Emergency Online Instruction
If your ability to teach your face-to-face courses is restricted due to an emergency, Academic Technology at NMSU can help. Even if you’ve never taught online, learning the basics of online course delivery can help you keep your courses running during a campus closure. Academic Technology can also help you easily transition back to face-to-face after the emergency is over. Whether you’re new to Canvas or have some experience using learning technologies, the following resources will help you to quickly get up to speed.
Academic Technology March 2020 Recorded Canvas Workshops are now available.
Step 1: Canvas & Content Delivery Basics
- Log Into Canvas
- Locate your course
- Get Familiar with Canvas
- The recommended browsers for Canvas are Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
- Learn more about the Software Requirements for Canvas from Instructure
- View the Instructor Quickstart Guide
- If you are new to using Canvas, start with the Canvas Orientation for Instructors
- Visit our Canvas FAQ page
- Uploading Files
- Communicating with Students
- The recommended browsers for Canvas are Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
- Get Familiar with Web Conferencing
Step 2: Assignment, Course Organization, Grading and Assessment
- Assignments – Learn how to use the assignments tool in Canvas to facilitate homework and written assignments.
- Search the Canvas Guides for all “Assignments” topics
- Modules – Learn how modules can streamline your online course to make your course easy to navigate and distraction free. Modules are typically clustered into “Week” modules, allowing instructors to organize course content in an easy-to-navigate format
- Search the Canvas Guides for all “Modules” topics
- Assessments (Quizzes) – Learn how to create assessments using the Quiz tool in Canvas
- Search the Canvas Guides for all “Quiz” topics
- GradeBook (Speed Grader) – Learn about to use the Canvas Gradebook to input, manage and release grades to students
- Search the Canvas Guides for all “Gradebook” topics
- Search the Canvas Guides for all “Speedgrader” topics
- Continue your learning
- View the list of Canvas Video Tutorials from Instructure.
Step 3: Where Can I Get Help!?
- Get Instructional Technology Support – Academic Technology
- Get Online Pedagogical Support – Online Course Improvement Program
All done. Now what?
- Register for Workshops. Academic Technology offers training and workshops designed to help instructors teach in the online environment, from Canvas basics and Adobe Connect web conferencing to designing for accessibility.
- Reach out to Peers. Any instructor with experience teaching online can be a helpful resource. If your department doesn’t have online instructors, try to identify peers who have experience teaching from Canvas. They can be terrific resources during emergencies.
Resources to Share with Students