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Communication

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 19, 2020

For any course, communication is key! This overview will provide recommendations on how to ensure your communication with your online students is effective, positive, and builds community within your online course.Video Introduction:In this video (6: ...

To Get the Right Answer, You Have to Ask the Right Question

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

We want our students to develop those higher order thinking skills that are so crucial to developing those much talked about 21st Century Skills including the ability to think critically, synthesize, and evaluate. The development of these skills is e ...

Recording Weekly Overview Videos

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Creating weekly overview videos is beneficial for your course in several ways. The largest benefit of creating these overviews is instructor presence. Creating instructor presence is crucial to online courses as having a strong instructor presence an ...

Having Fun in Online Classes

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

In a recent online course I took, I was intrigued by a page in our introductory module called “Break times.” The instructor, Bonnie Chapman explains, “At the end of each module, I include a PowerPoint with humorous items,” going on to say, “This is n ...

So Many Submissions, So Little Time: Scalable Assessments, Feedback Models, and Fostering Community

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 10, 2021

This article is a part of the What Does it Mean to Design for Scale? series.“How do you know they know?” is a critical course-design question to answer to ensure  learners provide evidence of their understanding and competence. And for all inten ...

What’s New in Canvas New Analytics?

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

What is Canvas New Analytics?Canvas’ New Analytics feature isn’t necessarily “new,” but the “feature preview” is now available at ASU. Some of us may have tinkered with the Course Analytics feature that has long been available but felt hindered by th ...

Designing Office Hours

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Optional office hours can transform your online courses when they’re creatively designed and thoughtfully implemented. They offer a flexible support system that adapts to each student’s learning needs. These sessions encourage participation, guide in ...

Defining Cheating

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

When someone says “Don’t cheat” what do they really mean? Students often commit acts of academic dishonesty not because they are lazy, but because they did not understand that what they were doing was considered cheating. This video will explore vari ...

Options for Creating Media-Based Instructor Presence

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Value of Instructor PresenceAs an educator, you know how important it is to have a strong online presence and build a sense of community with your students. While instructor videos may seem intimidating at first, they can be extremely effective in ac ...