Faculty have access to a variety of resources to learn new tips, tricks, and features of Canvas.

The Redirect Tool app in Canvas can help you create links to external web resources (a research database, a YouTube playlist) that show up as navigation items on the left-hand side of your course page. How to add a Redirect Tool link to the navigatio...

Create a new Assignment.Scroll down to Submission Type >> select Online >> Under online Entry Options select File Uploads.Scroll down to Plagiarism Review and select Unicheck.Click Save & Publish at the bottom of the page.

The following chart details the names of common tools in Canvas and their Blackboard equivalents. CanvasBlackboardFunctionAnnouncementsAnnouncementsCommunication with students about course events, content availability, course schedule changes, etc.As...

Follow the steps below to set-up Big Blue Button in Canvas. 1. Create a Conference by clicking Conferences in the navigation panel. 2. Click +Conference. 3. Fill in the Name and Duration fields, and select BigBlueButton in the Type dropdown....

In addition to the LMS Support team and the Office for Teaching & Learning, everyone at Wayne State University has access to the Canvas Guides at https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides/. Canvas Guides provide documentation for a...

WSU faculty can use Classroom Capture services if they are teaching in a classroom equipped with Echo360 recording technology. Faculty can also use Personal Capture software to record content on their personal computer or laptop. Recorded content can...

There are two ways to log in to the Echo360 cloud platform, however, instructors must first submit a Request to use Echo360 services in order to create an account to use Classroom Capture or Personal Capture. The preferred log in method is from your ...

The Echo360 Recordings tool link is already available in courses. Submit a Request to use Echo360 services for the course(s) you're teaching.Go to the Echo360 Recordings link and click to access Echo360.Click Link Content to link course to recordings...

Personal Capture (PCAP) software allows you to record desktop presentations from your own personal computer at any time or place. PCAP recordings are stored on your personal computer but can be published to your Canvas course to allow student viewing...

Classroom content includes not only the captures generated during classes, but can also include other presentations or videos uploaded for students. This content can be added or removed, or can be made available or unavailable on a pre-determined sch...

The Echo360 Library is used to store all recorded, shared and uploaded content. Instructors can publish Library recordings to a course for student viewing in Canvas. Instructors can also store recordings in the Library that are not attached to any sp...

By default, students and instructors can download content published to a class. Follow the steps below if you do not want students or other instructors to download your classroom content. Login to Canvas.Navigate to the course where you want to disab...

The Features tab of the Settings page for a section provides the ability for instructors to enable or disable certain features surrounding the content they post to classes. Instructors can choose: Whether users can post questions and responses (Q&...

Wayne State University has migrated its lecture capture system to the Echo360 cloud. This new platform allows instructors to capture teaching materials, speeches and other events using Echo360 recording technology. Recordings can feature audio, video...

Qualtrics Research Core is a user-friendly, feature rich, web-based survey tool which allows users to build, distribute and analyze online surveys, collaborate in real-time and export data in multiple formats. Key features Access 100+ surveys and que...

Qualtrics Insight is an online subscription service. Survey data is maintained by Qualtrics, not by Wayne State University. Qualtrics backs up both surveys and responses securely. For more info, read the Qualtrics security statement at qualtrics.com/...

The Qualtrics File Upload feature allows respondents to upload a file along with their survey response. This question type allows surveyors to collect data that may not be available through standard surveying, like collecting resumes and other import...

If you receive an error message when logging in to Qualtrics, check the Qualtrics Application Status Page at qualtrics.com/status to confirm whether the error is a system wide outage, or a direct issue with your account or the Wayne State license. Wa...

Qualtrics Insight allows users to send from Wayne State University email addresses. When sending individual invites to a panel via the Survey Mailer, users may use any @wayne.edu email address. Utilize this feature by typing the preferred email addre...

The Qualtrics Offline App allows you to administer surveys on location with a mobile device without an internet connection. When you use the offline app, information is collected on your device and then is later upload to Qualtrics when you reconnect...

The Qualtrics Application Programming Interface (API) allows you to automate repetitive processes within the application. API can be used to automate accounts and contact lists, and to move information in and out of Qualtrics. Learn more about the Qu...

Wayne State University has established three levels of Qualtrics users. As normal practice, students are assigned to Level 1, non-faculty employees are assigned to Level 2 and Faculty are assigned to Level 3. Level 1: 25 surveys, 500 questions, 5,000...

The Qualtrics Product Roadmap displays all of the features currently being planned or developed by Qualtrics. Find the Product Roadmap at qualtrics.com/product-roadmap. Features are organized by which stage of development they are currently in: Deliv...

Follow the steps below to create a new Qualtrics account. 1. Visit qualtrics.wayne.edu 2. Log in with your Wayne State University AccessID and password, and then click Sign In. 3. Check the I agree checkbox to accept the WSU guidelines for using Qua...

Follow the steps below to transfer an existing Wayne State University Qualtrics account. 1. Visit qualtrics.wayne.edu. 2. Enter your WSU AccessID and password then click Sign In. 3. Check the I agree box to accept the WSU guidelines for using Qualtr...

Wayne State University users may collaborate with another Qualtrics user at another organization if both users have permissions to allow collaboration outside the organization. NOTE: Qualtrics' free trial account is available to everyone, however the...

Survey invitations generated by Wayne State University's Qualtrics accounts automatically come from surveys@qualtrics-research.com. This is a static email address provided by Qualtrics and emails sent from it are secure and may be trusted. Users may ...

Users may collaborate on a survey with others within Wayne State University who have a Qualtrics account. Follow the steps below to collaborate on or share a survey with another WSU user in Qualtrics Insight. The otheruser must already have a Qualtri...

You may wish to use a Qualtrics User Group if you will regularly collaborate on surveys with the same set of users. Create a group using this form. User Group featuresCollaborate on or share a survey with all membersShare a Contact List with a groupS...

Once an administrator has created your Qualtrics Group, you may create, copy or move items into the Group Library. Follow the steps below to share library items within the Qualtrics Research Suite. How to copy a Survey to a Group Library1. Click the ...

There are two ways to send surveys in the Qualtrics platform. You may send surveys via a contact list in Qualtrics or by sending an anonymous link to a LISTSERV list in your Wayne Connect email. Contact list: Contact lists were called Panels in the p...

The Student Tracking Advising Retention System (STARS) is a web application that interacts with a collection of Wayne State University databases. It is designed to enable convenient access to university data at both an individual and aggregate level ...