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Canvas Sandbox Course Request
Updated onArticleA sandbox course serves as an unofficial course site without enrollment data. You can complete a brief form to request a personal sandbox site or a course sandbox site.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Faculty Canvas @ Yale
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Additional Canvas Features
Updated onArticleMany Yale instructors use additional Canvas features to create a more robust digital course site. If you have questions about Canvas, please contact us.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Faculty Canvas @ Yale
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Class Rosters in Canvas
Updated onArticleIn your academic course sites, you have access to two (2) roster tools: the People tool and the Photo Roster.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Faculty Canvas @ Yale
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Communicating with Students
Updated onArticleCanvas provides many ways for you to communicate with your students. The two simplest ways to communicate with your students is the Announcements tool and the Inbox/Conversations tool.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Faculty Canvas @ Yale
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How to record your Zoom Session and upload it to Canvas
Updated onArticlePanopto is Yale's streaming media service which provides the best experience for sharing videos with your students. Panopto is integrated into Canvas - as the Media Library tool - to make sharing videos simple for faculty. When recording your Zoom sessions, you may want to share the resulting video files with your students and this guide will show you how to do this using the Zoom/Panopto integration or how to manually upload your videos.**
** If you have a HIPAA Zoom account, you will only be able to follow the instructions for the manual upload process.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Faculty Zoom (Video Conferencing)
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Coursera for Yale Students 2021
Updated onArticleSince 2013, Yale University has partnered with Coursera to deliver high quality open courses to learners around the world. Additionally, Coursera works with other institutions around the globe to do the same, with over 190 university partners. You can learn more about Coursera on their website.
Yale students may enroll in the certificate track of select courses in Coursera’s catalogue for free using their netID. Each certificate typically costs $49, but Yale has partnered with Coursera to make a variety of courses available for free. Yale students may wish to enroll in courses that support their residential, credit-bearing courses this fall. As of Spring 2021, this program will be offered to students without date or sign up restrictions.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Students Coursera
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Conducting Classes Virtually: How to Use Zoom
Updated onArticleZoom allows you to set up a virtual classroom where you and your students can see and speak with each other in real time. Resources on this page help you Log into Zoom for the first time.
For information on the differences and how to manage Zoom vs. Zoom HIPAA please see this guide.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Teaching Fellows Zoom
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Finding and joining your Zoom class
Updated onArticle- If your professor has scheduled class via Zoom in Canvas, the Zoom meeting link is in your Canvas course site under the Zoom navigation heading or in the Canvas calendar, as an event. If your professor is not using Canvas, they might send you a Zoom link by email.
- Some professors and teaching fellows may adopt teaching approaches other than Zoom. Ask your professor what their plan is for your seminar, lecture, lab, section, or office hours.
Academic Continuity How-To Guides for Students Zoom