Clemson Online: Where Tech and Teaching Meet

Follow Up Friday: Effective Canvas Organization and Course Design

Last week, Digital Learning Strategist Leslie Fuller hosted Workshop Wednesday. Her session was titled Effective Canvas Organization and Course Design. This session focused on providing viewers with important tips to help make their Canvas course design more efficient. Fuller began the session by showcasing an effective course Home Page. First impressions with students matter! After […]

Follow Up Friday: Utilizing New Quizzes in Canvas

Gray Jackson, Sr. Learning Tech Specialist for Clemson Online, led a Quit Hit session on Thursday, September 4th. This training served as an introduction and overview to the New Quizzes functionality available in Canvas. Jackson began by showing how to enable New Quizzes for your Canvas course and get started creating one. He then provided […]

Follow Up Friday: Ensuring Alignment in Your Canvas Course

On August 27th, Hansen Wetsel, the Quality Matters Coordinator for Clemson Online, hosted Workshop Wednesday. His session was titled Ensuring Alignment in Your Canvas Course. In this workshop, Hansen focused on how to align your learning objectives with important course components. Wetsel opened the workshop by introducing Quality Matters, its partnership with Clemson Online, and […]

Fall Training Sessions and Online Consults

Preview upcoming training topics from our Fall 25 Online Instructional Development Calendar! Our fall training sessions will cover a variety of topics, including effective Canvas course design, utilizing New Quizzes in Canvas, increasing communication, community, and active learning in online courses, designing assessments with AI, and preparing for Clemson’s e-learning day. Presentations and Workshops  Our […]

Follow Up Friday: Recordings from the New Instructor Conference

Last week we hosted our annual New Instructor Conference. With sessions on everything from setting up your Canvas course to developing an AI policy, it can help any instructor at the beginning of the semester. You can now view our NIC video playlist here. Or, if you want to view just one session, the full list […]

Simple Syllabus for Fall Courses

Simple Syllabus is a centralized syllabus repository system that utilizes templates for syllabus construction. The templates ensure that instructors include required syllabus information, such as mandatory Clemson University syllabus policies, while providing an easy means for adding and editing their syllabus content. Simple Syllabus is integrated with Canvas, so learners will be able to see […]

Welcome, New Clemson Instructors!

Welcome to Clemson, new instructors! Join us for the New Instructor Conference on Thursday, August 14 and drop in for one-on-one support over Zoom the following week. Clemson Online is here to support all instructors at every level who utilize Canvas, Zoom, and other online instructional tools in any teaching modality.  August 14 – New […]

Summer Trainings from Clemson Online

Join us this June and July for training on Simple Syllabus, increasing student engagement online, addressing academic integrity, and more! June Training Sessions June 12 – Quick Hits: Introduction to Academic Integrity Tools in Canvas Register for “Quick Hits: Introduction to Academic Integrity Tools in Canvas” on June 12, from 3-4:00 pm! This Quick Hit […]

Follow Up Friday: Getting Started with Kaltura

Are you looking for the best way to integrate videos into your Canvas course? Kaltura is Clemson’s video hosting service, with built-in recording, editing, and captioning tools. It is fully integrated with Canvas so embedding your recorded content into a Canvas Page, discussion board, or assignment is simple and fast. Kaltura also includes a video […]

Help Us Help You: We Want Your Feedback!

As Spring 2025 draws to a close, Clemson Online is already looking ahead—and we want your input to help shape what comes next! Whether you joined us this semester for a workshop, attended a Quick Hit session, or just kept an eye on our offerings, your feedback is incredibly valuable to us. Even if you didn’t attend […]