Learning Technology
This collection highlights learning technologies that can enhance your teaching, from tools like Canvas and Nearpod to resources like Respondus 4.0 for test creation. You'll find brief overviews, practical starting points, and links to more detailed guides—all designed to help you integrate these tools smoothly into your courses.
Learning Technology Index
This page provides an overview of tools and platforms used to support teaching, learning, and cou...
Nearpod
Nearpod is a student engagement platform built to make teaching with technology easy. It’s design...
Lumen Learning
Discover affordable, simple-to-adapt OER course materials that improve learning.
About Lumen Learning
Lumen Learning has been a leader in innovating how to use Open Educational Resources (OER) to str...
What They Offer
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Lumen Customer Support Resources
Lumen provides you with training to get started and guidance to help you reap the benefits of evi...
Respondus 4.0 - Test Creator
Respondus 4.0® is a powerful tool for creating and managing questions for online exams. Exams can...
Lockdown Browser vs. Test Manager
Respondus 4.0 Campus-wide (Test Manager) is a test management software used by faculty to create ...
System Requirements
Operating Systems Only works with Windows. It does not work with any of the Mac OS. Memory 32...
Installation and Setup
Only instructors can download and install Respondus 4.0 on their computers. To download Respondus...
Support Resources
Quick Start Guide Respondus 4.0 Quick Start Guide (PDF) User Guides User Guides (pdf) This Re...
Canvas for Educators
A faculty-centered resource designed to help instructors use Canvas as a pedagogical tool for eff...
About Learning Management Systems
Learning Management Systems (LMS) are secure online platforms used by institutions, educators...
Getting Started
Wondering how to get started using Canvas? The information below will help. Canvas Account Creat...
Managing Your Canvas Profile and Notification Settings
The default values for your Canvas Profile are imported from Banner. Employees requesting a name ...
Finding and Organizing Courses
By default, the Dashboard and Courses links in the Global Navigation will display all courses in ...
Course Identification
When requesting assistance with a Canvas course, it helps if you can accurately identify the exac...
Templates and Canvas Commons
Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resourc...
How do I publish a course?
If you have permission to publish your course, you can publish your course from the Dashboard, th...
How do I change the start and end dates for a course?
By default, you and your students can participate in courses within the term start and end dates ...
How do I assign an assignment to everyone, individual students, or sections?
By default, assignments you create in your course are assigned to everyone. You can specify a due...
Integrating Video into Canvas Activities
Using Kaltura makes it easy to embed videos for instructional purposes or to collect video submis...
Embedding Media in Classes
This page provides guidance on how to embed video, image, and mixed media content from public and...
Instructional Media from Public and Open Sources
This page lists freely available media sources that can be used to supplement course content. The...
How do I add an image to a course card in the Dashboard?
If your institution allows, you can upload an image to display behind the course card in the Canv...
Reusing Course Materials
Canvas Course Import You can copy course content, such as assignments, modules, pages, and discu...
Managing Course Access in Canvas: Enrollments, Roles, and Requests
This page provides guidance on how enrollments are managed in Canvas, including automatic integra...
How do I cross-list (merge) a section in a course as an instructor?
Cross-listing allows you to move section enrollments from individual courses and combine them int...
Course Accessibility Support
Ensuring that all students have equitable access to course materials and learning experiences is ...
General Support Resources
If you are having other issues that aren't mentioned above, these resources should help. General...
Creating and Using Outcomes in Canvas
Canvas Outcomes allow instructors and administrators to track student mastery of learning objecti...
Kaltura
Kaltura is a media platform integrated with Canvas that allows faculty and students to create, up...
Overview of Kaltura at A-State
Kaltura is Arkansas State University’s enterprise video platform for creating, storing, sharing, ...
Using Kaltura in Canvas
Kaltura is fully integrated into Canvas, making it easy to upload, embed, organize, and analyze i...
Kaltura Capture: Recording and Managing Videos
Kaltura offers two distinct tools for recording video content: Kaltura Capture and Express Captur...
Editing Videos in Kaltura
The Kaltura video editor is a simple yet powerful tool for editing any video uploaded to Kaltura....
Downloading, Advanced Editing and Uploading of External Media
Sometimes, the native Kaltura Capture tools or web-based editor limit your vision. You may wa...
Captioning and Accessibility in Kaltura
Ensuring your instructional media is accessible is essential for supporting all learners. Kaltura...
Support and Troubleshooting for Kaltura
This page provides guidance for resolving common issues with Kaltura and accessing support resour...
VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a third party tool available to be used within your Canvas classes. It allow...