Faculty Tutorials and Guides

1. WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - browser extension - when enabled, WAVE will check your Canvas pages for accessibility
2. Check list for Visual and Organizational Design
3. Contrast checker
4. National Standards for Quality Online Courses
5. W3C Standards at a Glance (ADA compliance)
6. Proper Standards-Compliant Color Use in Web Design
7. For more information, visit Canvas Accessibility Guide

Visit the Office of Disability Resources to learn more about student accommodations and creating accessible content.

Getting Started in Canvas

1. Studio Guide - by Instructure/Canvas
2. Studio - Computer Requirements
3. Supported File Formats
4. Studio - Student Tutorial
5. Studio Workshop for Faculty (Video - Archived)
6. Using the Rich Content Editor to Embed Studio Videos and Apps into an Assignment/Page/Discussion
7. Using Collections to Organize Videos in Studio
8. Creating Groups in Canvas Studio
9. Sharing Video to Groups in Canvas Studio
10. Sharing Videos from Studio

Course Preparation

1. Course Readiness Short-Form Checklist (Updated June 2024)
2. Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Verb List (Added October 2024)
3. Credit Hours, Contact Hours, and Non-contact Hours Defined at JSU (Added August 2024)
4. Effective Online Course Syllabus (Updated August 2023)
5. JSU Online Course Evaluation Rubric (Updated October 2024)
6. Netiquette 1
7. Student Workload Estimator (Added June 13, 2022)
8. Faculty Beginning of Term Procedures for Canvas Courses - A few important steps to ensure courses are ready for students.
   • Publishing a Course
   • Open a Course Early in Preview Mode for Students

End of Course Procedures

Create a file folder structure in your OneDrive before you download and save your content.

Strongly Recommended

1. Download Gradebook
2. Download Course Package

Advised

1. Download Quizzes (Classic Quizzes) - *if you use Classic Quizzes
2. Download New Quizzes - *if you use New Quizzes
3. Download Assignment Submissions
4. Download Discussion Responses/Replies
5. Download Turnitin Student Similarity Reports
6. Download Classic Quiz Student Quiz Answers
7. Download New Quiz Student Quiz Answers

Download the End-of-Procedures PDF Handout

• CIDI DesignPLUS - Getting Started with DesignPLUS - Spring 2023 (Recorded Workshop)
  • The video title (within the video) says "New Canvas Quizzes" - disregard that title. It is incorrect.
• CIDI DesignPLUS Tools User Guide - Provided by CIDI Labs - Text/Images

• Digital Measures Faculty User Guide (in Canvas)
  • Contact Dr. Hungwei Tseng at htseng@jsu.edu  if you would like the user guide added to your Canvas dashboard.

The First Day Program 

FirstDay™ is the JSU Bookstore's (Barnes & Noble College) inclusive access model where every student has access to digital course materials on or before the first day of class within the Canvas Learning Management System. This affordable solution provides significant savings for related course materials  as noted directly on the student account. While not suggested, students have the ability to opt-out of the program if desired.

Enable FirstDay to Access eTexbooks

To access FirstDay in Canvas, faculty must enable the FirstDay Course Materials link in their Canvas course.

To enable FirstDay in your Canvas course, complete the following steps: In the navigation menu, click on Settings. Click on the Notifications tab. Locate the button/link called First Day Course Materials. Click on the ellipsis on the button, and select 'Enable.'  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the 'Save' button. Click on the 'Home' link in the course navigation menu. You will see 'First Day Course Materials'  It is active. Video (no sound) Demonstrating the Steps

Assistance

If you or your students experience any issues accessing your eTextbook via the FirstDay Course Materials course menu navigation link in your Canvas course, please contact the JSU Bookstore for assistance.  

• Email: customercare.bncollege.com 
• Barnes & Noble's Customer Careline: 844-932-6657
• Bookstore Manager: Kristi Webster, kwebster@bncollege.com

Visit the First Day Program at JSU to learn more

1. Honorlock Faculty Tutorial
   • Students do not pay for this service.
2. Honorlock Quick Start Guides
   1. Enabling Honorlock in Your Canvas Course
      • Please open the Honorlock Tutorial above to review Honorlock test settings and settings recommendations.
   2. How to Create a Practice Exam (PDF)
   3. How to Create a Third-Party Exam (PDF)
   4. How to View Honorlock Results (PDF)
   5. Connecting an Honorlock-Connected Quiz to Honorlock AFTER a Course Copy/Import
   6. Honorlock 24/7 Suport (for Faculty and Students) - Faculty and students should contact Honorlock 24/7 Support before contacting Online@JSU for assistance with Honorlock.
   7. Honorlock Knowledgebase Help Center
   8. Setting Up an Honorlock Practice Exam (Video)
   9. Enabling Honorlock in Canvas (Video)
3. Honorlock Resources for Students
   1. Honorlock Student Tutorial
   2. Tips for Trouble-shooting Issues with Honorlock
   3. HonorPrep - A Step-by-Step Guided Tour of Honorlock for Students

1. Setting Up a Canvas Course to Use Microsoft Teams 
   
2. Teams Video Tutorials from Microsoft
3. Teams for Students - Text/Images
4. Creating Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams
5. Creating Announcements for Participants in Microsft Teams Breakout
6. Note: If you delete your Microsoft Team, you have 30 days to recover the deleted Team. Once 30 days elapse, the Team is unrecoverable. 
   1. If you delete your Team and wish to restore it within 30 days after deletion, contact IT to request Team recovery.

Fall 2024

July 

• July 22, 2024
• July 29, 2024
• Canvas Course Participation (July 31, 2024)

August

• Canvas Access Issues (August 5, 2024)
• Canvas Access Update (August 7, 2024)
• Canvas Access Update (August 9, 2024)
• August 12, 2024
• August 19, 2024
• Publish Your Course! (August 21, 2024)
• Canvas Discussion Board Update (August 22, 2024)
• August 26, 2024 

September 

• September 3, 2024
• September 9, 2024

• Turnitin Faculty/Instructor Tutorial
  • Please read and review the tutorial thoroughly before you decide to use Turnitin.
• Syllabus Language
  • Turnitin recommends that instructors who use Turnitin to check student work for plagiarism include the following statement on the course syllabus: 
  • "Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission of textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism.  All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com references database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Usage Policy posted on the Turnitin.com site."
• Interpreting the Similarity Report (Website)
• The Similarity Report Explained (Video)
• Turnitin Support Center
• Turnitin Status Page

• What is Watermark CES?
• Accessing Instructor Results in Watermark CES - Updated Spring 2021
• Watermark CES for Administrators (Provost, Deans, Department Chairs, Program Chairs)