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In this digest, we consider flipping your classroom and share some Zoom and Canvas tips.

This month's digest covers a wide range of topics including the importance of grieving, tips for working with Zoom, fixing your attention shortage, equitable learning, and embracing wellness!

Encourage more activity in your Zoom breakout rooms, add a Chrome extension to simplify your Canvas inbox and make using Speedgrader more efficient, and use Canvas Course Link Validator to scan your course for invalid or unresponsive links. Penn State Resources Worth Revisiting Penn State’s Instructor Guide for Upcoming Semester Course Planning site isn’t just for pre-semester planning! This is a one-stop resource for information about technology and training resources, best practices for teaching in remote modes, handling student absences, enforcing health and safety requirements, and many more relevant topics. The Penn State Keep Teaching site is full of up-to-date information about webinars, policy guidelines and documents, health and safety, and a variety of teaching topics.

This month's digest examines Zoom's Virtual Background feature, the “Silent Meeting", the Canvas Quiz Converter, Top Hat, seven ways to foster a sense of community in the online classroom, and more!

Check out some great resources for student engagement, Zoom polling, teaching online with video, and "The Tree of Contemplative Practices."

Learn more about recording a Zoom session that can be stored in the cloud or to your local computer.

Here are some resources and training to help you get started with using Kaltura.