When you're building an online course, considering how to keep students interested and engaged can be challenging. Integrating multimedia and interactive elements can ensure that students get the most out of their courses. During this workshop, we will provide some helpful tips for how best to use multimedia and interactions in an online course and will explore tools like DesignPLUS and H5P.
Google Assignments is a Canvas LTI that allows instructors to assign Google Workspace documents to students. Join COLRS staff as we discuss how to enable Google Assignments in your courses and how it might improve the experience for both students and instructors.
Peer review is a structured process by which students evaluate the work of their peers. Having students engage in peer review isn’t just an assessment strategy—it’s a powerful practice that is known to promote student success.
This workshop will explore practical strategies for designing, facilitating, and assessing meaningful student peer review in a Canvas course. We will look at how peer review supports deeper learning, engagement, and feedback literacy.
We will also go over how to set up peer review using Canvas Assignments and the Harmonize discussion tool.
Join us in UHB 2004 or on Zoom.
Whether in person or online, discussions are one of the most important and potentially memorable aspects of any course. Seeing students working together to build foundational knowledge and extend their learning–all while creating connections with each other–is rewarding and uplifting.
In this month’s COLRS Catch Up, meet our new eLearning Specialist, explore October’s focus on journaling, and catch up on key Canvas updates and upcoming events.
Journaling is a powerful way to help students connect course material to their personal experiences. Learn how journals can foster reflection, critical thinking, and meaningful instructor–student relationships.
Welcome to the second COLRS Catch Up! We'd like to start by introducing our COLRS GA, Lyba Mehdi.
The rapid emergence of generative AI tools has added new pressure to the challenges already facing higher education faculty. While these technologies can be used responsibly, many instructors are alarmed by the growing tendency of students to rely on AI as a shortcut. This practice not only raises serious questions about academic honesty but also threatens to erode the very skills higher education is meant to cultivate—critical thinking, clear writing, and independent problem-solving.
Welcome to the first COLRS Catch Up of the year! Periodically, we will send out these emails to provide reminders or updates, share materials you may have missed, and highlight some of the amazing work our faculty is doing in their online classes.
In August, our focus was getting your semester started right, and we offered three resources to help you get started: