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Spring Cleaning: Five Ways to Spruce Up Your Course Site

by May 07, 2018

Spring has finally arrived in Chicago, and with it, many people are starting to think about spring cleaning. This can apply to more than your home or office, though. In the time before Summer classes start, there are ways you can clean up your course site too. Check your dates Make sure the dates in your course are correct for the next quarter. Students will notice if your syllabus or assignment page says that something is due in September for a class that’s running from June to August. Forgetting to change those dates is not just frustrating for students–it can

NUSites

Jul 07, 2016

What is NUSites? NUSites is a website publishing platform for Northwestern University. It can be used for individual class projects or student portfolios. NUSites is offered to Northwestern students in conjunction with CampusPress, a WordPress host for education. Examples of NUSites The TeachX 2016 site was built on NUSites and highlights all of the projects presented at the first annual TeachX Conference in 2016. When Should I Use NUSites? NUSites can be used by faculty and students for course projects. It is also a great platform for students to create electronic portfolios of their work. How do I use NUSites?

How to Make the Most of the Canvas Community Site

by Jul 20, 2015

This year at InstructureCon, Canvas made some big announcements, including a presentation on the Canvas Community site called Community 2.0: Meet the All-New Canvas Community. One thing I’ve learned from the presentation is that I currently fall into the category of community participant that only engages when I need specific information; more frequent than those who rarely or never visit, but not as engaged as those who are actively commenting and contributing. The new community is built to continue providing the primary function that I visit it for–to find technical support guides–but now also adds improved functionality in idea sharing and

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How to Copy Your Course Sites in Canvas

Apr 07, 2015

Transcript: In this video I will be demonstrating how to copy a course from one site to another, as you may be required to copy your own course sites from quarter to quarter. In order to copy successfully, you are going to need a course site of origin, and a destination course site. You might also hear these referred to as a “course shell.” The destination course site is the course section you will be teaching in an upcoming quarter, and the course you will be copying into. The course site of origin may be baseline site that you have

Final Exam Information for Course Sites

Nov 11, 2014

Some courses require a proctored final exam. In order for students to take their final exams, they will need to: Create an account with our proctoring service, ProctorU, at www.proctoru.com/northwestern. Schedule your exam time using ProctorU. Test your computer equipment with the ProctorU system at www.proctoru.com/testitout.