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Communication Lectures

Start a Meeting with Students in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams will allow you to hold live, synchronous sessions with your students. Whether you’d like to hold a whole class activity, like a lecture or discussion, or 1-on-1 meetings with individual students, Microsoft Teams can be the tool you turn to. Other tutorials on this website will show you how to use several features […]

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Communication Lectures Videos

Embed Videos from YuJa

Sometimes the best way to reach your students is with a video from you, their instructor. You can easily embed videos from YuJa anywhere the Rich Content Editor box and toolbar appears in Canvas. There are two ways to approach the embedding of a YuJa video. One begins within YuJa and the other stays entirely […]

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Communication Lectures Videos

Use YuJa to Create and Upload Videos

Sometimes the best way to reach your students is with a video from you, their instructor. Other resources are great, but your presence in the course makes it even more unique and meaningful to the students. One great way to provide your own videos is through recording in YuJa. You can use this tool to […]

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Use GoReact to Provide Feedback on Videos

GoReact is a tool for providing feedback on videos. Students can record media and receive feedback from their teacher or critique a media piece using time-stamped comments. Consider asking students to act out a scene from literature, record a mini-lesson about the course content, or demonstrate a performance-based skill. This tutorial describes how to integrate […]

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Accessibility Lectures Videos

Edit Auto-Captions on YuJa Videos

Videos uploaded to YuJa receive automatic captions, though it may take a few hours for them to appear after processing. This is an excellent feature which will save you lots of time! However, not all of the captions will be accurate- it’s a computer and cannot know your exact vocab or speech perfectly. Thankfully, editing […]

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Integrated Apps

Use LinkedIn Learning in Your Course

For the most up to date tutorial on using LinkedIn Learning in your course, please see our Canvas Spotlight Incorporate LinkedIn Learning Into Canvas Classes.

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Videos

Embed a Video on a Page

Videos can be a great way to get complex ideas or concepts across to your students. This tutorial describes how to embed a video, such as a YouTube video, on a Canvas page. Using pages provides a wonderful opportunity to include some much-needed context around your video in the form of an introductory paragraph (gain […]