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Introduction
In the event of an emergency situation caused by various factors (e.g. natural disasters, power outages, campus safety concerns) your ability to continue your class in the manner that you've planned may be impacted. This webpage helps you find alternatives for these situations so that you can keep holding your class during an unanticipated disruption or emergency campus closure.
Help + Support for Canvas LMS and Academic Technology Tools
- Verify/Update your phone number to receive official campus Eagle Alert messages
- Follow the CalStateLA ITS twitter feed for ITS updates
- Check out the ITS webpage on Resources for Virtual or Remote Access
- Remind students to download or print a copy of your course syllabus
- Download or save electronic copies of your course files, assignment instructions, rubrics, etc.
- Be sure to check with your department chair and/or college dean for teaching expectations during emergencies or other disruptions to classes.
- Using Canvas For The First Time
- How to access Canvas throughout the Cal State L.A. portal
- Using the Canvas Dashboard to access your course
- Setting Up Your Canvas Course
- Step-by-Step Guides
- Uploading your course syllabus
- Adding course assignments and activities
- Publishing your course for student course access
- Communicate With Your Student
- VIDEO: Communicating with your students (8:08 min.)
- Step-by-Step Guides
- Sending Course Announcements To Your Class
- Using Canvas Inbox To Message Student(s)
- Checking Your Outlook Webmail
- Using Zoom To Hold Remote Office Hours
- Using Chat In Canvas
- Adding content to your Canvas Course>
- Pre-Recorded Lectures and Videos For Students
- Canvas Studio screen recordings or webcam video recording using Studio
- Upload video files from iPhone or upload from Android
- Camtasia screen recording
- Find and view Zoom recordings
- Setting Up A Canvas Assignment
- Step-by-Step Guides
- Using Canvas Gradebook to manage grades
- Create online exam, quizzes, or tests in Canvas.
- Using Respondus to create and or upload quiz questions to Canvas
Consider Using The Canvas App
For access to your course on the go, consider downloading and installing the Canvas Teacher app for smartphones and tablets. Consider encouraging students to download the Canvas Student app.
Note: When signing in to the app, search for CalStateLA when asked to find your school.
- Download install the iPhone Canvas Teacher App
- Download install the Android Canvas Teacher App
- If you plan to hold synchronous (live remote class sessions in place of your class sessions, use a video conferencing tool such as Zoom.
- See ITS' Zoom Page for information and support.
- Attend the Getting Started with Zoom Meetings or other on Live Training Webinars.
- Comprehensive Guide to Educating Through Zoom
- Tips and Tricks for Teachers Educating Through Zoom
- Zoom Video Tutorials
- The CETL Academic Technology Team can be reached via Zoom and email.
- Email: [email protected]
- Complete a CETL Canvas Support Form
- Please check our status page for the most updated support hours and training options.
Remember that all Cal State LA faculty are already enrolled in a self-paced Canvas course for Instructors to familiarize yourself with Canvas from the comfort of your own home or office. All instructors also have access to a Canvas sandbox as a staging area for any course content, or to use during Canvas training.
Please visit the following links to verify whether these systems or services fully operational or to verify any outages.
Remote Teaching Tools
Use this guide to keep on teaching using remote or virtual tools available to all Cal State LA faculty. Remote teaching can be considered a transformation of class-time and class-routines, using technology. For a quick analogy, consider your routines and activities as new structures that need to be replicated for remote/distance instruction. Explore our Remote Teaching Quick Start Guide for more.
For more ideas on the "Try" techniques of our Remote Teaching Matrix and Quick Start Guide, check out the CETL Online Activities Repository.
Keep Teaching Plan Templates
Remote Teaching Equivalency Table
Please follow the hyperlinked text in the "Options Using Cal State LA Tools" column for how-to guides and explanations of the tools.
Course Component | Options Using Cal State LA Tools |
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Announcements and Updates | |
Share Course Syllabus | Send the syllabus to students via email | Upload the syllabus to Canvas | Share your syllabus on OneDrive |
Share Student Grades | Utilize Canvas Gradebook (& Assignments) to share grades confidentially - please note email does note meet FERPA compliance for confidentiality |
Lecture | Send lecture notes via email | Upload slides/lecture notes to Canvas | Embed videos on a Canvas page | Use Camtasia for Screen Recordings | Record and share lectures via Zoom |
| Attendance | Use Canvas Attendance or switch to Participation through low-stakes surveys (which can be synchronous or asynchronous) |
Discussions | Use Canvas Discussion | Hold Class Discussions via Zoom | Consider some alternative Online Discussion Prompts |
Collect Assignments | Collect Assignments via email | Use Canvas Assignments | Collect Turnitin Assignments in Canvas |
Guest speakers | Host a Remote Speaker via Zoom |
Presentations (group or individual) | Have students send their presentations via email | Collect Presentations (Assignments) on Canvas | Have students present via Zoom |
Office hours | Use Zoom for remote office hours |
Quizzes and Exams
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Other Quick Resources
- Access to Library Online Resources
- Getting Started with Zoom webinar (53:16 min)
- Introduction to Canvas, Self-Paced Course (not for certificates)
- Rethinking Cheating PDF Handout
- Teaching Remotely - Quick Reference PDF
- Comprehensive Guide to Educating through Zoom (Zoom produced document)
- CETL Adapted QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
- Printable Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist