Book an appointment with the PSU faculty support desk |
Get focused, direct support for your Canvas course or teaching technology this week. Our staff will meet with you over Zoom to troubleshoot any course issues, answer questions, and connect you to resources!
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Canvas tips for the start of term |
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| This article focuses on how to use the technical settings in Canvas to implement common DRC accommodations for students, including how to set up accessible quizzes and assignments, share accessible content, and support remote attendance and class recordings.
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Zoom recordings made using your PSU Zoom account are subject to a 90-day cloud storage policy. What to do instead? If you’re adding a recording to a Page in Canvas, you can embed the video backup that’s automatically generated in MediaSpace for longer retention. To do so, use the Embed My Media App to select your MediaSpace video.
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It’s best practice to set up your Canvas gradebook early in the term and align it to your Syllabus. If you’re using weighted grades, here’s how to implement grade weighting in Canvas. You can also peruse this comprehensive guide on all the other important aspects of gradebook policies and settings.
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Get your students’ social-emotional learning opportunities started early this term using Canvas Groups! Our Canvas resource provides every instruction you need for effectively setting up groups in your course.
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Community-Engaged Learning faculty cohort returns this winter |
Faculty interested in connecting the learning in their classroom to our local community have two opportunities this winter to discuss, learn, and engage alongside colleagues at the Talking Community-Engaged Learning and Reading Community-Engaged Learning monthly meetings.
See our faculty event list below for the first meeting dates of the term.
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Checking your course's accessibility is now easier with the PSU course accessibility checklist! |
Our new accessibility teaching guide, Accessibility in teaching and learning: A practical introduction for faculty, includes a Google Doc checklist that you can copy and use for each of your courses and course materials like PDF's, slides, spreadsheets, and more. We recommend using the checklist for all of your materials at the start of each term.
This guide also covers PSU accessibility standards, Title II rules, DRC accommodations, and step-by-step instructions for accessible courses and materials.
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Join the faculty book club! |
Pick the book most relevant to your teaching goals and receive a complimentary copy before your first meeting. Both book clubs meet online.
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No Study without Struggle: Confronting Settler Colonialism in Higher Education |
by Leigh Patel; Meets 12:00-1:00PM, January 16-February 27, 2026
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Leigh Patel examines how campus social justice movements illuminate the tension between higher education’s promise of opportunity and the structural realities of settler colonialism.
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| Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI |
By Ethan Mollick; Meets 12:00-1:00PM, January 23-March 3, 2026
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From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter, Ethan Mollick, comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI.
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| Talking Community-Engaged Learning |
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 12:45-1:25 PM
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| Using AI for Teaching and Learning |
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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| Canvas Course Design Fundamentals |
Friday, Jan. 23, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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| Reading Community-Engaged Learning |
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 12:45 PM - 1:25 PM
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