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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Welcome to the ESS Knowledge Base.  Here you’ll find how-to articles and CVM-specific teaching resources. A reference for the basics and guides to implement evidence-based teaching strategies using the technologies and facilities we support.

To learn more about ESS, please visit our main website.

What’s new in the ESS Knowledge Base?

Best Practices for Teaching Continuity

January 12, 2024 To: Cornell University teaching faculty Our recent experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the importance of the ability to quickly adjust our teaching approaches to successfully complete a semester following unexpected disruption. Our...

Downloading All Student’s Rubric Scores to an Excel Spreadsheet

You need to follow these directions only once for the browser on your PC.  When complete, you will get an Export Scores button in the Canvas SpeedGrader.  This button will only appear on browsers where you have installed the TamperMonkey extension and the Export...

How to Hybrid: plan successful A/V for hybrid and in person events

Slides from the ESS session below.  If you have questions or need assistance scheduling and planning a hybrid event please contact...

Tutor Room Technology Guide

We have updated our tutor room technology guide, click the button below to download your own copy. To print, please use tabloid size (print across two standard letter size pages).   Download...

Personnel Assignments: Assessment, Listing

Each rotation course has at least one primary instructor, assigned by the college registrar – only the registrar can add or remove primary instructors.   If you do not have primary instructor role, and feel you should, email cvmregistrar@cornell.edu. Primary...

Formatting License Numbers for RACE credits

Attending an event or online course that asks for your license number in order to track your CE? Learn how to submit the proper license number formatting for your state. Unfortunately, improperly formatted license numbers will not be accepted by RACE for CE credit....

Tutor Room Interactive Boards

Our tutor rooms have interactive touch screens. There are a number of tools available that make use of the touch features to allow annotation of screen contents.  Powerpoint (and other microsoft office products) have built in annotation tools accessed from the...

Medical Illustration and Animation Service

What We Offer At ESS, we are devoted to creating clear, scientifically accurate and aesthetically pleasing visuals to engage and educate any audience. We offer medical illustrations, animations, and interactive material for the CVM community. Please explore the...

Canvas Courses at the CVM

Who manages the canvas site for my course? DVM Foundation Courses – Foundation Course Administrative Assistants (FCAAs) DVM Distribution Courses –  Course Faculty DVM Rotations – Joyce Vansant (jv373@cornell.edu) from DCS manages day to day canvas...

Add or Remove an Evaluatee from a Course Evaluation

For Non-Rotation Courses Login to course evaluations and click Edit next to the Evaluation title: From the pop-up window, choose Add Instructor Section: From the instructor listing, you can remove an instructor by unchecking the box next to their name:   For...