We’ve created many tutorials and instructional videos to help you teach online.
You can learn more about Canvas, creating high-quality video, ENGR Mediasite, accessibility, Zoom, and more. On-Demand workshops and webinar recordings are available here, too.
Note: This page has been reorganized to better meet engineering faculty needs.
Table of Contents
On-Demand Tutorials
Canvas
- Canvas Course Launch Checklist
- Canvas End of the Semester Checklist
- Clean Up Your Canvas Dashboard
- Import Content into Your Canvas Course
- For other Canvas-related content, see our Recorded Webinars & Workshops
Recording and Video
Recording and Video: Camtasia
This software is available for installation using the Engineering Self-Service Portal.
Accessibility
- 2-part video about creating accessible online courses:
- Editing Captions in Mediasite and YouTube (4 min.)
Accessibility: Accessibility Series
Self-Service Portal
This allows you to install preapproved software packages without contacting Engineering IT.
- Windows Self-Service Portal (1.5 min.)
- Mac Self-Service Portal (1 min.)
SpeedTest
This can be used for Faculty, staff, and students to check the connection back to campus.
Zoom
Zoom: Basics
- Share with students: Getting Started with Zoom
- 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 Participants and Using Chat in Zoom (3 min.)
Zoom: Settings
Zoom: Student Engagement
- Using the Zoom Whiteboard Feature (1.5 min.)
- Managing Participants and Using Chat in Zoom (3 min.)
- Mirroring & Using your iPad in Zoom (1.5 min.)
Recorded Webinars & Workshops
- Accessibility Tips (25 min.)
- PowerPoint Accessibility Tips (25 min.)
- Canvas Basics (40 min.)
- Canvas Gradebook Basics (23 min.)
- 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
- Things to Consider When Going Online
- 2 Ways to Enhance your Online Course
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
- 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.
