To provide faculty with the resources needed to design and facilitate online and hybrid courses, Molloy provides access a learning management system (LMS) called Canvas, as well as several additional integrated tools. On this page, faculty can find a description of Molloy-supported tools, along with answers to frequently asked questions. Faculty are welcomed to contact the Office of Blended and Online Learning at CourseDesign@molloy.edu to meet with an instructional designer who can answer questions about any of these resources.
Canvas is Molloy's comprehensive learning platform designed to support fully online or blended learning with features that enhance student learning and to connect digital tools for instructors and students to use in one place. Canvas lends itself to collaborating with peers, setting up various group activities, connecting easily to library resources and also leveraging various external tools such as Google Docs. Canvas support is available 24 hours a day - seven days a week.
For an overview of how Canvas features work, Technology Learning Services (TLS) provides training and resources. For support in applying those tools to teaching best practices, the Office of Blended and Online Learning offers various resources, including consultations with an instructional designer, workshops/webinars, and professional development courses.
When planning an assessment, this tool is ideal when student work should be submitted solely to the faculty member.
Assignments can be set up to accept typed text, attached documents. It can also be set up to integrate Molloy-supported tools, such as Turnitin and VoiceThread.
The Discussion tool can be used as a learning activity or a formal assessment. As an assessment, Discussions are best used when you want students to see each peer submissions and interaction is desired. As a learning activity, Discussions provide students with an asynchronous opportunity to interact and apply the topics of the current module, in preparation for a future assessment.
Discussions can be set up to accept typed text, attached documents, and audio or video submissions. It can also integrate Molloy-supported tools, like VoiceThread.
Canvas offers many options to deter cheating during online quizzes and exams.
Yes, when you set up your Classic Quiz, you may select the option to limit the number of minutes for your exam.
Yes, through the moderate Classic Quiz feature, you can provide additional time to one or more students who require it.
There is an option for Classic Quizzes that allows you to limit the amount of time the quiz is available for student access. For example, you can provide as little as a few hours or a week for students to access the exam.
New Quizzes is a redesign of the Quizzes assessment tool with an easier-to-use quiz builder. The previous quiz builder has been renamed "Classic Quizzes." Instructure has a guide outlining the new features in New Quizzes and a brief video.
Yes, for now. From the Quizzes section of your course, find the quiz you wish to convert. Click the three dots, then click "Migrate." Migration will take some time, and you will receive an email when migration is complete.
Canvas has prepared an FAQ, available on their website.
Proctorio is an online proctoring tool integrated into Canvas.
Proctorio’s system requirements are available on Proctorio’s website. A webcam and microphone may be required, depending on the instructor's directions for the exam.
Proctorio works on desktop and laptop computers that are capable of running Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, including Macs and Chromebooks. Proctorio does not work in Safari, Firefox or mobile devices like iPads and Android tablets.
Students have to install a Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge extension to take an exam with Proctorio. They can remove the extension after the exam, but they will be required to reinstall it if they take another proctored exam.
After creating your exam with the Classic Quizzes tool, check the “Enable Proctorio Secure Exam Proctor” box.
It is recommended to mention any requirements including proctored exams in your syllabus. Since Proctorio relies on certain conditions to accurately proctor, students may need to prepare or acquire the necessary technology to take a proctored exam, For example: include no scrap paper, others in the room, TV on in the background.
Once you’ve selected the checkbox to have Proctorio proctor your exam, click the “Proctorio Settings” tab.
Yes. We suggest enabling the "Verify Desktop" and "Record Screen" functions in Proctorio to do. This will confirm screen recording is enabled, then record the students' web browser, showing if they visit any other websites during their exam.
Proctorio recommends displaying all questions at once, rather than one at a time. If the test taker has a slow internet connection, displaying one question at a time could result in a delay in the exam and an unwanted loss of time.
Not yet, but Canvas is actively working with Proctorio. Please use Canvas’ classic quizzes for now.
