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Changing Course Navigation Visibility in Canvas

Customizing the Canvas pages visible to your students is a great way to highlight what's most important and minimize what's not. In this resource...

Canvas Media Tool

In this short video, the CanvasLMS team demonstrates some practical ways the Canvas media tool can support student learning in and outside...

Screencastify for Professional Learning

As Matt Miller from Ditch That Textbook says, you don't have to be a professional development specialist to share your tips and tricks with...

Screencastify for Instructional Videos

Creating short instructional videos for your learners has so many benefits. Check out these tips from Matt Miller with Ditch That Textbook on...

The Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator

Looking for a tool to have your students continue writing! The Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator may be a great option! From the...

Clker

Are you looking for free clipart? Check out Clker! All clipart images can be found in the public domain, which means they are okay to be used by...

TextGiraffe

TextGiraffe, which FlamingText.com runs, is a free custom logo maker. Check out this tutorial on how to create and download your logo today!

Screencastify for Family Communication

Open, consistent communication with students' families is key to a successful learning environment. Check out this video from Matt...

Screencasting Best Practices

Check out these tips from Matt Miller with Ditch That Textbook on best practices for creating screencasts – even if you’re a beginner!

Screencastify Recording Toolbar

Screencastify, a screen recording and webcam tool, has many features and options for users while they are recording. This video by...

Webcam Reflections

So often we think of Screencastify as a screencasting tool, where we record solely what's on our screens. You and your learners can leverage the...

Screencastify Video Sharing and Viewing Statistics

You've used Screencastify to create an amazing video for your students. What next? Check out this video from Georgetown ISD Digital Learning to...

Screencastify Tips and Tricks: Restart a recording

Have you created a video in Screencastify and decided you want to start over? There's a way to restart without having to click stop then record...

Screencastify & Seesaw

What's better than Screencastify? Pair it together with Seesaw for a perfect "app smash"! Check out this video from Matt Miller with Ditch That...

Stop Motion Animation with Screencastify & Slides

Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which items are physically changed in small increments between individually photographed frames....

Screencastify and Slides

Screencastify is a powerful screen recording tool. Check out this short video from Matt Miller with Ditch That Textbook as he explains...

Explaining Math with Screencastify, Equatio, & Desmos

Calling all math teachers! Are you looking for a way to view and assess your students' digital work and step-by-step processes? This video, provided...

Analysis and Design of Social Presence in a Computer-Mediated Communication System

Explore this study from Frontiers on quantifying the degree of social presence in a computer-mediated communication system.

When Teachers and Students are Separated: Strategies from Research on Social Presence for Teaching at a Distance

Check out this interactive infographic from the Institute of Education Sciences for research-based strategies to support social presence in online...

Social Presence in Online Learning

Online Learning for Iowa Educators, or Project OLLIE, is an initiative of AEA Learning Online. Explore this OLLIE-provided course module to learn...