Other Resources

In the Long Term

It pays to consider contingency plans for any course you teach.  As you develop syllabi for upcoming semesters, you might include, to an extent possible, some basic alternatives in case sudden change is required.  This might only be a link to another document, rather than a long addition to your syllabus.

Online Teaching and Learning

Much of the above resources, methods, and tools were developed to teach online or hybrid courses.  Many are just as useful for augmenting face-to-face teaching, too.  Many Canisius faculty have been teaching online successfully for years, and COLI has guides for online and distance pedagogy:

Our Quick Tools Reference Guide for Teaching Online. 

COLI Guide to Teaching Online. - our comprehensive guide.  

Our complete resources for online teaching and learning. - a complete list of our resources.'

External resources. This list contains links from sources outside of Canisius University who are offering webinars and other services for teachers who are interested in improving their online teaching.  Canisius University does not endorse these products or services, but we want to make sure that we’re sharing as much information as possible as we work through this transition together.  If you know of any other resources that you think would be helpful, please feel free to add them to the list! 

Self-Paced Training Video Sets

• D2L: Here's our complete tutorial list for faculty.

• Google Hangouts is a quick, easy-to-use method of meeting on the web.  No additional accounts required!

• Canisius Educational Technologies and Emerging Media Program's tutorials.  A great set of tutorials for some of the tools we use here at Canisius - produced by your colleagues in the School of Education!

Help & Support

E-mail Help Desk at: helpdesk@canisius.edu. It's possible to call the Help Desk at 716.888.8340, but if the campus is closed your phone message will be treated in the same cue as emails.