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  • Canvas End of Semester / Term

    Canvas End of Semester / Term

    The following will help instructors understand how the end of semester is handled in Canvas, and how to update related Canvas course settings if necessary. By default, students who complete a class continue to have read-only access to the concluded class’s course materials, discussions, and grades. If you wish to restrict …
  • MiraCosta Online News – End of 2024!

    MiraCosta Online News – End of 2024!

    Dear MiraCosta Faculty,  Here are a few reminders, resources, and opportunities as 2024 comes to a close! Canvas End of Term Support and Reminders After Dec. 31, your fall Canvas classes go into read-only mode for you and your students, and move from the Canvas Dashboard to the Past Enrollments …
  • Filtering Canvas Grades to Only Show SURF Enrolled Students

    Filtering Canvas Grades to Only Show SURF Enrolled Students

    By default the Grades tool will display all users in the roles Student, Sample Student, Evaluator, and TLC Staff within your Canvas course. This can make grading difficult as the additional roles will mix in alphabetically with your SURF Enrolled students. For ease of grading, you can filter your gradebook by …
  • Changing Your Sample Student Account Password

    Changing Your Sample Student Account Password

    The following steps will to assist you with changing your sample student account password.  Passwords may be changed throughout the year, passwords are required to be updated a year from the last reset  Follow these directions after your employee password is reset, or when you need to reset the password for security …
  • MiraCosta online success starts with you, faculty! Fall 2024

    MiraCosta online success starts with you, faculty! Fall 2024

    Welcome to fall, colleagues! Here are some (well, a lot, sorry) reminders to help you enable your students to succeed in online environments! Support for You Support for Your Students – Please help your students to be aware of and make use of these important services and resources! MiraCosta’s Online Education Tools Select the link immediately …
  • Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas

    Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas

    Visit the new Upcoming Canvas 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. Canvas recommends you click the Follow button at the top of the document so you will receive all updates as they …
  • Canvas Start of the Semester Instructor Checklist

    Canvas Start of the Semester Instructor Checklist

    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 …
  • Online Education Workshop Archives

    Online Education Workshop Archives

    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. Fall 2024 Spring 2024 Fall 2023 Spring 2023 Fall 2022 Spring 2022 Fall 2021 Spring …
  • Adding Faculty Evaluators, TLC Staff,  Community Ed Students, Substitute Instructors, and TAs to Canvas classes

    Adding Faculty Evaluators, TLC Staff, Community Ed Students, Substitute Instructors, and TAs to Canvas classes

    Students and Instructors are automatically enrolled from SURF to your Canvas course several times a day. For the roles called out below, follow the specified directions to have the user enrolled within your course with the appropriate role.
  • Summer 2024 Teaching with Tech @ MiraCosta

    Summer 2024 Teaching with Tech @ MiraCosta

    For those teaching this summer, please see below for important reminders of key resources to help you help your students succeed! (And read thoroughly to find the new theme song for our TIC website!) Support for You Support for Your Students – Please help your students to be aware of and make use of …
  • Reset Your Canvas Course Content

    Reset Your Canvas Course Content

    Overview From time to time, you may want to delete all of the content in a Canvas course site. This is most typically needed early in the course building process. For example, after importing content from another course, you may realize that you imported from the wrong course. The directions described below …
  • AI Resources for Faculty – Summer 2024

    AI Resources for Faculty – Summer 2024

    Dear MiraCosta faculty colleagues, Generative Artificial Intelligence is on just about everyone’s minds these days. As we head toward summer, I’m sharing some resources and thoughts that I hope you’ll.find helpful for AI-related planning, exploring, and – perhaps – play. Crafting AI Class Policies The Academic Senate’s AI Task Force this …
  • Online Ed Tips: End of Spring 2024

    Online Ed Tips: End of Spring 2024

    Dear MiraCosta Faculty,  Congrats on (just about) making it to summer. Here are reminders and opportunities as you wrap up spring and start thinking about what’s next. Canvas End of Term After June 6, your spring Canvas classes go into read-only mode for you and your students. If you wish to remove access to …
  • <a href="https://turnitin.zoom.us/rec/share/hUnbLH9P6YkE880cPgHYFakCOp_gKd34EZlS98ijh1zjFnZpIU7aoHBZvmTBwqcz.0YwFznBYUjTOsQqp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turnitin Webinar: AI Indicator: What You Need to Know</a>  ( Zoom Recording, 45 minutes) – 4/22/2024 webinar by Leann McArthur (Turnitin)

    <a href="https://turnitin.zoom.us/rec/share/hUnbLH9P6YkE880cPgHYFakCOp_gKd34EZlS98ijh1zjFnZpIU7aoHBZvmTBwqcz.0YwFznBYUjTOsQqp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turnitin Webinar: AI Indicator: What You Need to Know</a>  ( Zoom Recording, 45 minutes) – 4/22/2024 webinar by Leann McArthur (Turnitin)

  • Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.3 (new standard)

    Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.3 (new standard)

    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.  The primary difference between the two tools is that the Turnitin LTI 1.3 integration is best used if faculty prefer to use …
  • Turnitin Canvas Plagiarism Framework

    Turnitin Canvas Plagiarism Framework

    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 …
  • Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.1 (classic old standard)

    Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.1 (classic old standard)

    We suggest you use LTI 1.3 for Canvas (New Standard). LTI 1.1 (Classic Old Standard) is still currently available, however we can not guarantee for how long. MiraCosta College has an unlimited license to Turnitin, GradeMark, and Peer Review, and  Turnitin is available within Canvas. No separate login or password …
  • Online Ed News You Can Use – Spring 24

    Online Ed News You Can Use – Spring 24

    Happy almost May! Some quick tidbits and opportunities related to all things online … Summer and Fall Classes are in SURF and Canvas Professional Learning Opportunities related to online teaching Jim Julius, Ed.D.Faculty Coordinator, Online Education
  • Department Courses in Canvas

    Department Courses in Canvas

    Department courses are manually created courses within Canvas that can be used for communication and collaboration with MiraCostans. Some examples of department courses are special collaboration workgroups, academic senate committees, instructional departments, and student clubs. For further information contact Karen Turpin at kturpin@miracosta.edu Adding Users to Department Courses Instructors of …
  • <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/rec/share/jENwLijFKp4aBFmAU0NV3CDwp9bCxdYmBLK6DtUCGvmlz9r-MrxeLamJ3ZDH78i_.058xu8OrFE4P0Gpf?startTime=1705424510000" target="_blank">Canvas Feature Options</a> ( Zoom Recording, 27 minutes) – 1/16/2024 workshop by Karen Turpin and Nadia Khan

    <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/rec/share/jENwLijFKp4aBFmAU0NV3CDwp9bCxdYmBLK6DtUCGvmlz9r-MrxeLamJ3ZDH78i_.058xu8OrFE4P0Gpf?startTime=1705424510000" target="_blank">Canvas Feature Options</a> ( Zoom Recording, 27 minutes) – 1/16/2024 workshop by Karen Turpin and Nadia Khan