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…
Category: Canvas (page 3)
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…
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…
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…
Adding Outcomes Quick Start Guide
The Office of Assessment, Evaluation and Institutional Outcomes wants YOU, yes you, to help gather data on student progress by…
Add a GIF to your Course Image
Hey there Canvas users! Did you know you can add a fun GIF to your course image? Dave Krug figured…
Our Learning Management System — Present and Future
JCCC begins a two-semester process of migration from one LMS to another.