Tip – Hide Your File Cabinet!
Are you one of those instructors that leaves your file cabinet open for students? And then your students can’t find the…
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Tip! What is this “Tutoring” item on my Canvas menu?
The JCCC Library and the Academic Resource Center use a web-based tool (named “Penji”) to help students connect with librarians…
Tip! – Canvas Gradebook Filter
Check out this new feature in the Canvas Gradebook – the Filter! Now you can easily find assignments rather than…
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. Ed Tech has created an…
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! Submit a File on a Student’s Behalf
Ever had that one student who can’t figure out how to convert their “Pages” document to a PDF in order…
Tip! If You Must Grade a Quiz Manually, Best to Post Grades Manually
Do you use Canvas quiz question types that require you to grade them manually? In the time between when a student submits an attempt at a quiz with such questions and when you finish grading the attempt, the student may see confusing or alarming information that they can easily misread to say they bombed the quiz. Use a manual grade posting policy to prevent unnecessary panic.
Tip! – Troubleshooting LTI issues with students
Canvas has about a thousand LTIs and other applications that work with it, but they don’t always go smoothly. Where…
Tip! – LinkedIn Learning Access
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is an excellent training resource available to all JCCC Faculty and Staff who want to do…
Tip! – Clean up your YuJa Files!
Just like our office or home it is important to clear out unused items. At the same time as you…
Tip! – Canvas Notifications on your Mobile Device
If you are looking for a way to stay current with what is happening in your Canvas courses you might…
Tip! How to Create “Thumbnail” Links in Canvas
In web parlance, a thumbnail is a scaled down (sometimes also cropped) copy of a larger picture or graphic. A…
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! 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! 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…