Course cards in the Canvas Dashboard can be uniquely customized by a user and does not reflect towards others enrolled in the same course. Aside from choosing which courses to display, Canvas allows users to freely move their course cards on their Dashboard to any viewing order they please. However, once users arrange their course cards, they cannot revert the display back to the defaulted order (“ alphabetically by course name and your role in the course - Canvas”).

Resources: 

• How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor?
• Email the LX Design team
• Video Suggestions

Images can be added to a Canvas course by adding it to the Rich Content Editor, or RCE. The option, “Embed Image” is located as a picture icon in the RCE’s toolbar and can be used to pull images from a URL, Canvas, computer’s desktop, or from the copyright-free website Flickr. Using images can not only add attractiveness to course material but also provide more visual aid support on provided information. 

**Please also be sure to add a description, or alternative text, to added images so students with special accommodations may also understand the displayed material accurately. See resources below for guides on accessibility.**

Resources:

• How do I embed images from the web in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I embed images from Flickr Creative Commons in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• Accessibility Quick Tip Videos
• Email the LX Design team
• Video Suggestions

The Canvas Calendar is a Global Navigation feature that automatically displays all assignment and date set items within Canvas courses automatically. The system synchronizes with a user’s enrolled courses, so no editing is required in the Calendar unless desired. Any changes to items in a course will automatically update into the Canvas Calendar for both instructors and students to view. Instructors will be able to see both published and unpublished items on the calendar while students ONLY see published items.

**The way instructors calendar is displayed may appear different from the student side such as crossed out items and what has been be added on the calendar whether by the instructor or student themselves**

Resources:

• Canvas Instructor Guides Table of Content: Calendar
• How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?
• How do I filter the Calendar view by course as an instructor?
• Email the LX Design team
• Video Suggestions

Breakout rooms can be created using a CSV file import if hosts desire to divide a large number of users with ease. Zoom provides a template CSV file for hosts to download and complete that can then be imported into a newly scheduled Zoom meeting. Hosts must enable the “Breakout Room” feature and have the “Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling” feature turned on to complete these steps.

**When copying and pasting data into the CSV file, users should paste only the values into the spreadsheet to avoid carrying over other underlying data that will prevent the import from processing correctly in Zoom.**

Resources:

• Pre-assigning participants to breakout rooms
• Microsoft Office: Paste options
• Email the LX Design team
• Video Suggestions

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Captions in the .VTT format may be attached to each of your uploads in MediaPlus to enable closed captioning for viewers. Be sure your captions are in the .VTT format to properly appear. Additionally, you may download any caption files that are currently attached to the piece of media.

Resources: 

• MediaPlus Tutorial: Uploading Media in MediaPlus
• Email the LX Design team
• Video Suggestions

Zoom can support remote teaching and learning but it can be difficult to know what resources to use during class and how they can help your students. Here are some frequent remote teaching questions and how you can use Zoom to solve them.

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