Tip! How to Create “Thumbnail” Links in Canvas
In web parlance, a thumbnail is a scaled down (sometimes also cropped) copy of a larger picture or graphic. A…
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Tip! Why can’t I “mute” grades in Canvas anymore? (Or, what do these “eye-cons” mean?)
Once upon a time, it was possible to prevent grades entered into a given column in Canvas from being communicated…
Tip! Let Students into a Canvas Class before Day One
For any number of reasons, a professor may wish to give students access to their section’s Canvas space before the…
Tip! Where did the mandatory attendance entry go?
The Faculty “community” on the “My JCCC” site includes a tool for entering mandatory attendance (which determines whether a student…
Tip! Under-appreciated Benefits of a Source Course
Every section in every term’s credit schedule gets a dedicated space in Canvas. Canvas itself calls these spaces “courses” —…
Tip! Important Canvas Updates
Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”…
Tip! Using the Canvas Scheduler Feature for Student Appointments
Scheduler is a Calendar tool that creates appointment groups within a course or group. Students can sign up for a…
Tip! Invoke Turnitin after Submissions already Turned in
Have you ever developed suspicions that students might have plagiarized material for a particular paper after one or more submissions have already…
Tip! Ed Tech Equipment Available for Checkout
We’ve got a lot of equipment here in the center, and it’s all for faculty benefit. We have tried to…
Tip! Student Study Spaces and Resources
Plan ahead and reserve a study room for yourself or your group. Need a laptop? Borrow one for use while…
Tip! Request a Course Consultation with the Ed Tech Center
Request a consultation with ETC’s Design Team. We work side-by-side with faculty throughout the course development process to create an…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Availability
All Canvas assignments (including graded discussions and quizzes) have settings which determine their availability for interaction: availability when, and to…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Upload File Types
Canvas assignments (if they aren’t also discussions or quizzes) can act as “drop boxes” for content which originates outside of…
Tip! “LockDown” Browser for Chromebook
UPDATE AUG 2021: The Chromebook feature is now standard in Respondus Lockdown Browser and installation guidelines will redirect students to…
Tip! Closed Caption Assistance
Do you have an online lecture or video that needs closed captions? Complete the Closed Caption Cleanup Request Form and…
Keeping Your JCCC Account Safe
Attend either of these two sessions to learn about best practices to keep your JCCC credentials safe. Topics include when…
Sabbatical information sessions scheduled for faculty
Faculty interested in applying for sabbatical or learning more about the process may attend an informational session. Both sessions will…
Library Lock-In: Writing Retreat
Do you have a writing project that you just can’t find the time to work on? Are you looking for…
2018 Fall Professional Development Days Presentation Proposals Accepted Now
Staff Development is accepting proposals for August 2018 Professional Development Days (PDD) presentations. PDD sessions are 50-minutes and will be…
Our Learning Management System — Present and Future
JCCC begins a two-semester process of migration from one LMS to another.