Canvas instructors,
You may now request your Summer 2019 Canvas courses by logging into Class-Web, clicking Menu for Faculty, Staff & Advisors, then clicking the Canvas link toward the bottom of the page. Choose Summer 2019 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. The above course request process will change beginning with Fall 2019 courses. You will no longer have to request courses; they will be created automatically for you. The plan is to have all Fall 2019 courses automatically created in Canvas on May 1. If you want to merge courses or sections for Fall 2019, you will do that in Canvas, not in Class Web. Information and tutorials on doing this will be sent to you.
2. If you are going to merge courses or sections for Summer 2019 in Class Web, please do so correctly. The attached screenshot shows how to merge correctly.
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 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.
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.
Scott
