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Can I get statistics/analytics for my media?

Yes, check out our Knowledge Base article on viewing statistics/analytics about your Kaltura videos.

Can I get statistics/analytics for my media?

Can I create a column in the Canvas gradebook for an in-class assignment?

Columns in the Canvas gradebook are directly linked to graded activities in the course. Creation of a graded assignment, graded discussion, graded quiz or a graded survey will result in the creation of an associated gradebook column in the course.

Can I create a column in the Canvas gradebook for an in-class assignment?

What is the difference between playlists, channels and categories?

Playlists allow a content owner to group content together for embedding on an external web page. Every time you add a new or remove an item to a Playlist, your embedded player automatically updates to reflect this change.

Channels allow a content owner to group media together in MediaSpace. Additionally, the content owner can restrict access to that channel to a defined list of users (based on ONID usernames).

What is the difference between playlists, channels and categories?

How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

To create and successfully manage a media assignment in Canvas, use the following two documents. The first document is used by faculty to create the assignment, the second document should be added as a link in the assignment so students have the information they need to complete the assignment.

Kaltura Instructor Guide: Create a media assignment in Canvas
Kaltura Student Guide: Instructions for creating and submitting media to a Canvas assignment

How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

What type of support do students have?

All OSU Canvas users may access Canvas tech support 24 x 7 x 365 by clicking the Help button in the left-side gray navigation menu. Support is available via phone (844-329-3084 toll free), live chat, and email form through the Help button. Additionally, students can browse the Canvas Student Guides for help documents.

What type of support do students have?

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

Yes, if instructors give an Incomplete, the instructor may request to have the course re-opened for the instructor and the student so they can access quizzes, assignments, etc. Please review the full documentation for details.

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

What is the best way to use Turnitin?

Turnitin originality reports are especially effective in helping students diagnose problematic passages in their own papers and in helping guide revision of early drafts. By providing clearly marked reports that identify passages that match other sources, originality reports guide students through a careful step by step analysis of their own work.

What is the best way to use Turnitin?

Is there some self-paced Canvas training available?

Consider signing up for the Canvas Academy for self-paced Canvas training. A Canvas Academy participant can expect to learn how to use the core features of Canvas, have access to a Canvas expert, and pick up several useful tips and tricks along the way. Sign up for the Canvas Academy by contacting the OSU LPS team.

Is there some self-paced Canvas training available?

What is Accessibility Check?

Accessibility Check (also called UDOIT) is a tool for faculty to quickly identify and fix common accessibility issues in their Canvas course content. This tool is not visible to students in Canvas. A few of the accessibility issues that the tool will detect include missing alternative text for images, poor color contrast, and missing descriptive link text.

Read the article Accessibility Check in Canvas on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

What is Accessibility Check?

Can I copy (import) content from one Canvas course into another?

Yes, you can copy content from any course in which you have 'edit' permissions to any other course in which you have 'edit' permissions.

Can I copy (import) content from one Canvas course into another?

In analyzing an originality report, I believe I have uncovered plagiarism in a student paper. What are the next steps?

Please refer to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards . You may also wish to consult with your department head.

In analyzing an originality report, I believe I have uncovered plagiarism in a student paper. What are the next steps?

Top Hat: How do I ask impromptu questions?

The Top Hat Presentation Tool allows faculty to ask impromptu questions.

1. In class: Create a Quick-Ask Question

With the Top Hat Presentation Tool open:

Click the Speech Bubble Icon at the top of the tool.
Choose optional settings as desired:
- Enter a question title (the title defaults to "Quick Ask" followed by date and time)
- Select whether to attach a screenshot
- Select whether to disable the question after a set period of time
Select one of the three question type options (Multiple Choice, Word Answer, or Numeric Answer) by clicking Present
- Select the number of possible answers for Multiple Choice questions
The question will automatically open and provide instructions for submitting responses.
Close or Pause the question using the controls at the top of the tool.

Quick-ask questions will appear in the Top Hat course structure, but the questions will not be placed in any Top Hat folders and will not, by default, be exportable to Canvas.

2. After class: Manage a Quick-Ask Question

After the class session has ended, instructors are able to edit question settings using the Top Hat browser interface (https://app.tophat.com). Correct answers and point assignments can be added, question and answer text can be updated by editing the question. Quick-ask questions may also be placed within an appropriate folder to enable the ability to sync grades with Canvas.

Top Hat: How do I ask impromptu questions?

Top Hat: Can I edit slides within Top Hat?

Yes, it is possible to edit slides within Top Hat! Top Hat partners with Microsoft to allow for easy slide editing. Plesae see details in the article Educator: Slide Management

Top Hat: Can I edit slides within Top Hat?

What is Gradescope?

Gradescope is a suite of tools designed to make grading more consistent, fair, and efficient. Teams can grade scanned exams asynchronously, with or without rubrics; an instructor can grade the same question in all exams (and modify grades for multiple exams simultaneously); a faculty member may review all grading by a single TA and quickly make adjustments; graders can re-use comments/feedback in multiple exams (or modify for individual students). Gradescope also allows instructors to incorporate auto-graded bubble-sheet questions in their exams and assignments; the analytics provide both summary statistics and detailed item analysis.

Read the article Use Gradescope in a Canvas course on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

What is Gradescope?

Top Hat: How do I give different versions of a formula question to each student?

For courses that require students to calculate numerical responses using formulas, Top Hat's Formula Question, exclusive to Pages and Test, allows instructors to offer a different number for students to use for calculating the formula so that no one gets the same question! Check out this Top Hat support article for instructions on setting up a Formula Question.

Top Hat: How do I give different versions of a formula question to each student?

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