Fundamental

    1. In-meeting teaching guide: It is designed for new Zoom users to facilitate Zoom meeting immediately. (8/2020 revision)
    2. Setup tips: security setting and in-meeting control 
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    Advance

    Strategies optimized for your teaching needs:

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    2. Breakout Room:  () 
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    5. : How to use Polling to check out student's understanding in your remote classroom
    6. Whiteboard: ()  
• Media Device Tutorials

Screen recording software

• Camtasia

  • Camtasia is a screen recording software. You can use it to record your computer screen and produce lecture videos. In addition, the videos can be utilized as an alternative learn method to enhance student learning. The video tutorials below can guide you to create a professional-looking and amazing video production!

    How to get started?

    2. Check out the video tutorials and video tips listed below
    3. Review the Camtasia Checklist [pdf]

    Please ensure that you include closed captions on your recording video. If you need captioning support, please visit the Center of Faculty Development (Link).

    Video Tutorials

    Quick Tips for recordings

    1. Plan and determine your recording topics before recording a lecture.
    2. Script an audio narration script before recording.
    3. Keep your video short for the purpose of keeping audience attention span.
    4. Use headsets for better audio quality, and it can remove the background noise.
    5. Speak at an appropriate speed which combined with fast, slow, and medium speed in order to make your lecture videos clearer.
    6. Stay focused on your topics, and it can prevent audience from feel disengaged with the topics.
    7. Ensure including closed captioning.
    8. Use table of contents while editing your recordings (as needed). 

    Resources

• Panopto 

  • Panopto offers a comprehensive suite of tools that empower educators and students alike to create, manage, share, and engage with video content seamlessly. With Panopto, you can effortlessly record lectures, tutorials, and presentations, making them accessible for your students to review at their own pace. 

    You can login to your Panopto with your 91ÁÔÆæ account for full access, click here to learn more about Panopto. 

    Resources: 

Additional Resources

• Free software available for Faculty

  • Free software is available for 91ÁÔÆæ faculty to download, like Microsoft Office, Adobe …etc. (link)

• Qualtrics survey tool

  • Need to collect feedback or run a study? Qualtrics is easy-to-use online survey tool, ideally for research and collaboration.  

    A quick-started video: