Tip! Live Proctoring with Lockdown Browser When Respondus LockDown Browser is used with “Instructor Live Proctoring,” the instructor watches students remotely during an online test. This… Continue reading “Tip! Live Proctoring with Lockdown Browser”…
“Tip! What is Canvas Portfolium? Portfolium is an academic portfolio allowing both students and faculty to showcase their education and work accomplishments and connect with… Continue reading ““Tip! What is Canvas Portfolium?”…
Tip! Provide additional time or attempts for Canvas quizzes If you have set a time limit on your quiz, you can grant access for extra time. If the student… Continue reading “Tip! Provide additional time or attempts for Canvas quizzes”…
Tip! Stop Canvas messages from going to Junk or Clutter First and foremost: Canvas does not have an email feature, but through “Notifications” process, Canvas can forward notices to the… Continue reading “Tip! Stop Canvas messages from going to Junk or Clutter”…
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” —… Continue reading “Tip! Under-appreciated Benefits of a Source Course”…
Tip! Important Canvas Updates Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”… Continue reading “Tip! Important Canvas Updates”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Using the Canvas Scheduler Feature for Student Appointments”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Invoke Turnitin after Submissions already Turned in”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Request a Course Consultation with the Ed Tech Center”…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Availability All Canvas assignments (including graded discussions and quizzes) have settings which determine their availability for interaction: availability when, and to… Continue reading “Tip! Canvas Assignment Availability”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Canvas Assignment Upload File Types”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! “LockDown” Browser for 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… Continue reading “New Default Zoom Setting – Passwords to View Recordings”…
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… Continue reading “Zoom Meetings with Ed Tech”…
Online Contingency Plan Using Canvas During College Closures Instead of losing valuable class time to unexpected campus closings during emergencies or inclement weather,… Continue reading “Online Contingency Plan”…
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… Continue reading “YuJa – Manage Your Media”…
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… Continue reading “Changes in Canvas – October 2019”…
Adding People to Canvas Course Hey everyone – We get a lot of questions about adding people to courses and YOU can do it, too!… Continue reading “Adding People to Canvas Course”…
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… Continue reading “New Gradebook Features in Canvas”…
Canvas Maker Lab Page Howdy makers! Every now and then an instructor wants to put information in their Canvas Course about the Maker Lab.… Continue reading “Canvas Maker Lab Page”…