Hi Folks, Each semester I send out “midsemester grades” to all of my students. Students appreciate the heads up, and it often leads to conversations that benefit the students. For those interested in sending out a “midterm report” regarding your students’ current grade in the course… consider using the message …
MiraCosta’s Learning Centers provide great online tutoring for all students, available in Canvas through the Student Support Hub. For subjects and times where local online tutoring may not be available, the next option is eTutoring through the Western eTutoring Consortium. A third option with even more subject and time availability …
You cannot manually enroll users at the student permission level to your Canvas class. If you have any of the following, follow the specified directions to have the user enrolled within your course at the student permission level. Also, keep in mind: To add a TA or other MiraCosta College employee …
Students that drop a course in SURF after the semester has started remain on the People roster in Canvas, but with an inactive role. Students in the inactive role do not see or have access to the Canvas course, but faculty may access activities and grades of an inactive student. …
By default the Grades tool will display all users in the roles Student, Sample Student, Tutor, Evaluator, STEM Tutor, and WC SI Leader in 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 …
Pronto Flex Workshop Recordings Some stats as of the start of fall 2023, after two years of using Pronto at MiraCosta: What Pronto Offers Check out this brief introduction to Pronto from MiraCosta faculty member Tanessa Sanchez: Where Can I Access Pronto? Pronto is available in 3 ways: Getting Started …
Course evaluations are integrated within Canvas for both faculty and students. MiraCosta uses EvaluationKIT to provide this function. When you have a course section that is part of your evaluation process, this page has information to help you ensure it goes smoothly. Information to share with your students These directions …
Greetings Colleagues: At yesterday’s Great Ideas for Teaching: Teaching with Technology Hy Flex Zoom Cast, we shared ideas about 1) zoom conference-based grading for papers and larger projects, 2) using the notes tool in canvas to encourage personalized contact and follow up with students, and 3) incorporating quiz questions and annotations into video using canvas studio …
Please download a PDF or download a Word version of this guide for future reference as you develop and teach merged Canvas courses. Faculty may request to merge Canvas courses when they are teaching multiple sections of the same course in order to more efficiently share the same content across …
Dear MiraCosta faculty, I hope your fall is starting well! If you’re looking for a boost to your communication with students but haven’t tried Pronto, this might be a good moment to learn more about it! Pronto’s a messaging tool that’s integrated with Canvas and also has a fantastic mobile …
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 2023 Spring 2023 Fall 2022 Spring 2022 Fall 2021 Spring 2021 Equity Online: Celebrating …
Welcome back! Please see below for quick reminders of great MiraCosta resources to help you enable your students to succeed in online environments! If you use Pearson tools in Canvas, please be sure to see the final bullet in the first section for a critical update that occurred this summer. Support for You Support for Your Students – Please …
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 …
Hello, all – You may notice a new ‘S’ symbol showing up next to items listed in the Modules view of Canvas and next to the title of most Canvas pages. Clicking the ‘S’ enables the alternate media conversion provided by a new tool just added to Canvas, SensusAccess. I …
Sensus Access Notices & Flex Workshops Recordings SensusAccess offers two ways for MiraCosta faculty, classified professionals, and students to convert all kinds of documents and files into alternative and more accessible formats: SensusAccess is available now. Key Features For more information on SensusAccess and its use check out the SensusAccess …
Pope Tech And Canvas Accesibility Flex Workshop Recordings Pope Tech is an accessibility remediation tool available to instructors in Canvas. This tool gives instructors a quick but powerful way to check for and fix common accessibility concerns in Canvas content. Ensuring your Canvas courses are free of accessibility concerns helps …
Happy summer, MiraCosta faculty! I have a few quick but important updates that will help us all increase the accessibility and inclusion of our course materials! NEW! Pope Tech Accessibility Dashboard in Canvas Hopefully you’re familiar with the Pope Tech tool that has given you page-by-page checking and support for …
New Feature: Bulk Publish and Unpublish Module Items Summary In Modules, instructors can bulk publish all modules or individual modules. Instructors have the option to publish all modules and items, publish all modules only, or unpublish all modules and items. Additionally, the publish icon on individual modules is updated to …
Update 1: Rich Content Editor in New Quizzes Featured Video: Release Screencast: 2023-05-20 New Quizzes Rich Content Editor in New Quizzes Summary The Rich Content Editor (RCE) is available in New Quizzes on Production Canvas Change Benefit This update provides instructors the ability to utilize the accessibility checker on questions …
