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  1. Courseworks (Canvas) General →

    1. Canvas Support for Spring 2017
    2. What is Courseworks (Canvas)?
    3. Is there a Columbia Canvas Brochure?
    4. Canvas Transition Plans - Fall 2016
    5. What are the differences between Canvas and Sakai?

  2. Courseworks (Canvas) Setting Up Your Course →

    1. How can I migrate content from Courseworks (Sakai) to Courseworks (Canvas?)
    2. What are the basics for setting up my course?
    3. How do I add my syllabus?
    4. How do I add Textbooks into My Course in Courseworks (Canvas)?
    5. How do I import content from another Courseworks (Canvas) course?

  3. Courseworks (Canvas) Managing Course Content →

    1. What is the storage limit for files in Canvas?
    2. What is the Files Tool?
    3. How do I restrict files and folders permissions in Canvas?
    4. Is Canvas HIPAA Compliant?
    5. How do I upload a file to my course in Courseworks (Canvas)?

  4. Courseworks (Canvas) Assessing Students →

    1. How do I view student activity in the course?
    2. How do I change the grading scale for my course?
    3. How do I grade student assignment submissions?
    4. Can I download my student's assignments and grade them?
    5. How do I create an item in the gradebook that is not associated with an assignment or test?

  5. Courseworks (Canvas) Communicating With Students →

    1. How do I create an Announcement?
    2. How do I send notifications for new files I upload to Canvas?
    3. How do I access my evaluations (old and current)
    4. How do I create a discussion
    5. How do I subscribe to CourseWorks calendars in Google, Outlook, iCal, or iOS?

  6. CourseWorks (Sakai) General →

    1. Where can I find documentation about CourseWorks?
    2. How do I get further CourseWorks assistance from CTL?
    3. How long will my graduating students have access to their CourseWorks sites?
    4. How do I use Delegated Access to find a CourseWorks site?
    5. How do I get a collaboration site in CourseWorks?

  7. Courseworks (Sakai) Setting up Your Course →

    1. How to set up a calendar-based syllabus in CourseWorks
    2. How can I add participants (students, TAs, or instructors) from my CourseWorks site?
    3. How can I add links to the left navigation space in my CourseWorks site?
    4. How do I Create and Modify Calendar Events?
    5. What is the best way to get content from Microsoft Word into CourseWorks?

  8. Courseworks (Sakai) Managing Course Content →

    1. What type of documents can be found by CourseWorks' Search tool?
    2. How do I create and add HTML pages in CourseWorks?
    3. How can I hide a file in CourseWorks?
    4. How do I use the page order feature to re order and hide tools in CourseWorks?
    5. Can students upload files into Files and Resources (so everyone can see them)?

  9. Courseworks (Sakai) Assessing Students →

    1. How do I create an Assignment in CourseWorks?
    2. How can I grade multiple CourseWorks' assignments on my desktop?
    3. How can I track what students are doing within CourseWorks?
    4. How do I change the letter grade scale in CourseWorks?
    5. Some recommendations regarding students' assignment submissions in CourseWorks.

  10. Courseworks (Sakai) Communicating With Students →

    1. How do I email my students in CourseWorks?
    2. How do I use Discussion Board in CourseWorks?
    3. How do I use the Announcements Tool in CourseWorks?
    4. Organizing Topics in Discussion Boards

  11. EdBlogs →

    1. As instructor, can I add users to my EdBlog?
    2. Can I invite guests to my EdBlog if they do not have a Columbia University ID (UNI)
    3. What languages does EdBlogs support?
    4. How can I migrate my EdBlog?
    5. How do I add images, video, documents, and other media to my EdBlogs posts and pages?

  12. Wikispaces@Columbia Getting started →

    1. Wikispaces@Columbia Getting Started Teaching with Wikis
    2. How do I set up a Wikispace site for my course?
    3. How do students join a Wikispaces site?
    4. How can I learn the Wikispaces wikitext formatting? Is there a "wikitext cheatsheet"?
    5. How do I lock or protect a Wikispaces page from edits?

