Keli Amann

Changes for summer Zoom meetings

On June 23, Zoom will make meeting passwords mandatory for new meetings and add passwords to previously scheduled meetings if they didn’t already have them. Also on this day, Stanford will remove toll-free dial-in numbers from the list of available audio options for Zoom participants. The following steps will help you avoid disruption of your… Read more Changes for summer Zoom meetings

Download of Course Recordings in Canvas

Students who are attending class online from their homes have lower bandwidths than what they have on campus and can have difficulty streaming videos in Canvas in the Course Videos (Panopto) and Zoom tools.  Starting on May 29 at 7:00 PM, students will be asked to acknowledge a download agreement once a quarter as they… Read more Download of Course Recordings in Canvas

Making it easier for students to shop a course from off-campus

Please clear your browser cache to see the changes to Stanford Syllabus. Most Canvas courses have been accessible only to students who are officially enrolled. However if students can’t simply walk into a lecture hall or seminar room, and there is a 20 unit limit on courses, the Stanford Canvas team developed a new option… Read more Making it easier for students to shop a course from off-campus

Do you have handwritten, In-class exams?

The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning is gauging interest in a pilot of computer-facilitated exams next year. Instructors and students, let us know if you have an interest in using computers to facilitate in-class exams.

Add Usage Rights to Your Uploaded Files Starting December 18

As a university, we want to support authors in their creation of works that are either protected by copyright or available via Creative Commons. We also want to provide guidelines about what is and isn’t allowed to be posted within Canvas by educators. Therefore, as in CourseWork, Canvas users will be prompted to add usage… Read more Add Usage Rights to Your Uploaded Files Starting December 18