Tip! – JCCC System Status
A large number of the systems at JCCC are now hosted in the cloud. If you are having problems accessing…
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Tip! – Move Your Videos to YuJa
Are you using Videos outside of YuJa? The Ed Tech Center is working with faculty to move all video content…
Tip! – Working with and Editing Closed Captions in YuJa
The Video Editor inside YuJa provides editing tools that can be used to increase the accuracy of the Auto-Captioning functionality. …
Canvas – New Quizzes – Conversation
Instructure and the Canvas Quizzes team have been planning the timeline to sunset Classic Quizzes. We understand that the nature…
Tip! – Canvas Rosters and Course Calendar
Canvas Course Rosters Please review your student course rosters in both Canvas and the My JCCC portal. The My JCCC…
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 – Canvas Text Messages – End of Life
Beginning July 31st 2021 SMS or Text messaging inside the Canvas LMS will no longer be supported for all Canvas…
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! Getting Your Canvas Course Ready for the Semester
The beginning of the semester is just a few weeks away so begin now to plan for getting your students…
Making Word Documents (a Little Bit More) Accessible
If you’re seeing some low scores from Ally for your Word documents, chances are there are two things it’s looking…
JCCC Accessibility Training
The Educational Technology Center together with the Access Services is offering the following training opportunities. These individual sessions can be…
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…
Tip! Zoom Recording Cleanup
We are now at capacity and need to begin removing old Zoom Cloud recordings older than 180 days old. We…
Tip! Zoom Auto Captioning
Zoom now has automatic Live Transcription (closed captioning) available in English. Once enabled, this automatically adds text to the bottom of…
Tip! Add Zoom to Outlook 365
Want to add an easy way to send Zoom invites via Outlook 365? You can add this ‘Add-In’ to your…
“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…
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…
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…
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” —…