Tip! Important Canvas Updates
Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”…
Category: Canvas
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! 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
Respondus Lockdown Browser for online proctoring is now available for students with Chromebooks. JCCC has turned on a new Chromebook…
New Default Zoom Setting – Passwords to View Recordings
A new setting is now requiring special passwords for students to access Zoom recordings. You will need to provide the…
Zoom Meetings with Ed Tech
Ed Tech has set up a meeting room you can access at your convenience for questions and issues regarding moving…
Online Contingency Plan
Using Canvas During College Closures Instead of losing valuable class time to unexpected campus closings during emergencies or inclement weather,…
YuJa – Manage Your Media
If you haven’t heard, we have a new Media Management tool for Canvas that makes creating and using media in…
Changes in Canvas – October 2019
A couple of changes are happening to Canvas this weekend and we want you to be prepared. Very prepared. Just…
Adding People to Canvas Course
Hey everyone – We get a lot of questions about adding people to courses and YOU can do it, too!…
New Gradebook Features in Canvas
Hey everyone! If you missed all the gradebook drama over the summer, welp, you missed it. All bugs are fixed…
Canvas Maker Lab Page
Howdy makers! Every now and then an instructor wants to put information in their Canvas Course about the Maker Lab.…
Merging Courses and FERPA
If you’re planning to merge sections in your hybrid or online class in Canvas, be aware that there are restrictions…
I Can’t Find My Course!
We get this a lot in the Ed Tech Center, so here’s a very short video on how to get…
Checking Accessibility using UDOIT
Accessibility is a big deal and making sure that students can see, hear, and participate in your online class is…
Copy a Canvas Course (Video Tutorial)
Watch our video on importing/transferring content to your new course shell. For more on this, see our How-To Guide: Copy…
Canvas Feature: JCCC Course Evaluations
You might have noticed that a new Menu Item has appeared on your Canvas Course Navigation. This new Course Evaluation…