Instructional Design/Technology Newsletter
June 2019
Upcoming Training Opportunities Available
Excel in Canvas by attending one of the free training sessions offered by the Instructional Design/Technology team.
Explore Tools to Enhance the Online Learning Experience
Turnitin and Respondus are designed to enhance academic integrity, while Zoom can be a great alternative for a classroom.
Getting Started With Canvas: Customizing Pages
The second installment of the Getting Started Series discusses how to customize pages in Canvas.
Take Advantage of the Services Offered by ID&T
Explore the resources available to faculty from the Instructional Design & Technology team.
Scheduled Turnitin Outage Set for July 13
On Saturday, July 13, Turnitin will take an 8-hour maintenance window from 3 a.m. until 11 a.m. (CST).
Top Hat Trainings to Take Place in July
Summer online workshops are available for UMKC faculty who are new to or familiar with the tool.
Blackboard Collaborate & BigBlueButton Going Away
Beginning with the Fall 2019 semester, Zoom will be the only supported web-conferencing tool in Canvas.
Explore How Canvas Content is Organized
Introducing a new series of articles, each focusing on a small aspect of Canvas, leading up to a complete course build. The first article in the series discusses how content is organized in the Canvas LMS.
Tackle a New Approach with Textbooks at the UMKC Canvas Conference
Faculty members who attend the Open Textbook Library–Faculty Workshop at the UMKC Canvas Conference can earn a $250 Textbook Review Incentive in addition to learning more about Open Educational Resources.
Reminder: Panopto Outage This Weekend
On June 22, UMKC’s Panopto cloud site will be upgraded to the latest release. This upgrade will require an expected 3 hours of downtime.
Library Resource Spotlight: Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a database that contains reference materials such as digital encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more.
Archive Blackboard Collaborate Recordings
Blackboard Collaborate will no longer be available following the Summer 2019 semester.
There’s An App For That!
Instructors who have previously taught in Canvas and want to become more efficient in their workflow and communications with students can do so by utilizing the Canvas Teacher App, which will be discussed at the July 26th conference.
Learn More About Panopto and Other Tools at the Summer Canvas Conference
New to the world of Canvas? Want to take a deeper dive into tools for your online course? The July 26th Canvas Conference is designed to help instructors excel in the creation and design of their online courses.
Blackboard Will No Longer Be Available After Summer 2019 Semester
This is the final semester Blackboard will be available for online courses. Make the transition to Canvas today.
Learn More About Top Hat in Upcoming Online Workshops
Top Hat, an interactive, cloud-based teaching platform enabling instructors to engage students both inside and outside the classroom, will be offereing four online workshops for both new and existing users of the tool.
Panopto Outage Scheduled
On June 22, 2019, UMKC’s Panopto cloud site will be upgraded to the latest release.
How to Set Missing Assignments to a 0
Learn how to make the Canvas gradebook work for you.
Wrap Up the End of the Semester with Gradebook Dos and Don’ts
Wrap up the end of the semester by following these Gradebook Dos and Don’ts.