A New Academic Year Begins!

Whew…we’ve learned lots in the last few months and the CET believes you all rocked it! We’re looking forward to the year ahead and the opportunity to start fresh and start to build and strengthen the practices that we all had to learn on the fly. Please note the following as you prepare for the year ahead:

• We post weekly to this blog with news on everything from technology to teaching. Follow by email so that you don’t miss a beat!
• We’ve aligned all Canvas course shells with course start and end dates in Colleague to meet student expectations in terms of course availability at the start and end of each block. Faculty do have access to inbox communications with class rosters in any course that they’ve published so you can send your Syllabus Supplement to your students for the 2020 Fall semester.
• All faculty are encouraged to share the Online Introduction to Canvas enrollment link with their students. This self-paced course is a great introduction to using Canvas as a student and can pave the way for a successful start to the semester. The course is available now. All Strategies for Success 1000 courses will be requiring students to finish the course beginning this Fall.

2020 Fall In-Service Sessions from the CET

• We’ll be introducing the features of Roll Call in Canvas (Attendance Tool) through the scheduled In-Service sessions and look forward to seeing you there via Zoom.
• Using the LTI integration in Canvas for Zoom and Teams is an easy way to schedule your virtual class meetings. Thirty minutes and we'll have you up and running!
• PowerPoint Live is a new tool Microsoft released this summer that allows students to interact with your PowerPoint and view live subtitles.
• Respondus Monitor is available to all faculty and is now compatible with New Quizzes. Monitor is a remote proctoring solution that enables video recording of online exams. Respondus offers free webinar training on Monitor and the LockDown Browser. Look for quick 30-minute sessions during the In-Service for tips on how to use Monitor in your course.

More Resources

• The Exchange is a one-stop-shop containing information and useful guides on topics such as technology usage, course design, and much more!  Detailed information about the syllabus supplement, Roll Call, PowerPoint Live, and Respondus is in this Canvas course.
• Growing with Canvas is a self-paced course demonstrating the basics of using Canvas as a teacher.  LCCC Adjunct Orientation is a self-paced course designed to orient adjunct faculty with the college. Also useful for full time faculty!
• Canvas Support via telephone, chat or report a problem, can be reached by clicking the Help icon in Canvas.  Available 24/7 whenever you need it and staffed by employees of Instructure that know Canvas inside out.