Tech Tip Indexes

Although these are mostly just placeholders right now, I'll be filled up these pages with links to the various Tech Tip posts in support of the Canvas Growth Mindset Playground course at Canvas.MythFolklore.net.

• Blogger
• Diigo
• Flickr
• Javascript-RotateContent
• Pinterest
• RSS-Inoreader
• Storify
• Twitter
• YouTube

Flickr Tech Tips

Flickr is a great tool for collecting, sharing, and discovering images. Flickr allows you to create slideshows from an album which you can then embed; the slideshow is Flash-based, so it's always a good idea to also link to the album page, in case the device someone is using does not allow Flash. So, here is a slideshow of my Growth Mindset Cats album:

Getting this to display in Canvas was not as easy as I expected, but I was able to make it work: Flickr Slideshow in Canvas.

Here is the solution I used:

1. Get code. Get the embedded slideshow code from Flickr. Just add /show to any album to get the link (here's an example), and then click on Share in the upper right-hand corner, and configure the HTML for your desired width. Flickr will then display the embed code you need.

2. Create page. In an https space (OU faculty can use OU Create), create a completely vanilla HTML webpage and paste the embed code into the body of the page. Here is my vanilla webpage with the Flickr slideshow.

3. Embed page. Then use iframe to embed that slideshow in your Canvas webpage. Here is the result: Flickr Slideshow in Canvas.

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I tried two different solutions that did not work in order to reach this solution.

First, I tried pasting in the embed code from Flickr. That was nice and easy, and it worked great in Chrome, but for some reason did not work in Firefox, even though Firefox will indeed display a Flickr slideshow. I suspect it has something to do with the code, completely mumbo-jumbo to me, that Canvas adds automatically. Here's a screenshot; maybe a Canvas guru can explain why it needs to do that to my code:

Then, I tried just iframing the Flickr slideshow page, but Flickr does not allow iframe of its pages.

Luckily, the third solution that I tried (see above) seems to work just fine!

Blogger Tech Tips

I'll be using this page to index my posts here with Blogger Tech Tips. Let me know (leave comment below or ping me @OnlineCrsLady) if you'd like some help with this, and I'll pop this one up to the top of the to-do list.

Pinterest Tech Tips

I'll be using this page to index my posts here with Pinterest Tech Tips. Let me know (leave comment below or ping me @OnlineCrsLady) if you'd like some help in embedding Pinterest Boards in your Canvas course, and I'll pop this one up to the top of the to-do list.

RSS Tech Tips

I'll be using this page to index my posts here with RSS Tech Tips. Let me know (leave comment below or ping me @OnlineCrsLady) if you'd like some help with this, and I'll pop this one up to the top of the to-do list.

Diigo Tech Tips

I'll be using this page to index my posts here with Diigo Tech Tips. Let me know (leave comment below or ping me @OnlineCrsLady) if you'd like some help with this, and I'll pop this one up to the top of the to-do list.

Javascript Tech Tips

To support the use of javascripts in Canvas, I've created a Canvas course space: Laura's Widget Warehouse.

Tech Tips: YouTube Tips List

While building up my Growth Mindset YouTube Playlist this summer, I also want to share tips and ideas about using YouTube playlists in general — for growth mindset or for any other topic relevant to your courses!

I've written up an overview of the Advantages of YouTube Playlists, including the fact that you can embed them as live content in a Canvas course. I'll be adding more YouTube tips over the summer, and I'm creating this post as a reminder to myself of tips I should try to add in this "Summer of Tips" ... here they are:

• Advantages of a YouTube Playlist
• Configuring Your YouTube Channel
• Creating a YouTube Playlist
• Curating a YouTube Playlist
• Embedding a YouTube Playlist at Canvas
• More Ways to Share YouTube Playlists
• Linking to Playlist Videos and URL Hacks
• Collaborative YouTube Playlists
• Video as Blog Post Writing Prompts

As you can see, the focus here is not really on Canvas at all, but instead on YouTube as a space where you can create, curate, and share video content with your students and with other audiences too, while also helping your students learn how they can make better use of YouTube also. From my experience, students really like learning about how to create YouTube Playlists (some already know how to do that, some don't), and when they can embed videos and playlists in their blog posts and websites, great things can happen!

Please let me know if you have questions or ideas for topics I should cover as I collect my YouTube tips here this summer!

Screenshot of YouTube playlist in Canvas page:

And here's that YouTube playlist embedded in this post:

Twitter Index

I'll be keeping a list here of all the Twitter posts. Be sure to check out the Storify options too!

Here are the posts I have so far:

OUMindsetPlay: A "Growth Mindset" Twitter Account. This post explains how I am using a dedicated Twitter account to collect and share materials related to growth mindset.

Tech Tips: Embed Twitter in Canvas. This post provides step by step instructions for embedding a real Twitter widget in Canvas.

Curation: Best of OU Create Project. This post provides an example of a dedicated Twitter account used to curate a "best of" content stream for OU Create (the University of Oklahoma's "Domain of One's Own" program).

Tech Tips: Storify Index

Here are the Storify posts so far:

About Storify

Storify in Canvas

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