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… Continue reading “Tip! – Troubleshooting LTI issues with students”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! – LinkedIn Learning Access”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! – Canvas Notifications on your Mobile Device”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! How to Create “Thumbnail” Links in Canvas”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! – Canvas Rosters and Course Calendar”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Why can’t I “mute” grades in Canvas anymore? (Or, what do these “eye-cons” mean?)”…
Tip! Zoom Recording Cleanup We are now at capacity and need to begin removing old Zoom Cloud recordings older than 180 days old. We… Continue reading “Tip! Zoom Recording Cleanup”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Zoom Auto Captioning”…
“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! Ed Tech Equipment Available for Checkout We’ve got a lot of equipment here in the center, and it’s all for faculty benefit. We have tried to… Continue reading “Tip! Ed Tech Equipment Available for Checkout”…
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… Continue reading “Tip! Student Study Spaces and Resources”…
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”…