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Creating Course Shortcuts on the Desktop
This is a tutorial on how to create shortcuts to Canvas Courses on the desktop. Over time, you may acquire more courses and it can become difficult to manage all of the course tiles on the Canvas Dashboard. By creating shortcuts, you can more easily manage course tiles.
Adding Attachments to Your Request
Checking the Status of Your Request
How To Clear Cache
Viewing a Class Photo Roster in AccessAU Academics
Instructors are able to see a page with the photos of the entire class within AccessAU Academics.
How to check if Adobe Creative Cloud is installed on your machine
Adobe Creative Cloud is a software that allows users to install all Adobe products and keep them up to date through an App on the computer.
Creating Surveys with QuestionPro
A survey is not worth giving unless you’re going to do something with the data and QuestionPro is a tool that gives you a lot of power to analyze your results. This article covers the creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys using QuestionPro for research, student work, and university business.
How to Change your Password for Non-AU Canvas users
Non-AU users can still use Canvas but the process for changing the user's password is different from a typical AU user.
Poll Everywhere Quick Start
This is a quick start guide to Poll Everywhere. Poll Everywhere allows for up to 40 participants to participate in a poll (this is for the free version). The paid version allows for a larger audience. Poll Everywhere is used to interact with the audience using polls, questions, etc.
Google Slides: Poll Everywhere Add On
Poll Everywhere can be added to Google Slides as an Add On via Google Chrome browser. This allows Poll Everywhere Activites to be added directly into Google Slides Presentations.
Microsoft PowerPoint: Poll Everywhere Add On
Poll Everywhere can be added to Microsoft PowerPoint as an Add On via web download from Poll Everywhere. This allows Poll Everywhere Activities to be added directly into PointPoint Presentations and be presented live within the presentation. The Poll Everywhere PowerPoint Add On can be downloaded from the Poll Everywhere home page (after you have logged into your (anderson.edu) Poll Everywhere account.
Adobe Acrobat PRO DC Action Buttons
This is a tutorial on how to add action buttons in Adobe PDF that save data that has been entered into the PDF.
Screencast-O-Matic: Setting up a Recording
This is a tutorial on the different options for setting up a Recording in Screencast-O-Matic.
Screencast-O-Matic: Editing & Publishing a Video
This is a tutorial on how to use the key editing features and publish a video using Screencast-O-Matic
Adding Captions with Screencast-O-Matic
A short tutorial on how to caption a video using Screencast-O-Matic
Using Google Calendar to create a Google Meet
How to set up a Google Meet from Google Calendar
Introduction to Google Meet Video Conferencing
Introduction to Google Meet, the features it has, and how to create a video conference using Google Meet.
Screencast-O-Matic Installation
This is a tutorial on how to install Screencast-O-Matic with the Anderson University License version.
Google Meet: Setting up the Video Conference & Tips
This is a tutorial on how to set up the mic and camera for a Google Meet and some helpful tips on how to be successful with the technology.
Google Meet: Screen Sharing & Misc. Settings
This is a tutorial on how to share your screen in Google Meet and miscellaneous conferencing options that are available to the user.
OBS Introduction
This is a tutorial on the introduction to OBS studio.
Canvas Video Conference Tool: BigBlueButton
This tutorial will go over how to navigate to Cavas's Conferencing tool (Big Blue Button), getting started with Big Blue Button and what sort of tools are available for the conference.
Google Chromebook Signing In/Out & Guest Browsing Mode
Signing in to a Google Chromebook using your AU Gmail account gives you access to your Google Drive, allows you to download & upload files, and use G Suite Apps such as Google Docs or Google Slides. It's very important that you sign out of the Chromebook after you are finished using it. The Chromebook does have a Guest Browsing mode that lets you browse the web but won't let you access any of the files. Don't forget to sign out when you are finished using the Chromebook.
Adding Custom Questions to Course Evaluations (Instructors)
A standard set of questions serves as the basis of the course evaluation, but instructors may also add additional questions that would be useful for their courses.
Accessing Course Evaluation Reports (Instructors)
Course evaluations are conducted each semester using software called EvaluationKIT. The system is accessed via Canvas. Instructors and department administrators can access reports the day after final grades are due to the Registrar's office.