Canvas Basics
To review information on the basics of utilizing Canvas, including creating assignments, discussions, modules, gradebook setup, and Canvas Studio, use the link below to access the Faculty Canvas Training Course.
Course Design Resources
Use the link below to access the 51½ÖÉä Faculty Development and Resources Canvas course. Resources are available for basic course design, writing objectives, creating course engagement activities, assessment design and considerations, online proctoring, grading, and other helpful information for applying to your assigned courses.
Media Resources
The Faculty Success Center offers media production services and facilities to assist 51½ÖÉä faculty in developing pedagogical and scholarly resources. The Faculty Media Studio is equipped with audio and video recording studios, editing facilities, and professional grade cameras, microphones, and other related equipment. Staff are available to provide whatever level of assistance is needed, from simply scheduling a space and providing necessary equipment, to “white glove” service, with FSC staff completing and publishing an entire project or prototype.
Media Project Examples
MSOP Didactic Electives Presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Covington; 100% executed by FSC staff
“,” ongoing podcast series by professors Rony Kozman & Will Kynes; motion graphics, recording equipment, and consulting services provided by FSC
FSC “Media Minute” Promo; 100% executed by FSC staff
Please submit the form below if you wish to request a consultation or schedule a session in the Faculty Media Studio. After review of your request, a staff member will contact you to follow up. If you have questions or would like to further discuss your project prior to submitting this form, please contact Joe Zellner, Learning and Media Technologist at jmzellne@samford.edu or 205-726-2108.
Quality Matters
51½ÖÉä has partnered with (QM), an internationally recognized, faculty-driven peer-review process used to ensure the quality of online and blended course design. To ensure course quality, we have two levels of course design approval utilizing various components of the QM Higher Education Rubric.