Spring Canvas, Bb course requests

You may now request your Spring 2018 courses by logging into Class-Web, clicking Menu for Faculty, Staff & Advisors, then clicking either the Canvas or Blackboard links toward the bottom of the page. Choose Spring 2018 for the term and Las Positas for the campus, and click Submit Query. From here, you can request individual courses, or you can choose courses or sections to merge.

 

Some notes:

 

1.     Blackboard is going away after the Spring 2018 semester, so you might be better served by requesting Canvas courses now.

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.

1. Learn how to copy a course.
2. Learn how to export a course.
3. Learn how to import a course.

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 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 Succeeding in an Online Course tutorial and Online Learning Orientation that have been used with Blackboard for years and are on the Online Learning web site will be going away after Spring 2018. They have been replaced by the OEI’s Quest for Online Success and integrated into Canvas. Learn more about Quest.

5.     The current Online Learning web site is also being replaced. The new site will be posted after the current semester.

6.     I will send an email by the end of the week about registering for TLC workshops and appointments that will take place during the remainder of this semester. The next workshop, Web Accessibility Basics, will take place from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday.

7.     Remember that everything in your course must be made accessible to students with disabilities. You can either come to a workshop, make an appointment, or complete the Canvas tutorial called Web Accessibility Course.

 

Scott

 

Canvas Flex Day workshops

For those of you wanting to participate in the Oct. 24 Flex Day Canvas Introduction and/or Canvas Advanced workshops, we ask that you register in advance at the Professional Development Workshops page. This will ensure that participants are set up in Canvas and know how to log in prior to the workshops. It will also guarantee you one of the 45 seats in Room 803 with a view of the projection screen. If you have already registered, you don’t have to register again.

 

Other Canvas-related workshops on Flex Day (no need to register for these):

·         Canvas Drop-In Training, 8-8:50 a.m. in the TLC (Room 2410)

·         Using the OEI Online Course Design Rubric to Meet Accreditation Standards, 10-11:50 a.m. in the TLC (Room 241)

·         Making your Canvas Course Site ADA-Compliant, 1-2:50 p.m. in Room 2412

 

View the full Flex Day schedule, which includes descriptions of the workshops.

 

Scott

Canvas course migration/cleanup info

Blackboard instructors,

 

For those of switching to Canvas for Spring 2018, the District has again contracted with Canvas to not only migrate your courses from Blackboard to Canvas, but also to perform any necessary post-migration cleanup work. If you are interested in having Canvas do the cleanup for you, please fill out this form by Oct. 15 so we can get the process underway.

 

Some important points:

1.       Having Canvas do the migration/cleanup work for you is OPTIONAL.  In fact, you have 3 choices:

a.       Do the migration/cleanup yourself when your Spring 2018 courses are set up in Canvas (you will be notified later this semester when to begin requesting them). Here’s a document that will help you.

b.       Do the cleanup yourself whenever you want. Spring 2016 through Summer 2017 Blackboard courses have already been migrated for you. You can access them now in Canvas and begin cleaning them up. When your spring 2018 courses are set up in Canvas, simply export them from your cleaned-up course, and import them into your new course.

c.       Have Canvas do the cleanup for you in any of your already migrated Spring 2016 through Summer 2017 courses. You would then do the above export/import task into your new course.

2.       If requests exceed our limits, not all requests will be granted. Priority will be given to Spring 2018 Distance Ed courses.

3.       An FYI to those utilizing the Canvas cleanup service: In order for the cleanup person to do his job thoroughly, he needs instructor access to your corresponding courses in Blackboard. The District has given me permission to grant him that access. Once he is finished, I will remove him.

4.       Instructors utilizing the cleanup service will have a chance to communicate with the cleanup person. At least one webinar will be scheduled and announced.

5.       As a reminder to those teaching online courses, the Course Design Rubric for the Online Education Initiative is available to guide you through designing or redesigning your course for quality. There is also an Online Course Design Guide to use with the above rubric.

 

Scott

 

FW: 3C Media Solutions Fall 2017 Newsletter

FYI: 3C Media Solutions is the recommended site on which to host your instructor-created videos. It was created for CCC faculty and includes a tool that accurately captions your videos.

 

Scott

 

From: 3C Media Solutions [mailto:events@3cmediasolutions.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 11:53 AM
To: Scott Vigallon <SVigallon@laspositascollege.edu>
Subject: 3C Media Solutions Fall 2017 Newsletter

 

If you are unable to read this newsletter, click here. For text version, click here.

 

 

Canvas dropped students update

Canvas instructors,

 

District ITS has fixed the issue of dropped students having access to their Canvas courses. If you still have any of these, let me know (student, W number, course), and I will forward them along.

 

Scott

Resources from last week's DE workshop

For those unable to attend the College Day workshop last week titled Meeting the Laws and Regulations for Distance Education Courses, I’ve attached the PowerPoint and listed some resources below:

 

·         LPC's Regular Effective Contact Guidelines

·         Google Advanced Image Search (Go to Google Images – Settings – Advanced Search)

·         Converting a Word document to an accessible PDF

·         Converting a PowerPoint presentation to an accessible PDF 

·         3C Media Solutions

·         Web Accessibility Course

·         Intro to Canvas-LPC course

 

Scott

 

Update: New students in Canvas

District ITS has fixed the issue that stopped students who registered Wednesday night from being inputted into their Canvas courses. Regarding the issue of dropped students still showing in Canvas, I am told that should be resolved next week.

 

Scott