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Flex Credit is available for viewing MiraCosta online workshop archives. Contact the Professional Development Program / Flex for more information. If you require improved captions for any of the video recordings below, please contact Jim Julius. Spring 2026 Spring 26: DesignPLUS Train and Play Series Fall 2025 Spring 2025 Fall 2024 …

DesignPlus Flex Workshop Recordings DesignPLUS is a user-friendly Canvas plug-in that helps you build polished, engaging, and accessible courses efficiently. DesignPLUS is licensed for all faculty at MiraCosta College using Canvas. DesignPLUS includes four primary tools: DesignPLUS Sidebar When you are editing Canvas content, select the sidebar icon at top …

Visit the Canvas Release Notes/Upcoming Changes page within the Canvas Community. This page is updated by Instructure and is the central location for communicating all Canvas’s significant upcoming changes. Check the Canvas System Status Updates for real time updates about existing features within Canvas. MiraCosta Canvas Server Uptime Report

Dear colleagues, happy 2026! Please see below for reminders of resources to help you and your students to succeed in online environments this spring. If you didn’t see my email last week with updates about new and useful tools for getting your Canvas courses ready for the semester, I’d invite you to first check that out. …

Create or Import your Content Multiple ways to begin to build your class Copy from another class in Canvas. Your access to classes you have previously taught in Canvas continues indefinitely. Copy in an entire course or portions of one from Canvas Commons. Create your content from scratch in Canvas …

Dear MiraCosta faculty, As you create and update spring classes in Canvas, there are some important updates that happened in the last month which you should be aware of! Also keep in mind these tools as you build, reuse, update, and polish courses: I’ll send out more general reminders with …

WeVideo Flex Workshop Recordings & Updates WeVideo (formerly PlayPosit) is an interactive video learning tool that is fully integrated with MiraCosta College’s Canvas. WeVideo allows instructors to create activities using videos from Canvas Studio, 3C Media, YouTube, Vimeo, or other video sources. WeVideo now includes access for instructors to the WeVideo’s …

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 …

MiraCosta College has an unlimited license to Turnitin, GradeMark, and Peer Review, and Turnitin is available within Canvas. No separate login or password is required for faculty or students. You have two options for how to use Turnitin with Canvas. The primary difference between the two is that the Turnitin LTI 1.3 …

Turnitin Plagiarism Framework is available within Canvas and offers a tighter integration between a Canvas assignment and Turnitin than the Turnitin 1.3 LTI Canvas integration. No separate login or password is required for faculty or students. The primary difference between the two tools is that the Turnitin LTI 1.3 integration …

[The following message was sent to faculty 10/13/2025 who were identified as to have used Turnitin LTI 1.1 within Canvas] You’re receiving this message as a MiraCosta instructor who has used the Turnitin 1.1 LTI in spring, summer, and or fall 2025. Turnitin 1.1 is an older version of the …