Use these guides to help you get up to speed and adapt your course for hybrid or online instruction. Resources are organized alphabetically by the tool name.
Keep Teaching Tools & Resources
On this page
- Keep Teaching in the Classroom - Information about using classroom technology.
- Keep Teaching Resources - General information about teaching online.
- Keep Teaching Tools - Guides to help you use specific tools.
Keep Teaching in the Classroom
Guides for using classroom technology to Keep Teaching students in the classroom and online.
To get support with technology in your classroom, contact the appropriate resource for your campus:
Do you or your students need access to STC lab resources? If so, you can connect to them using IUanyWare:
To start using classroom technology:
- Watch the video: Using Classroom Technology for Hybrid Instruction
- See the IU Knowledge Base Article: Recommendations for using technology in IU classrooms with hybrid or virtual learning
To see a list of technology available in your classroom, see the Classroom Database.
Documentation about using the Classroom Database:
Here are some useful guides from the IU Knowledge Base for common classroom technology:
Keep Teaching Resources
General information and guidelines related to teaching online.
Accessibility articles
Kaltura accessibility features
PowerPoint accessibility features
Zoom accessibility features
Per IP Policy UA-05:
"IU will not assert ownership rights in any and all forms of Traditional Works of Scholarship created or used as instructional materials, including but not limited to class recordings in Kaltura and Zoom, by IU faculty as a result of the temporary suspension of face-to-face classroom teaching due to COVID-19."
Library resources articles
Online pedagogy articles
The IU Teaching and Learning Centers, in cooperation with various teams within the UITS Learning Technologies division, wrote and recorded these webinars to help you move your course online.
- Keep Teaching: Canvas Modules and Assignments (video & article)
- Keep Teaching: Zoom for instructors (video & article)
- Keep Teaching: Kaltura basics (video & article)
- Keep Teaching: Conduct exams via Canvas (video & article)
- Keep Teaching: Alternatives for exams and assessments (video & article)
- Keep Teaching: Teaching with the spring 2021 Canvas Template (video)
- Keep Teaching: Teaching science labs online (video)
- Keep Teaching: Engaging Students in the Physically Distanced Classroom (video)
The IU Teaching and Learning Centers are scheduling and hosting webinars regularly.
Keep Teaching Tools
Instruction on how to use specific tools in online classes.
Canvas videos
Canvas articles
- How to apply the IU Course Template to your Canvas course? (IU Knowledge Base article)
- How do I publish a course? (Canvas article)
- How do I use the Modules Index Page? (Canvas article)
- How do I use the Pages Index Page? (Canvas article)
- How do I manage Course Navigation Links? (Canvas article)
- How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool? (Canvas article)
Canvas Teaching Templates *NEW*
Ready-made templates for instructors to create assignments in Canvas.
- Enroll in the Canvas Teaching Templates example course *NEW*
The Keep Teaching team developed two series of Canvas modules to help instructors bring their courses online:
- Instructor-focused modules (article)
- These modules are templates to assist instructors in creating high-quality content in their Canvas courses.
- Student-focused modules (article)
- These modules contain ready-made instructions for students that instructors can incorporate into their courses. These instructions are focused on various online learning technologies (Zoom, Canvas, Kaltura, etc.)
Kaltura training
Each link contains both a video and an article.
- Kaltura: Recording your screen and webcam using Kaltura Capture (video & article)
- Kaltura: Editing videos using the Kaltura Video Editor (video & article)
- Kaltura: Editing captions using the Kaltura Caption Editor (video & article)
Kaltura articles
PowerPoint videos
- Creating presentation videos using PowerPoint (video)
PowerPoint 365 and 2019 (Windows only)
PowerPoint articles
- Recording an individual or group presentation with PowerPoint 365 or PowerPoint 2019 (article)
PowerPoint 365 and 2019 (Windows only)
Note: PowerPoint for Mac cannot record slide narration. Instead, use Keynote to record narration and export to QuickTime.
Getting started with Zoom series
Each link contains both a video and an article.
- Zoom: The Basics (video & article)
- Zoom: Logging in using Single Sign-On (SSO) (video & article)
- Zoom: Scheduling and starting meetings (video & article)
- Zoom: Using breakout rooms (video & article)
- Zoom: Recording meetings (video & article)
- Zoom: Securing your meetings (video & article)
- Zoom: Managing disruptions during meetings (video & article)
Zoom articles
- Zoom to the Next Level: Active Learning in the Virtual Classroom (article)
- Alternatives to Zoom for live meetings and recording lectures (article)
- Get started with Zoom (article)
- How do I secure my Zoom session against Zoombombing? (article)
- Considerations when attending classes or meetings remotely (article)
- Pin a participant's video and adjust video layout in a Zoom meeting (article)
- Using Zoom on a desktop or mobile device (article)
- Accommodate international students who can't access Zoom (article)
- Accessibility features in Zoom (article)
- About closed captioning in Zoom (article)
- Use screen layouts in Zoom (article)
- Use Zoom for large meetings and webinars (article)
- Creating Zoom breakout rooms in advance (article)
- Access and publish Zoom recordings in Kaltura (article)
- Troubleshoot Zoom (article)
- Polling for Meetings (video & article)
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