Teaching with Technology Tuesdays

Want to incorporate new technologies into your classroom, engage and retain students, and expand your resume at the same time?  Join us for one or all of these sessions, which take place on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30. Sessions will be hosted by members of eLearning, Information Technology Services and Training & Development, with faculty presenters.

 

Fall 2013 schedule

August 20^th  – 12-1 Kickoff event Lone Tree Board Room

The new eLearning blog is unveiled, and an update on Canvas with some sample exemplary courses from our CCC faculty. 

September all sessions in rm 439

10^th 2:30-3:30     Design Strategies for Canvas  

See examples from courses developed in Canvas, learn more about the Quality Matters rubric, and  some simple ways to engage students in the online environment.

24^th2:30-3:30      Lecture Capture and Videos to Enhance Instruction

Learn about the options for lecture capture and video recording available at CCC, get tips on best practices, and see some examples of lecture capture in action in in-person and online courses.

October  all sessions in rm 439

8^th 2:30-3:30       Hybrid/Blended Course Design Primer

What is a Hybrid course? What does Blended mean? Spend some time discussing these terms and hearing more about the benefits of blending or flipping your classroom, with examples of successful courses.

22^nd 2:30-3:30     iPads, AppleTV, and Mobile Devices in the Classroom

Mobile devices can be used in many ways to engage students and enhance the classroom experience. See examples and get to experiment with some of these devices.

29^th 2:30-3:30     Teaching and Learning with Smartboards

Come and experience the new Smartboards – interactive whiteboards that allow faculty and students to present, collaborate, and record content during the classroom session.

November all sessions in rm 439

12^th 2:30-3:30     Social Networking as a Pedagogical Tool

We will show you some ways social networking tools are being used in higher education, and demonstrate how you can link to them using Canvas. Come ready to experiment and discuss with your colleagues.

26^th 2:30-3:30     Google Docs 101

Google Docs is a free tool for building documents, spreadsheets, presentations, collaboration and more s. Come see how easy it is to use Google Docs in Canvas.

December all sessions in rm 439

10^th 2:30-3:30     Multimedia Resources Best Practices

Videos, images and other multimedia resources can greatly enhance the student experience in your course. Hear more about our library resources and see some examples of how faculty are using multimedia.

 

Issue discovered when rolling a course

Rolling a Course

Hello again everyone, 

I wanted to let you know about a possible issue when copying your courses in Canvas.  It appears some folks are selecting the "Adjust events and due dates" but when the copy/migration finishes,  the dates remain the same.  

Canvas Support has provided some information about a possible fix.  It may not work in all cases, but it's something to try until a permanent fix is available.  This screencast explains: http://screencast.com/t/uJ6A3pnK31R. 

New Attendance tool in Canvas!

Many of you will notice a new Attendance button on the left in your courses.  Attendance uses a system called "Roll Call".  Canvas will calculate the percentage your students are there based on what you click and include it in their total score.

When you first click the button in each course, you'll you'll be asked to "Log in".  Once in the system, you'll see a list of all your students.  You can click "Mark all present" then click on the students that are absent or late.  There's also a grid-view so you can set up a seating chart to take attendance (or so you can learn your students' names!).


The system allows you to set the percent a late arrival is worth, but it's for the whole course (we can't set this for individual tardies yet).  After logging in, you also get a new item in Assignments and a new column in Grades.  Students will not see the Attendance button, just their grade.  You can run a report that gets emailed to you though.  This may have a line item you can share with the student.

This feature is brand new, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet.  For example, I'm not sure how the grading works in the final percentage yet.  I think you be able to set the total points for attendance in Assignments and then Canvas will divide the number of days into the points available, giving the percentage.  

This fall will be the first semester using Attendance and be an learning experiment of sorts though.  These guides give more information though:

http://guides.instructure.com/s/2204/m/4152/l/107406-how-do-i-configure-the-roll-call-attendance-tool-for-my-course
[Toward the top, click the link after "NEXT:" to go to the next guide... there are 6 total.  This picture shows this location.]

I'm interested to hear your feedback about the system.  Feel free to let me know, or leave a comment below!