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Personal Pronouns in Canvas

June 2, 2020 Jim Julius

Setting your Personal Pronouns in Canvas can help classmates, faculty, and people in the MiraCosta community learn to address each other the way each person would like to be addressed. That information will be available to instructors, students, and anyone who has access to Canvas courses, to enable inclusive and respectful conversation.

Available Pronoun Options at MiraCosta College

He/Him/His
They/Them/Their
She/Her/Hers
(F)ae/(F)aer/(F)aer
Use my name
Xe/Xim
Ze (or Zie) / Zir (or Hir)
Per/per/pers
Ve/ver/vis
E/Ey/ Em/Eir

Submit a Request for Another Option

If you use pronouns that are not currently listed as options, please fill out the Pronoun Addition form and return it according to the instructions on the form.

Faculty Directions

How do I select personal pronouns in my user account as an instructor?

Personal pronouns display after your name in various areas in Canvas as an instructor, including:

Assignment Creation Menu
Assignment Peer Review Page
Comment Fields
Course Sections List
Discussions
Inbox
People Page (Course and Groups)
SpeedGrader
Student Context Card
User Navigation Menu
User Profile Page
User Settings Page

Notes:

LTI tools, such as New Quizzes and Analytics, do not currently support displaying pronouns.

Student Directions

How do I select personal pronouns in my user account as a student?

Personal pronouns display after your name in various areas in Canvas as a student, including:

Comment Fields
Discussions
Inbox
People Page (Course and Groups)
User Navigation Menu
User Profile Page
User Settings Page

Notes:

LTI tools, such as New Quizzes and Analytics, do not currently support displaying pronouns.

NameCoach

June 25, 2019 Sean Davis

NameCoach is no longer available at MiraCosta College as of June 2, 2020.

Please use the Personal Pronouns Tool in Canvas.

Canvas Student View vs MCC’s Sample Student Account

September 27, 2018 Karen Turpin

This site explains the difference between the Canvas student view tool and MiraCosta College’s sample student account.

Canvas Student View

You can view a course the same way that your students view your course without logging out of your instructor account. Enabling Student View creates a ‘Test Student’ in your course. You can activate Student View in your Course Settings.

View Canvas Student View Guide

To see the student’s perspective on Canvas, use Student View to view the course, post and reply to discussions, submit assignments, view grades, view people, view pages, view the syllabus, view quizzes, view the calendar, and view the scheduler.

What Does Not Work in Canvas Student View

Attendance, conferences, conversations, collaborations, differentiated assignments, groups, LTI tools such as Pronto and Turnitin, peer reviews, and profiles do not work for the Test Student. Also, you will see only what you, as the instructor, allow your students to see.

Sample Student Account

At MiraCosta College all faculty have a separate sample student user added to their Canvas course. This is a separate account from your primary MCC faculty login account. The sample student account needs to be reset two times a year at the same time your employee password is reset.

With the sample student account all course content and tools that you have enabled for your students will work. This includes taking attendance, conferences, conversations, collaborations, differentiated assignments, groups, Pronto, LTI tools, Turnitin assignments, and peer reviews.

Reminder: You must publish your course and you must publish the course content or tool within Canvas before you can access it with your sample student account. Your sample student account has the same course permissions as your enrolled SURF students.

Sample Credentials

Add -student to the end of your MCC faculty login account. This will be your sample student account.

Example Log On: kturpin-student
Password: Contact the Employee Helpdesk at (760) 795-6850 for a password for first time users.

Substitute kturpin for your MCC faculty login and add -student

Password Reset

Change your sample student password online
Contact the Employee Helpdesk for assistance at (760) 795-6850.

Filtering your Roster List by Role in Canvas People

October 7, 2017 Karen Turpin

By default the People tool will display all users enrolled in your Canvas course. You can filter the users by role to obtain the count of users in that role as well as Last Activity and Total Activity.

From within a Canvas Course:

Click on People
Click on All Roles
Select the specific role. The count will be displayed to the right of the role name.

Changing Your Sample Student Account Password

February 13, 2017 Karen Turpin

The following steps will to assist you with changing your sample student account password. Your password is reset two times a year at the same time your employee password is reset. Follow these directions after your employee password is reset, or when you need to reset the password for security purposes.

( Download Handout )

Part A: Navigate to the Password Reset Web Page

Open your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer).
Navigate to the web address: https://pw.miracosta.edu/Staff
Notice that the title of the web page is MiraCosta Password Management
System Employee Password Information.

Part B: Changing Your Password

Enter your sample student login into the Staff/Faculty Active Directory Your sample student account is the same as your MiraCosta faculty account with a –student at the end.

Example: kkorstad-student
Click the Continue button.
Enter your current password in the box. This is the password you have used prior to the password reset. If you do not know this password, call the Employee Helpdesk at 760-795-6850 for a temporary password.

If you answered the Security Questions during a previous session in the password reset tool that option will display here and you can use those instead of a password to verify your identity.

Click the Verify password button.
Click the Change passwords link.
Enter your new password in the New password box, then type it again in the Confirm Your password must meet the requirements listed below. Use the drop-down to view example/suggested passwords.
Click the Change passwords button.
View the results of your password reset.

Successful Password Change

Congratulations, you have successfully changed your password and may now log on to Blackboard as a sample student with your sample student login and password.

Unsuccessful Password Change

You will be prompted to enter the new password again. A reminder about password format requirements will display in the red box at the top of the page.

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