Schedule Appointment with Instructional Technology & Design Services

Canvas

Blackboard to Canvas Transition (Bloomfield Faculty)

30 minutes

Blackboard to Canvas transition support for Bloomfield College at Montclair State University.

Canvas

45 minutes

Support for all things Canvas to build a student-friendly course, including building and configuring course content/activities, course management, and more.

Canvas Outcomes (For Program/Department Assessments)

45 minutes

Support for faculty members who are inputting program or course level assessment data via Canvas Outcomes. Assessment coordinators who are interested in using Canvas Outcomes for their own program or department should reach out to itds@montclair.edu directly.

DesignPLUS: Design Tools for Canvas

45 minutes

DesignPLUS for Canvas is a toolset designed for instructional designers and instructors to more efficiently create robust, high-quality course templates and content to deliver a better student experience. We offer new user orientations, training sessions, and troubleshooting consultations.

Montclair Syllabus (by Simple Syllabus)

45 minutes

Support for using the Montclair Syllabus (by Simple Syllabus) in Canvas, a centralized, template-driven platform that enables instructors to quickly personalize and publish interactive class syllabi.

New Quizzes

45 minutes

Support with transitioning to the new quizzing engine in Canvas (New Quizzes). New Quizzes offers new features and improved functionality, and will become the default Canvas quizzing tool in the future.

Respondus Lockdown Browser / Monitor

45 minutes

Assistance with using Respondus Lockdown Browser or Respondus Monitor to support academic integrity in your course and create a remote proctoring environment.

Instructional Design

Adjusting Your Course for a Condensed Schedule

30 minutes

Consult with an instructional designer for assistance on adjusting your course for a condensed schedule. Whether you plan to teach in Winter or Summer session or would like to get a head start on shifting your course to a 14 or 7 week format, we can assist.

Course Design

45 minutes

Consult with an instructional designer for assistance with designing a new course or with updating and setting up a course(s) for an upcoming semester. Whether you would like to explore pedagogical and technological considerations, initial course mapping and curriculum design, or course setup and management throughout the semester, an instructional designer can assist, providing an opportunity for course review and feedback.

Syllabus Design

45 minutes

Support with organizing and designing your course syllabus, composing and establishing course policies, compiling appropriate resources for student support, formatting your syllabus with accessibility in mind, and more.

Assessment Design

45 minutes

Support with designing effective learning assessments and/or activities which appropriately align with defined learning outcomes for a given unit, module, or course.

Collaboration and Engagement Strategies

45 minutes

Support with leveraging active learning strategies and instructional technologies to increase student engagement and collaboration in the classroom.

Instructional Technologies

ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence

45 minutes

Discuss the impact of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools within your own subject matter, strategies and approaches for responding to it in your classroom, and considerations on leveraging the tool and its potential benefits.

Padlet

45 minutes

Support with setup and configuration of Padlet, which facilitates peer-to-peer discussion and collaboration.

Mind Mapping

45 minutes

Mind mapping is an effective strategy to visually organize and analyze information and can be a method to help students understand more complex concepts. Get assistance from an Instructional Designer to help structure a Mind Mapping assignment for your course and learn about some free mind mapping tools you can use with your students.

Poll Everywhere

45 minutes

Support with configuration and usage of Poll Everywhere to engage students during lectures.

Social Annotation Tools: Perusall and Hypothesis

45 minutes

Support with setup and configuration of Perusall and Hypothesis, social annotation tools in Canvas which promotes peer-to-peer engagement through crowdsourced annotations of course material.

Multimedia

Using Panopto to Record

45 minutes

Support with the setup and use of Panopto to record video lecture content for your course, including screen, video, and audio capture.

DIY Lecture Recording Setup

45 minutes

Want to record your own video lecture videos but aren't sure where to begin? Let us help you set up your recording environment for the best audio and video quality possible with assistance in framing, lighting, backdrop, and more.

Productivity

Google Apps

45 minutes

Assistance with the Google Suite of tools to create and edit docs, sheets, slides and forms.

Surveys: Qualtrics

45 minutes

Assistance with the use of Qualtrics to create and deploy basic surveys.

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