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  1. Canvas Files Preperation

    Preparing for working on your Canvas site (recommended).  This process greatly simplifies your file management on Canvas, especially if you have many documents. To upload individual files to Canvas, skip to step 4. On your Computer Step 1....
  2. FeedbackFruits - demo

    FeedbackFruits is a suite of peer review, self-assessment, and annotation tools that are easy to use in your Canvas course site.   Watch this 15-minute highlight reel to see how Feedback Fruits operates, in both student and instructor views. Fil...
  3. Change the Course Home Page

    The Course Home Page is the first view your students will see when they enter your course. You can change your Course Home Page to different layout options: the Recent Activity Dashboard, Pages Front Page, the Course Modules, or the Assignment Li...
  4. Gather for Zoom on Your Canvas Site

    Using Gather LTI for Zoom Gather is a tool developed at DCE to manage our web conference courses.  It makes the integration of Canvas and Zoom seamless for users. What Gather Does Provides a secure pathway to bring you to your Zoom classroom ...
  5. Instructor Development Event Resources- Instructional Technology Group (ITG)

    Implement Active Learning Design with Feedback Fruits Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools Student Success with Improved Feedback Spring 2026 ...
  6. Office Hours

    Easily host Zoom office hours within your Canvas course site.  Create office hour sign-ups in Canvas. Visit our guide to using Canvas Scheduler . Step 1. Navigate to Zoom on the course navigation menu.  Step 2. Click on +Event u...
  7. Pages Revision

    You can view the page history and see the date, time, and author of any changes made to the page.  You can also roll back the page content to a previous version of the page. Step 1. Select "Pages" in the course navigation menu Step 2. Se...
  8. Gather Attendance

    Taking Attendance in Your Course Gather, the tool that we use at DCE to create and launch Zoom meetings, has attendance tracking features for your web conference or in-person class meetings.  Attendance tracking is automatically tu...
  9. Grading at DCE

    Grading at DCE Purpose:  Grading helps students understand expectations, stay engaged, and reflect on their learning. Clear and consistent grading practices also support transparency, timely feedback, and workload management for instruct...
  10. Canvas Admin Onboarding

    Adding People to Course Sites DO NOT add anyone   to the course site in an admin role. Direct requests to FEAA or reach out to ITG .  TAs requesting access to course sites should be direct to FEAA . Teaching staff are automatically fed int...