Proctorio offers 24/7 live chat for questions, issues, or any other concerns for both faculty and students. Students can access the live chat function during the exam by clicking the shield icon present during their exam.
Students need to change their Notification settings or set their computers for "Do Not Disturb" mode to prevent notifications from appearing and conflicting with Proctorio.
A list of FAQs, support resources, and other information are available on Proctorio’s support page. To familiarize yourself with Proctorio, please watch the Introduction to Proctorio video provided by the Blended and Online Learning team.
Zoom is a video conferencing tool where instructors and students can meet online at the same time to interact in academic activities such as classroom lectures, student presentations, screen sharing, and discussions.
You can begin using a free account right away or request a Pro/Licensed account by reaching out to Technology Learning Services at tls@molloy.edu.
For a free account, there is a time limit on classroom meetings, currently capped at 40 minutes. However, you can schedule multiple 40-minute sessions with their students. A free account is unlimited for one-on-one sessions. There is no limit to the number of 40-minute sessions you can schedule in a row. A Licensed/Pro account has no time limit and can support groups of up to 100 participants.
Yes, students can share their screens during a Zoom session.
No, you do not have to record your Zoom sessions. If you do record a session, ask your students for permission.
Yes, you can share your screen during a Zoom session, including PowerPoint presentations and other documents.
Yes, guest lecturers can join a Zoom meeting, as long you provide the Zoom link with the presenter.
Yes, you can use break-out rooms with your students. You can manually add students, or you can randomly place students in breakout rooms. More information can be found at Getting Started with Breakout Rooms.
A local recording stores the video file on your computer, where a cloud recording provides you with a link to easily share with your participants.
It depends, but a microphone and speakers will allow students to participate through their device’s audio. For a student to participate with video, a webcam (camera) would be necessary.
Yes, you would share your screen and navigate to the Google Doc for viewing by all participants.
Yes, all Zoom meetings can be scheduled before the start of the meeting.
Yes, by sharing your screen and checking the "share sound" check box, you can play videos for your students during a Zoom session.
Yes, however, they need to be created beforehand from your scheduled meeting. Zoom has a tutorial for setting up and using polls available on their Support website.
Yes, you can use Zoom for scheduled advisement appointments with students. We recommend you activate a Waiting Room. The Waiting Room feature allows you to control when a student joins the meeting. As the meeting host, you can admit students one by one or admit them all at once.
Zoom has information on improving meeting security available on their website.
Visit the Zoom Help Center for more information.
VoiceThread is an interactive, visual discussion tool. VoiceThread provides an easy-to-use online learning and discussion space for you and for students.
VoiceThread is an asynchronous tool.
Yes, it is a tool readily available within your Canvas course.
There are two types of VoiceThreads you can create, both graded and ungraded. To learn how to create a VoiceThread, follow the steps outlined in this support article from VoiceThread.
“Individual VT” shows a single VoiceThread that you specify. “Course VT” shows an overview of the VoiceThreads shared solely within the course. “VT Home” shows all VoiceThreads that you (the user) have created in all courses.
The following formats can be uploaded:
VoiceThread has a collection of pre-made tutorials available directly from on their website. Also, see our Faculty Development page for some recorded webinars on using VoiceThread.
Yes, you can record yourself, your screen, as well as a PowerPoint, by using Panopto.
Once recording begins, you cannot change your recording sources such as your webcam or screen.
Yes, you can. A quiz can be graded or ungraded. Information on adding a quiz to a video is available by visiting this article from Panopto.
Yes, Panopto offers captions for videos. However, we recommend you review and edit the captions for accuracy. The Office of Blended and Online Learning recommends starting with a transcript before recording class lectures, which allows you to easily edit captions and upload the transcripts to ensure accessibility standards are upheld in your courses. Learn more about generating captions for your Panopto videos on their How to Add Captions into Video webpage.
Visit the Panopto support page for more information.