We’ve created many tutorials & instructional videos to help you teach online.
Here, you can learn more about Zoom, Mediasite, how to create high-quality video, accessibility, and more. On-Demand workshops and webinar recordings are available here as well.
Table of Contents
On-Demand Tutorials
Zoom
Zoom: Basics
- Share with students: Zoom – Getting Started
- Schedule and Invite with Zoom (7 min.)
- Schedule and Record Zoom Sessions in Canvas & eCampus (5 min.)
- Save Zoom Recordings Locally (5 min.)
- Share your Zoom Cloud Recording
- Downloading Video from the Zoom Cloud
- Getting started with the iPad in Zoom
- Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
Zoom: Settings
- How to Enable Zoom Closed Captioning and Live Transcripts (1 min.)
- Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
- Mirroring & Using your iPad in Zoom (1.5 min.)
Zoom: Student Engagement
- Using the Zoom Whiteboard Feature (1.5 min.)
- Zoom Polls: How to Set Up and Use Them (3 min.)
- Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
- Mirroring & Using your iPad in Zoom (1.5 min.)
Self-Service Portal
This allows you to install preapproved software packages without contacting Engineering IT.
- Self-Service Portal – Windows (1.5 min.)
- Self-Service Portal – Mac (1 min.)
Recording and Video
- High-Quality Video Setup (4 min.)
- Zachry Learning Studio Quick Start for Recording
- Uploading a Video into YouTube (4 min.)
- Share Videos in Google Classroom (3 min.)
Recording and Video: Camtasia
This software is available for installation using the Engineering Self-Service Portal.
SpeedTest
This can be used for Faculty, staff, and students to check the connection back to campus.
Mediasite
- Start Here: Getting Started with Mediasite (ENGR) and Canvas
Accessibility
- 2-part video about creating accessible online courses:
- Editing Captions in Mediasite and YouTube (4 min.)
Accessibility: Accessibility Series
- How to Create an Accessible Word Document NEW!
- How to Convert a Word Document into an Accessible PDF NEW!
- Accessibility Series (full list)
Recorded Webinars & Workshops
- Accessibility Tips (25 min.)
- Accessibility Tips for PowerPoint (25 min.)
- Canvas Basics (40 min.)
- Canvas Gradebook Basics (23 min.) NEW!
- Canvas Gradebook – Getting Ready for the End of the Semester (24 min.)
- Content Delivery in an Online Environment (Adding Content to Your Canvas Course) (50 min.)
- Setting up Quizzes & Exams in Canvas: An Overview (35 min.)
- Tips & Tricks to Increase Student Engagement (42 min.)
More Resources
- 5 Steps to Getting Started with Teaching Online
- 2 Ways to Enhance your Online Course
- Things to Consider When Going Online
- Canvas Course Launch Checklist
- Open Educational Resources (OER) (download)
- Mediasite-Enabled Spaces Outside Zachry (download)
- Aggie Code of Honor (5 min.)
- Additional resources available on the Provost’s Keep Teaching page
Contact us for Technical & Mediasite Support
- For Mediasite support, send an email to CoE-Mediasite-HelpDesk@tamu.edu.
- For all other support, please email us at EngrLearnTech@tamu.edu.
