Instructional Design Tutorials

Looking for quick tips or getting started guide for Canvas, Zoom, proctoring tool, or teaching technologies? Explore the College of Engineering's Instructional Design tutorials, videos, and resources to support your courses. 

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Teaching Tools

• Canvas

  • Canvas Learning Management System is a cloud-based system with user-friendly features used across San Jose State University. The resources below highlight key features and comunication tools to help faculty build effective and engaging Canvas course. 

    Resources

    1. How to download the Canvas Course Template: This template designed by CoE faculty, is available in Canvas Commons. You can download it into your practice course and customize it to fit your teaching needs
    2. Canvas Login: Login to your Canvas account with your SJSU ID and Password
    3. A frequently asked questions (FAQ) list 
    4. Supported browsers requirements
    5. Canvas Instructor Guide
    
    

    Fundamental features of Canvas LMS 

    Communication tools

    1. Inbox Message: Learn how to send message to your students through Canvas Inbox 
    2. Home Page layout: Your course homepage is the first page students see. Learn how to choose or customize a homepage layout that supports student engagement and course navigation
    3. How to make Announcements
    4. How to start a Discussion topic

    Course material organization tools

    1. How to create Modules: You will organize your course materials on Modules weekly, topics, or sessions, etc.
    2. How to create assignment groups and add an assignment

    Exam and grading tools

    1. How to add a Teacher Assistant to your Canvas course
    2. How to manage grading schemes
    3. How to setup and publish a quiz
    4. How to view Gradebook (basic​)
    5. How to assign students extra time on Quiz 

    Course publish

    How to publish a Canvas course

    Copy a course content to another course(link, video)

• Zoom (Mar, 2024 updated)

  • Zoom is a web conferencing tool that empowers SJSU faculty to conduct synchronous remote classes and hosting virtual office hours.

    When you host a Zoom meeting, you can:

    1) share your desktop, video, or whiteboard

    2) assign students into breakout rooms for them to collaborate and to work with peers in a small group

    3) use polling to post questions and check out students' understanding on your lecture topics, etc.

    Zoom FAQs, New updates, latest version, and how to update to the latest version

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    Fundamental

    1. In-meeting teaching guide: It is designed for new Zoom users to facilitate Zoom meeting immediately. (8/2020 revision)
    2. Setup tips: security setting and in-meeting control 
    3. Meetings set up reference (8/2020)
    4. How to set up Zoom recurring meetings in Canvas (document)
    5. How to connect audio conference
    6. How to manage participants panel 
    7. How to share content

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    Advance

    Strategies optimized for your teaching needs:

    1. How to create recurring meetings on Zoom 
    2. Breakout Room: How to pre-set breakout rooms  (Zoom site resource) 
    3. How to set up breakout room during the meeting (Zoom site resources)
    4. Zoom: Self-Selected Breakout Room 
    5. Polling: How to use Polling to check out student's understanding in your remote classroom
    6. Whiteboard: How to use Zoom whiteboard (document)  
    7. How to use an iphone to annotate the whiteboard
• Media Device Tutorials

  • How to use the Overhead Camera - IPEVO

    How to use Ipevo document camera as an audio source during Zoom meeting

    Installing and Using Wacom Tablet

    How to install Blue Yeti Speaker

    Testing Blue Yeti Gain

    Connecting to UE Boom Speaker

    Recording Samson PDX1 Lavelier and Camtasia

Screen recording software

• Camtasia

  • Camtasia is a screen recording software. You can use it to record your computer screen and produce lecture videos. In addition, the videos can be utilized as an alternative learn method to enhance student learning. The video tutorials below can guide you to create a professional-looking and amazing video production!

    How to get started?

    1. Make a Camtasia software request
    2. Check out the video tutorials and video tips listed below
    3. Review the Camtasia Checklist [pdf]

    Please ensure that you include closed captions on your recording video. If you need captioning support, please visit the Center of Faculty Development (Link).

    Video Tutorials

    1. How to record video with Camtasia within 7 minutes
    2. How to edit Camtasia audio
    3. How to add a quiz
    4. How to add table of contents
    5. How to upload my Camtasia file to Youtube
    6. Recording with Samson XPD1 Lavelier and Camtasia

    Quick Tips for recordings

    1. Plan and determine your recording topics before recording a lecture.
    2. Script an audio narration script before recording.
    3. Keep your video short for the purpose of keeping audience attention span.
    4. Use headsets for better audio quality, and it can remove the background noise.
    5. Speak at an appropriate speed which combined with fast, slow, and medium speed in order to make your lecture videos clearer.
    6. Stay focused on your topics, and it can prevent audience from feel disengaged with the topics.
    7. Ensure including closed captioning.
    8. Use table of contents while editing your recordings (as needed). 

    Resources

    Camtasia resources

• Panopto 

  • Panopto offers a comprehensive suite of tools that empower educators and students alike to create, manage, share, and engage with video content seamlessly. With Panopto, you can effortlessly record lectures, tutorials, and presentations, making them accessible for your students to review at their own pace. 

    You can login to your Panopto with your SJSU account for full access, click here to learn more about Panopto. 

    Resources: How to record using Panopto

Additional Resources

• Free software available for Faculty

  • Free software is available for SJSU faculty to download, like Microsoft Office, Adobe …etc. (link)

• Qualtrics survey tool

  • Need to collect feedback or run a study? Qualtrics is easy-to-use online survey tool, ideally for research and collaboration.  

    A quick-started video:

    Qualtrics Resources