Useful features part of Zoom’s latest update 5.3.0 include: Students self-select breakout room and move amongst breakout rooms, if you enable this in Breakout Rooms Students can self-spotlight As host, you can still join any room but the Join link doesn’t immediately appear. Click on Breakout Rooms –> Click the number next to a grouping
NU Teaching and Learning Technologies team has created a Canvas dashboard that shows when students have assignments due in other other classes. This can help you determine when to place an exam or what day of the week would work best to make an assignment due. More info here: https://canvaspost.northwestern.edu/2020/08/18/new-time-zone-and-student-analytics-tools-in-canvas Get it: email canvas@northwestern.edu NU
Pronouns have been enabled in Canvas. They appear next to a person’s name in: Comment Fields Discussions Inbox People Page (Course and Groups) User Navigation Menu User Profile Page User Settings Page To enable, any Canvas user (students, faculty, staff) should: Log in to Canvas Click on Account on the left-hand navigation Click on Settings
NU Teaching and Learning Technologies team (who manages Canvas) has built a tool in Canvas that allows instructors to easily see which students are in different time zones from the instructor. NU Worldwide sorts students so that instructors can quickly view which time zones students have indicated in Canvas and use a time simulator to check
