Canvas instructors,
Your Spring 2020 Canvas courses have been automatically created for you. If you do not see your course, it’s most likely because your name hasn’t gone through the official channels to become the instructor of record yet. At this early date, there are many of these. Once you become official, Banner will process you into the Canvas course. Students will be imported into their courses in early January.
Some notes:
1. If you plan to merge courses or sections, you will do that in Canvas, not in Class Web. Please read Merging Sections in Canvas, and follow the instructions.
2. When moving from one semester to another in Canvas, you can either copy a previous semester's course content or export the previous course and import it into the new course. You can do all of these by going to Settings in a course. While in Settings, DO NOT click the Copy this Course button on the right side; this tool creates a new course that your students will not be able to access.
3. If you are teaching an online course, you have the option to use the Canvas model course template as a starting point. The course is based on the Academic Senate-approved OEI’s Course Design Rubric and provides organization and structure for your course. If you want to view the model course, let me know. If you already have access to it and want to use it, complete this form.
4. The OEI’s Quest for Online Success tutorial is the student readiness tool used for DE courses at LPC. There is a Canvas version to which you can have students self-enroll. You can even have students complete assignments based on the tutorial. Learn more about Quest.
5. Remember that everything in your course must be made accessible to students with disabilities. To learn how to do this, you can either come to a workshop, make an appointment, or complete the Canvas tutorial called Web Accessibility Course.
6. The New Gradebook in Canvas will be turned on by default Jan. 9. You can enable it now in your Spring course by going to Settings - Feature Options and clicking the button for New Gradebook. Learn how to use the New Gradebook.
Scott
