Coulter Faculty Commons
Your Partner in Teaching & LearningThe Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC) advances excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by partnering with the Western Carolina University community through collaboration, creation, and celebration.
We partner with all instructors, staff who teach, and graduate student assistants.
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Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
New Canvas Features for October 2021
Canvas New Features October 2021 Canvas provides updates to the platform every month without disruption to service. Some of them are minor fixes and others provide additional features and functionality to users. As we reach the middle of the first full semester with...
Classroom Discussion – Planning Tips for Online, On-Ground, and New Faculty
Looking for some new ideas for classroom discussion? Seeking an idea for an online discussion? What about a guide for setting norms/expectations related to discussion practices? We have identified some resources to help you think through these questions. Tips for...
Fall 2021 Update on Course Storage
Digital Storage for Teaching and Learning at WCU What you need to know: As an instructor, your 'teaching' Canvas courses have 1 GB of cloud storage. Canvas storage should be considered temporary and not for long-term curation or archiving. Live Canvas courses (the...