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How to Start Building Your Course Part 1

…and organize your first modules using tried-and-true instructional principles. Throughout this process, you might also want to reference resources like the Canvas Quick Start Guide and Ready, Set, Go tutorials—aides that provide practical insights and troubleshooting assistance.  While this Spotlight aims to get your course up and running, it should…

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Generative AI Resources

Copilot Example Showcase

…objectives related to Generative AI (GenAI) into your education technology course: Understanding GenAI Fundamentals: Measurable Objective: By the end of the course, students will be able to explain the core concepts of Generative AI, including its underlying principles, applications, and impact on education. Assessment: Students will create a short presentation…

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How to Help Struggling Students

…(UDL) principles and building support into your course, such as using the Canvas features, Message Students Who, and New Analytics, as well as office hours and flexible deadlines. Each of these features can be customized to meet your needs, and when used correctly, will absolutely improve student outcomes. Let’s now…

Canvas Spotlight

Welcome to the Canvas Spotlight section of the CTLD Ready website! This is the place where we shine a light on the most effective tools and practices to enhance your teaching experience. Below you will find a list of articles that have been featured in the MSU-Denver Early Bird newsletter….

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Generative AI

Consider Academic Integrity with AI

…and society as a whole. What ethical considerations should accountants consider when dealing with such situations, and how can they ensure that their work is transparent and “accountable”? How can individuals and businesses make use of accounting principles to make informed decisions about their own finances and investments, and what…

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Course Showcase – GWS 1001- Support for Beginning Students

…(Universal Design for Learning) principles take a whole-brain approach to course design, emphasizing the “why,” “what,” and “how” of learning. Instructors who use this approach provide multiple means of student engagement and representation, as well as action and expression. The process aims to remove barriers to learning in the course-planning…

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Course Showcase – ACC 3750- International Accounting

…of the course development, Dr. Holt revised and developed both accounting textbooks to OER. Equal access to content provides students with a more equitable learning experience. The instructional designers spent extensive time remediating the content to be fully accessible with varied pictorial and verbal presentation of essential information. The instructional…

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Create A Dynamic Home Page

…Week at a Glance Schedule Accessible Highlight the Cells in the left column. Click on the Table Icon from the drop-down menu that appears.  Hover over the Cell Option in the drop-down menu that appears.  Click Cell Properties. Click in the Text Box for “Cell Type.” Click the Header Cell…

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Record a Teams Meeting and Share It with Your Students

…live and captioned to a good degree of accuracy, creating a more accessible experience for students in class and when they watch the recording. Recording your lectures will also provide students with reference material while they are studying for later exams. If you like, you can do some light editing…

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Course Showcase – SOC 1300 – Asia in Global Perspective

…Examples Video https://msudenver.yuja.com/V/Video?v=8393308&node=35615999&a=158807054&autoplay=1 Building Knowledge of All Asian Regions and Countries One of Dr. Jiang’s priorities for the course was to ensure that it equally represented the East, South, and Southeast regions of Asia. We used several tactics to accomplish this, including embedding an accessible and interactive Thinglink map to…