  13. Wikispaces@Columbia Troubleshooting →

    1. WikiScholars - Login Errors and Invitations
    2. WikiScholars - Create a Join Code
    3. WikiScholars - Using a Join Code
    4. I'm unable to access my course's Wikispaces site. What should I do?
    5. How to fix a Wikispaces redirect loop.

  14. Mediathread - General →

    1. Mediathread Fall 2016 Release Notes
    2. Discussions in Mediathread
    3. How do I fix the page layout if it looks strange in Mediathread?
    4. Importing items with the Mediathread Extension from Sources
    5. Levels of visibility for Mediathread compositions

  15. Mediathread - Instructor →

    1. How do I create and edit my course vocabulary?
    2. How to enable uploading video into Mediathread
    3. Migrating Materials from one Mediathread Course to Another
    4. What is a Sequence Assignment?
    5. How do I view my student's responses (assignments)?

  16. Mediathread - Student →

    1. Collaborating on compositions in Mediathread
    2. How do I upload a video to Mediathread?
    3. Is There a Mediathread Quickstart Guide for Students?
    4. Responding to assignments in Mediathread
    5. Where do I find videos, images, or other media uploaded by my instructor?

  17. CTL Custom Webapps →

    1. Heart Simulator Java Security Fix (Mac)
    2. VITAL Codebase

  18. General Information →

    1. What are the hours of operation for Learning Commons
    2. Does CTL offer online courses?
    3. Are there any plagiarism detection tools at Columbia?
    4. May I use CTL's projects in my non-Columbia course?
    5. How ADA compliant are CTL's services?

  19. Google Apps for Education →

    1. Getting Started with LionMail Google Slides
    2. How can I embed my Google slide show onto wikispaces or courseworks?

  20. Digital Classroom - Lewisohn Hall Room 308 →

    1. How do I reserve 308 Lewisohn for my course?
    2. My students will be giving presentations. Can I arrange for them to be trained to use the equipment?
    3. Can I use my notebook/tablet PC with the SMART Board?
    4. I have software that I would really like to use during class. Can I install it on the SMART Board?
    5. The computer is asking me to log in. What is the user name and password?

  21. Film Language Glossary →

    1. Can I use the Film Language Glossary outside Columbia?
    2. How can I access the Film Language Glossary?

  22. CUMC Audience Response System (TurningPoint) →

    1. What do I need to get started with using TurningPoint ARS?
    2. I just received TurningPoint ARS training, what do I do now?
    3. What are the system requirements for installing TurningPoint software onto my computer?
    4. How do students setup ResponseWare before class to answer TurningPoint ARS questions?
    5. Is there a text I could put in my CourseWorks site to prepare my students for using TurningPoint ARS and ResponseWare?

  23. ColumbiaLearn on YouTube →

    1. Are comments monitored on Columbia Learn's YouTube videos?
    2. Can Columbia Learn's YouTube channel be used for non-course purposes?
    3. Can I apply a Creative Commons license to videos that I post on YouTube?
    4. Can I submit a video to the Columbia Learn YouTube channel through my department or by myself?
    5. Can my department maintain its own YouTube channel?

  24. Video Production Requests →

    1. Can CTL film my course sessions?
    2. How can I use full-length films (or clips) in my classes?
    3. I had a film digitized by CTL, but it's expired. How can I get it back?
    4. How do I add films clip to my course site?
    5. How to request films for courses

  25. Brownfield Action →

    1. How do I request a username to use Brownfield Action?
    2. How do I create a new course in the Brownfield Action simulation?
    3. How do I set up my course in the Brownfield Action simulation?
    4. How do I set up teams in the Brownfield Action simulation?
    5. How do I activate the teams so they can use the Brownfield Action simulation?

  26. All articles →

    1. Where can I find documentation about CourseWorks?
    2. How do I email my students in CourseWorks?
    3. What type of documents can be found by CourseWorks' Search tool?
    4. Can CTL film my course sessions?
    5. How do I create an Assignment in CourseWorks?

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