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You’ll find the latest from the Adams Center staff here at the Adams Blog.  The content varies, but the subject is always the same: teaching and learning.

How to cross-list courses in Canvas?

If you teach multiple sections identical in content, you may consider cross-listing them for easier course administration.  With a cross-listed course, you can release your assignments or quizzes to different sections at different times, or look at student grades in...

Faculty Fusion 2015 — EXPLORE

Let's explore new ideas at Faculty Fusion, August 18, 2015. Save the date and register for activities here, by emailing  rsvp2ac@acu.edu or by calling the Adams Center at 325-674-2455. Registering saves your spot in each session and allows us to know how many to...

Why Change Our Approach to Teaching?

Have you thought about incorporating more active learning strategies in your classes, but are not convinced it is worth the effort? Read this short example from Faculty Focus about how a Geology class was transformed from a lecture-based class to one in which students...

How to Give A Student Extra Time or Attempt for Quizzes

If you have a student who has a documented disability, you may be requested to give him or her extra time or attempt in a quiz.  This can be done fairly easily in Canvas. 1. Go to the module where you put your quiz, click on the quiz. 2.Click on "Edit". 3. Now you...

Changing Start and End Dates for a Canvas Course

Each Canvas course is created with the default beginning and end date for a semester. Sometimes, however, faculty will want to allow students to access and interact in the course before or after the official start and end times of the semester. In order to do this, an...

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