Tip of the Week Videos

  • Niagara University's Early Alert Program

    Niagara University's Early Alert Program

    If a student is struggling academically in your class, consider filling out an EAP form. Fill this form out for students who have begun missing a lot of class or failing to turn in assignments. This form is sent to an academic "first responder" who will connect with that student.

  • Using Requirements in Canvas Modules

    Using Requirements in Canvas Modules

    Canvas module requirements allow instructors to monitor what tasks students have completed and what activities they have left to finish. It also prevents students from moving on without completing everything you have asked them to do.

  • Revealing Who Watched Zoom Class Recording

    Revealing Who Watched Zoom Class Recording

    If you want to know which students watched your Zoom class recording and for how long they spent watching the video recording, this short video will show you how to set this up and find the report.

  • Embed Library Content in Canvas Courses

    Embed Library Content in Canvas Courses

    Niagara University recently integrated the Library's Research Guides with Canvas, so faculty can now add Library content to their Canvas course pages. This short video shows you how. Many thanks to our awesome Library team for creating these robust Research Guides!

  • Restrict Student Access to Canvas Course Before Course Start Date

    Restrict Student Access to Canvas Course Before Course Start Date

    When you Publish your course in Canvas, you can still restrict students from accessing it before the first day of class. This video shows you how.

  • Updating Your Office Location and Phone Number in MyNU

    Updating Your Office Location and Phone Number in MyNU

    Niagara University employees have the ability to make changes to their employee profiles, including adding their office's location and phone number. Our directory is only searchable internally, so any changes you make are only visible to other NU employees.

  • Opening and Editing PDFs in Microsoft Word

    Opening and Editing PDFs in Microsoft Word

    If you need to edit a PDF but do not have an editing software package like Adobe Acrobat, you may be able to make your changes by opening and editing the PDF in Microsoft Word.

  • Using a Niagara University Zoom Background

    Using a Niagara University Zoom Background

    Our amazing graphic design team has created images Niagara University faculty, staff, and students can use as virtual backgrounds during Zoom meetings. This short video will show you how to locate the official NU Zoom backgrounds and add them to your Zoom web portal.

  • Scheduling Zoom Meetings for Others on Google Calendar

    Scheduling Zoom Meetings for Others on Google Calendar

    If you schedule Zoom meetings on behalf of other employees, this video will show you how to set up the Zoom so that the other person is the host. It will also cover how to add it to that employee's Google calendar.

  • Classroom Speaker Selection

    Classroom Speaker Selection

    If you're teaching in a classroom but it seems like the speakers are not working, check to see if you have the correct speakers selected. This video shows you how to select and change speakers in classrooms.

  • Using Glynn Hall Classroom Document Camera as a Webcam

    Using Glynn Hall Classroom Document Camera as a Webcam

    In Glynn Hall, the newly installed Document Cameras can be used as Webcams for Zoom Meetings or Google Meets. In this video, Katie Rossi, Instructional Support Specialist, shows you how to use a document camera as a webcam.

  • Add a Custom Image to Your Canvas Course

    Add a Custom Image to Your Canvas Course

    You can make your Canvas course more distinctive by adding an image to your course's Dashboard card. This helps students easily find your course among all the others on their cluttered Dashboards. Google Draw can help you create a custom image for each course.

  • Google Chrome's QR Code Generator

    Google Chrome's QR Code Generator

    If you routinely reference websites in your class, consider including a QR code linking to these websites in your class presentation materials. This video shows you how to generate a QR code from Google Chrome and share it with your students.

  • Developing Seating Charts in Canvas

    Developing Seating Charts in Canvas

    Instructors can use the Attendance utility in Canvas to develop seating charts for their classes. This short video shows you how.

  • Remove Roll Call Attendance from Canvas Gradebook

    Remove Roll Call Attendance from Canvas Gradebook

    This video shows you how to remove Roll Call Attendance from your Canvas Gradebook. You can still use the utility to track students' attendance in your course, but following these steps removes it from your Canvas Grades.

  • Zoom Closed Captioning

    Zoom Closed Captioning

    Zoom offers auto-generated closed captions for your meetings and recordings. This video shows you how to enable closed captioning and turn it on during Zoom meetings.

  • Canvas Quiz Logs

    Canvas Quiz Logs

    If you turn on Canvas Quiz Logs, you will be able to see a timeline of how students progressed through your exam. The log will show how long a student spent on a question, did they change their answer, and did they navigate away from the Canvas Quiz page at any point.

  • Zoom Scheduling Privileges

    Zoom Scheduling Privileges

    You can assign Scheduling Privileges in Zoom if others schedule your Zoom meetings for you. This video shows you how to assign this privilege to another Niagara University faculty or staff member.

  • Adding Zoom to Your Google Calendar Meeting Invitations

    Adding Zoom to Your Google Calendar Meeting Invitations

    If you prefer using Zoom for your remote meetings, you should install the Zoom for GSuite Add On. This short video shows you how to install the add on so that Zoom appears as an option when scheduling meetings with Google Calendar.

  • Canvas Notes Column in Gradebook

    Canvas Notes Column in Gradebook

    Instructors can use a Notes column in the Gradebook to keep track of information in their courses, such as extra student information or general notes. The Notes column is not visible to students. This video shows you how to view Notes and enter them.