Improving Youtube recommendations
When we create a new Youtube channel, the first thing we notice is that the recommended videos at the Youtube home are far from useful or remotely topical. This is because Youtube doesn’t yet know what...
View ArticleEarly Adopter Interview: Scott Mayson
Dr Scott Mayson teaches in Industrial Design in the Schoool of Architecture & Design, and he is one of four academics from the School who are teaching in Canvas in Semester 2. He shared some of his...
View ArticleHow to: Apply adaptive release on modules
This blog assumes that you already know what modules are, and how you can set them up in Canvas. If you are not sure, we recommend you to read our blog on How to: Create and Manage Modules in Canvas...
View ArticleCollaborative Submissions to the Digital Economy Strategy
The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science are calling for submissions to help form a Digital Economy Strategy in 2018. Perhaps this is an opportunity for your students, or research...
View ArticleHow to: DIY course intro video: using your smartphone
The 14 Elements around the Canvas implementation requires that courses contain an introductory video for students (element #4). This can be a simple thing to create for yourself. Here we show you the...
View ArticleTito Ambyo – Fact Checking Your Mother
Tito Ambyo teaches Journalism Technologies for the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) program at RMIT University, and in this recording he explains the second project in the course, Fact Check Your...
View ArticleCollaboration and Canvas (Google Drive, Youtube Live, Canvas Events)
In this playlist of 4 videos is a demonstration of how to use Google Drawings or Slides as an interactive whiteboard; Youtube Live and Hangouts on Air for video conferencing; and embedding it all to...
View ArticleCollaboration and Canvas (Editing Wikipedia in Canvas)
In this episode of the Canvas Collaboration series, we’re looking at a simple activity that asks students to edit a Wikipedia article as a collaborative exercise, and bringing that activity inside...
View ArticleCollaboration and Canvas – (Blackboard Collaborate: Ultra Experience)
Here we are looking at Collaborate Ultra – a web conferencing system for live online meetings, presentations, or just making a recording such as a screen recorded demonstration like this. First up you...
View ArticleCollaboration and Canvas – Twitter hashtags
Continuing with the series, Collaboration and Canvas, here we’re looking at Twitter hashtags. To display a hashtag Twitter stream in Canvas, you’ll need to install the Twitter application into your...
View ArticleWhy do I get a “Flash required for recording video” error message when I try...
Often if you’re using Chrome the Record Media comment tool will show a spinning circle with a note saying “Flash required for recording video”. This usually means that Flash is not enabled for this...
View ArticleHow to: Set up reflective journals in Canvas
A reflective journal is a learning activity that asks students to engage deeply with the course content by reflecting on its relevance to their own life or learning experience. Reflective journals can...
View ArticleHelp! Initial access issues: Troubleshooting Canvas for teachers
1. Has your course passed the QA process?How do I check? The course coordinator should have received communications from Project Rewire regarding the progress of your course. If you are not the...
View ArticleCopyright workshops with the Library
The RMIT Library is delivering one hour training sessions titled Getting CopyRight. City Campus: Tuesday 6 March 10:30am Tuesday 13 March 2:30pm Thursday 22 March 3:00pm Wednesday 28 March 11:00am...
View ArticleHow can I tell whether the students received my announcement?
In your account notification settings there is an option to be notified immediately of an announcement created by you. Make sure that option is selected, and the system will send you the same email...
View ArticleI don’t think students received the welcome announcement. What do i do?
If your welcome announcement was created prior to your course being published and it was NOT set to delayed posting, then your students will not have received an email about the announcement. If this...
View ArticleMy teaching staff don’t have access to my course
You can add tutors and other teachers to your own course. People > + People > paste their RMIT email address (or a list of addresses, one on each line) into the box > Select the role you want...
View ArticleCanvas: What to do when…
This is a collection of answers to questions we’re being asked at the moment, and tips for doing things smarter. This will be updated several times, you can bookmark it, and please feel free to...
View ArticleOpen Educational Resources and Practices
Featured image: Theory and practice of teaching art by Arthur Dow 1857-1922 Open Educational Resources (OER) and Practices (OEP) are one of the specialities within the College of Design and Social...
View ArticleHow to: Embed a document in Canvas with file preview enabled
In Canvas you can embed a document (.docx, .pdf, .pptx, etc.) in the page so the document appears within a frame as a file preview. It looks like this: You can choose a file you’ve already uploaded to...
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