Tip! – Canvas Gradebook Filter
Check out this new feature in the Canvas Gradebook – the Filter! Now you can easily find assignments rather than…
Category: Teaching and Learning
As defined by the faculty, successful and effective teaching and learning environments join three integral parties: an effective teacher; willing, prepared and capable students; and supportive staff and administration. Effective teaching requires content expertise; reflects sound instructional methods drawn from the scholarship of teaching and learning; and communicates successfully.
Tip! – Plan My Classes
Plan My Classes is a planning tool used by students to help plan out course requirements and electives in order…
Tip! – Using the Testing Services Request in Canvas
If you need to send a student to the Testing Center, you can do that (and your students can schedule…
Tip! Canvas Syllabus Template
The JCCC Ed Affairs Committee has created a new syllabus template for all credit courses starting Fall 2023. Ed Tech…
Tip! Turnitin Takes on AI
ChatGPT! ChatGPT! You can’t say it 5 times fast, but lately it’s all anyone can talk about. It’s either the…
Tip! Regular Substantive Interaction
Did you know the U.S. Department of Education requires that all online courses for which students may receive federal financial aid…
Tip! – Stop Hoarding Files in Canvas
It may be time to visit the Files area in your Canvas courses. Check to see if there are any…
Tip! – Why Use a Home Page?
The Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellows are talking about it and you should definitely be thinking about it.…
Tip! – Find Images for your Canvas course
Unsplash! has left Canvas and some of you may be wondering how to find stock images for your course. Here’s…
Tip! – Word Template Assignment in Canvas
Did you know – students do NOT like downloading a document juuuuust to fill it out and reupload it. So…
Tip! – Find that Training Opportunity or Learning Event
I you are looking for any of our Professional Learning Series events or other training sessions try looking at the…
Tip! – Educational Podcasts
Remember iTunes? The use of Podcasting to share ideas and have conversations is not new and has been available for…
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! 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! 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…
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…