Canvas instructors:
For those of you teaching Summer classes with Canvas, this is a heads-up that Summer 2018 students will be inputted into their Canvas courses tonight. If you don’t want students to access your courses until the start of classes, keep your courses unpublished.
Scott
If you have not already requested your Summer or Fall 2018 Canvas courses, you can do so by logging into Class-Web, clicking Menu for Faculty, Staff & Advisors, then clicking the Canvas link toward the bottom of the page. Choose Summer or Fall 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. Be 100% sure you want to merge courses or sections before making your request. Merging AND unmerging after the fact can be problematic. Also, if you merge, please do so correctly. The attached screenshot shows how to merge correctly.
2. If you need Canvas training, you can email Vicky Austin to set up an appointment.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The Succeeding in an Online Course tutorial and Online Learning Orientation that have been used with Blackboard for years will be removed soon. They have been replaced by the OEI’s Quest for Online Success tutorial course and integrated into Canvas. Learn more about Quest.
6. 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.
7. If you haven’t already requested your bookstore materials, you can do so in Canvas via the Follett Discover app, which you can make available in Settings – Navigation.
Scott
Canvas will be unavailable for 10 minutes during its maintenance period on May 21 from 1:30-2 AM. Please let your students know, and plan accordingly.
Scott
Canvas and Blackboard instructors,
You may now request your Summer and Fall 2018 Canvas courses (Blackboard is no longer an option) by logging into Class-Web, clicking Menu for Faculty, Staff & Advisors, then clicking the Canvas link toward the bottom of the page. Choose Summer or Fall 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. Be 100% sure you want to merge courses or sections before making your request. Merging AND unmerging after the fact can be problematic. Also, if you merge, please do so correctly. The attached screenshot shows how to merge correctly.
2. If you need Canvas training, you can email Vicky Austin to set up an appointment. You can also register for a Spring 2018 workshop.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The Succeeding in an Online Course tutorial and Online Learning Orientation that have been used with Blackboard for years will be removed soon. They have been replaced by the OEI’s Quest for Online Success tutorial course and integrated into Canvas. Learn more about Quest.
6. 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.
7. If you haven’t already requested your bookstore materials, you can do so in Canvas via the Follett Discover app, which you can make available in Settings – Navigation.
Scott
Please join us for one or both of our Online Learning workshops on Flex Day, April 3 (no advanced registration is necessary):
Using the OEI Online Course Design Rubric to Meet Accreditation Standards (10-11:50 a.m. in Room 2410)
The Online Education Initiative's Course Design Rubric, endorsed by the LPC Academic Senate, establishes standards of a quality online course. If your course meets those standards, it will meet accreditation requirements. In this workshop, you will learn how to apply the rubric to your course in order to make your course the best it can be. The rubric's sections covered will be Content Presentation and Assessment, but the workshop will focus on Interaction, making sure you meet the requirement of regular, effective contact. It will not cover the web accessibility sections of the OEI rubric; those will be covered in an afternoon workshop today called Making your Canvas course site ADA-compliant.
The LPC Model Course, which was created based on the rubric's standards, will be presented. The Model Course can be used in your online course as a template to follow while building the rest of your course.
Making your Canvas Course Site ADA-Compliant (1-2:50 p.m. in Room 2412)
Whether you teach an online course, a hybrid course, or simply enhance your face-to-face course with online materials, you are bound by state and federal regulations to make your sites accessible to students with disabilities. This hands-on workshop will focus on ADA-compliance within Canvas. You will learn the basics of web accessibility, along with techniques to use in Canvas and techniques to make Word and PowerPoint files accessible. The workshop will follow the Online Education Initiative's Course Design Rubric sections on web accessibility.
Canvas, Blackboard instructors:
On behalf of the Distance Education Committee, Christina Lee, Bill Komanetsky, and I presented Wednesday at LPC’s town meeting about meeting legal requirements in DE. For those who were not in attendance, here is the presentation.
The four areas covered were Instructor-Student Interaction, Web Accessibility, Copyright, and FERPA. The first area only pertains to those of you teaching online and hybrid courses, while the other three pertain to everyone using Canvas or Blackboard.
If anyone has ideas on how we can best reach compliancy, please reply, and I’ll take them to the DE Committee. In addition to Flex Day workshops April 3, we also have TLC workshops on Instructor-Student Interaction (Regular Effect Contact in Online and Hybrid Courses) and Web Accessibility. Sign up for a TLC workshop.
Scott
I am forwarding this on behalf of @ONE. It includes training on online assessment and web accessibility.
From: The Online Network of Educators [mailto:registration=ccconlineed.org@mail233.suw101.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of The Online Network of Educators
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 11:27 AM
To: Scott Vigallon <SVigallon@laspositascollege.edu>
Subject: Spring Courses and News from @ONE
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