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Modifying Your Default Canvas Account Notification Settings
Updated onArticleWithin Canvas @ Yale, you can modify your account notification settings to determine how frequently you receive email notifications from your Canvas @ Yale course sites. Your account-level notification settings are your default notification preferences, which will be used in all Canvas courses. You are able to set your notification preferences at the course-level as well.
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Changing Your Name on Canvas
Updated onArticlePreviously in Canvas, you could modify your name to change the spelling or modify your name to your preferred name. As of March 2017, Canvas is now showing "preferred name" based on the official Name Policy and Use of the university
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Alternative Strategies While Teaching Through Zoom
Updated onArticleThis article has strategies for making the most of teaching through Zoom that are not explicit Zoom settings, but rather ways of utilizing set-ups and other applications to enhance the usage of Zoom. As additional ideas are generated, we will update this article.
Last updated: July 13, 2022
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Course Welcome Videos
Updated onArticleThe Poorvu Center created the following tutorial page in response to a recommendation made by the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This tutorial outlines what a welcome message might include, how to record it, and adding it to your syllabus.
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External App: MacMillan Learning - Achieve (Chemistry & Applicable Disciplines)
Updated onArticleMacMillan Learning - Achieve (formerly Sapling) is publisher content available in specific disciplines, though primarily utilized in Chemistry. This published content can be integrated and incorporated into your Canvas course for students to engage with, while passing grades back to your Canvas gradebook.
For more information on this tool and the specific disciplines available to instructors to explore, please see the vendor website: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/digital/achieve
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Media Library (Panopto): Overview
Updated onArticleThe Media Library (Panopto) is a streaming video service that is integrated into Canvas. Media Library can be used to store, share, and stream uploaded audio and video files. Using the Panopto Recorder or Capture tool, instructors can record and edit new audio / video files to share with students. Instructors can also integrate the Medial Library into assignments allowing students to upload or record audio and video files to submit.
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LabArchives: Overview
Updated onArticleLabArchives is a cloud-based Electronic Lab Notebook to enable researchers, instructors, and students to store, organize, and publish their research data. Special features include iOS and Android Apps, classroom integration, and support for funding agencies' data management plan requirements. LabArchives is free to use for Yale community members who have an active Yale email address.
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Blackboard Ally: Overview
Updated onArticleBlackboard Ally assists instructors in building a more inclusive learning environment, and improve the student experience by helping them take clear control of course content with usability, accessibility and quality in mind. Blackboard Ally provides instructors with detailed information about the accessibility of their course materials, and steps that can be taken to improve the accessibility of course content.
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LabArchives: Activating Your Account
Updated onArticleLabArchives is free to use for Yale community members who have an active Yale email address. Follow the instructions below to learn how to activate and access your LabArchives account.
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