Recent Entries
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...
First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity
The first day of class, known by some as syllabus day, is a tremendous opportunity for faculty and students to connect, for students to be inspired, and for a solid foundation to be...
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 a Course Map Puts You on Track for Better Learning Outcomes: From Faculty Focus
It's your first time to teach a class, and all you have to go on (other than your content expertise) is an inherited syllabus and a course schedule. You know you can make improvements, and this article from Faculty Focus will give you the steps to make the...
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...
Jill Scott partners with Reagan Elementary to train teacher candidates
The Adams Center would like to recognize faculty who have exhibited extraordinary teaching, scholarship and service. We want to congratulate faculty members for their hard work, achievements and advancements in their field. This month we are spotlighting Jill Scott,...
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