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2023-2024 Tips

2023-2024 Tip of the Week Playlist

2022-2023 Tips

2022-2023 Tip of the Week Playlist

Microsoft Office Tips

2024-2025 Tip of the Week Videos

Each week, the Office of Faculty Development produces a "Tip of the Week" video that is published in the campus-wide newsletter, What's NU.

For your reference, all videos produced during the 2024-2025 Academic Year are archived and organized on this page.

Getting Started with Lucid in Canvas This video walks you through how to create a Lucid account within Canvas. Lucid is a digital whiteboard that is free for all Canvas users.
Zoom Cloud Recording - Sharing and Automatic Captions This video will guide you through the process of recording to the cloud, generating a shareable URL, and enabling automatic captions.
Read Course Textbook in Canvas This video shows you how to enable the e-text of your course textbook in Canvas. It also covers how to read the textbook when working in the Student View of Canvas.
Submitting Final Grades in Self Service This video shows faculty members how to submit their students' final grades to the Registrar's Office.
Using Zoom in Classrooms with Cameras This video covers how to use Zoom in classrooms with the web-conferencing camera systems installed.
Zoom Appointment Sign Ups in Canvas Calendar You can use your personal Zoom meeting room and Canvas course calendar to offer appointment slots to students in your course.
Submit on Behalf of a Student If a student emails you their paper instead of submitting it through Canvas, you have the ability to submit it to Canvas on behalf of that student.
Canvas SpeedGrader Speech-to-Text and Screen Recording Canvas Speedgrader now has the ability to write speech-to-text ("Speech Recognition") comments and screen recording. This short video shows you how to use these tools.
Booking Rooms in Ad Astra This video shows you how to reserve a classroom space via the Ad Astra booking system.
Zoom Appointments in Canvas Even if you teach in-person classes, you might still find the Canvas Zoom tool's Appointment scheduler handy. Faculty can use this appointment scheduler to set up individual Zoom meetings with students in their courses.
Show Presentation on Classroom Screen If you're teaching from a classroom computer and you notice that your presentation is not showing on the screen, you may have to change your display settings.
Scheduling Advisement Appointments Online This video shows you how to set up your Google calendar to collect both in-person and online appointment bookings.
Add Academic Events to Your Google Calendar
Canvas Help After Hours: Chat with Canvas Support
How to Complete Roster Verification
A.I. Generated Summaries of Canvas Discussion Boards
Store Zoom Computer Recordings in Canvas or Google Drive
Canvas Course Start Dates

Faculty Development: Tip of the Week Videos

2023-2024 Tips

2022-2023 Tips

Microsoft Office Tips

2024-2025 Tip of the Week Videos

Each week, the Office of Faculty Development produces a "Tip of the Week" video that is published in the campus-wide newsletter, What's NU.

For your reference, all videos produced during the 2024-2025 Academic Year are archived and organized on this page.

Tips of the Week 2023-2024