Category Archives: Academic Innovation & eLearning

11.16.21

Monday Morning Mentor: Helping struggling online students

How Can I Help Students Who Are Struggling With Online Learning?

Presentation date: Nov. 15, 2021 and on-demand for one week
Link to the Presentation: https://mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view this week’s program. Email becky.parton@llcc.edu for the password.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

11.16.21

Reminder – Active Learning through Group Work online workshop starts today

Active Learning through Group Work – Online! Tuesday, Nov. 16– Friday, Nov. 19, 2021

Delivery – Online Amy Chernowsky, Instructional Designer

In this session, we’ll explore the idea of synchronous and asynchronous active learning through group work as an instructional strategy in courses. We’ll work in groups as we discuss group formation techniques and group rules, group work pedagogy and communication strategies. Finally, we’ll look at group work grading rubrics and evaluation. Current Online Faculty participating in the Online Proficiency Program can receive 6 points for successful completion of this workshop.

Please follow the registration link to sign up.

 

11.15.21

Canvas Communication 

Please read below to learn about some upcoming new and updated features in Canvas and for information on upcoming Canvas Open Labs.

Canvas Release Notes (11-11-21)

Instructure periodically releases information on new and updated features for the Canvas Learning Management System. This Canvas communication is to make you aware of some notable new and/or updated Canvas features that were planned for November 11, 2021 that may be of interest to instructors. More information on these and other updates can be found on the Canvas Release Notes Page.

 

Updated Features

  1. Assignments – Submission Feedback Indicator – Instructors & Students 

    • In the Assignment Details page, the Show Rubric and View Feedback links indicate when new comments have been added as an annotation or in a rubric.
    • This change allows students to see when new comments have been added to a submission

  2. SpeedGrader – Assignment Text Entry Word Count – Instructors 

    • The word count for assignment text submissions is displayed in SpeedGrader.
    • This change allows instructors to display the word count in assignment text submissions while grading in SpeedGrader.

Release Previews

  1. New Quizzes – Assignment and Quizzes Build Link – Instructors 
    • New Quizzes in Assignments and Quizzes pages include a link to the quiz Build page.
    • This change allows users to bypass the assignment details page and quickly access the quiz Build page.
    • Click here for a video overview of this feature

  2. New Quizzes – Stimulus Orientation – Instructors 

    • The Stimulus type includes the ability to choose if the related questions appear to the right or below. 
    • This change allows instructors to control the presentation of an item’s stimulus, functionality that is useful when printing quizzes or when adding narrative stimulus content. 
    • Click here for a video overview of this feature 

Upcoming Canvas Open Labs

We encourage you to attend any or all the Canvas Open Labs listed below to ask the AIeL team your Canvas questions and to get any additional help with Canvas you may need. Registration is not required for open labs. Please note there are options are for meeting both face-to-face and over Zoom.

  • Thursday, November 18, 2021 ∙ 2:30pm – 3:30pm ∙ S0119 and Zoom
  • Tuesday, December 7, 2021 ∙ 2:00pm – 3:00pm ∙ S0119 and Zoom
  • Wednesday, December 8, 2021 ∙ 10:00am – 11:00am ∙ S0119 and Zoom
11.09.21

This week’s Monday Morning Mentor program

How Can I Manage the Disconnect Between Faculty and Student Perceptions of Rigor to Increase Learning?

Presentation date: Nov. 8, 2021, and on-demand for one week
Link to the Presentation: https://mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view this week’s program … email becky.parton@llcc.edu.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

11.08.21

PDD on-demand Canvas Learning Webinar videos are still available

Faculty still have access to Canvas Learning Webinar videos from Professional Development Day! This PDD section in Canvas, entitled Fall 2021 Faculty Professional Development Day (PDD021FL) can be found on your Canvas dashboard and will remain open until the end of the day on Friday, November 19th. In addition to the videos about teaching with Canvas, you will find a variety of on-demand offerings covering many teaching and learning topics.

Learn About the Comment Library in Canvas SpeedGrader

The video below is from the Academic Innovation and eLearning team from the Did You Know? video series. These videos provide quick instructions for and information about common Canvas questions and functions. The following video (embedded below) is focused on a brief overview of the Comment Library in Canvas SpeedGrader.

11.04.21

Monday Morning Mentor program still available: How can I develop opportunity-minded learners?

Presentation date: Nov. 1, 2021, and on-demand for one week

Link to the Presentation: https://mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view this week’s program. See email this week from Becky Parton or email becky.parton@llcc.edu for password.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

11.01.21

Canvas Communication

Canvas Learning Opportunities on Professional Development Day

Please check your Professional Development Day Schedule for Canvas Training opportunities. Options include an overview of Canvas Studio at 9 a.m. from LLCC Academic Innovation and eLearning staff, on-demand sessions from InstructureCon 2021 and numerous webinars from the Canvas learning specialists (sessions for LLCC faculty from August 2021), and the CanvasLMS YouTube channel.

Brief Overview of Canvas Studio and Adding Media to Your Canvas Course

The video below is from the AIeL team from the “Did You Know?” video series. These videos provide quick instructions for and information about common Canvas questions and functions. The following video (embedded below) is focused on a brief overview of Canvas Studio and other options for adding recorded media to your Canvas course.

10.26.21

Presentation: how can I effectively move peer reviews online?

How Can I Effectively Move Peer Reviews Online?

Presentation date: Oct. 25, 2021 and on-demand for one week
Link to the Presentation: 
https://mondaymorningmentors.com

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.

Email becky.parton@llcc.edu for the password to this presentation.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

10.26.21

Presentation today: Engaging with the active learning classroom

Engaging with the Active Learning Classroom
2:30-3:30 p.m. today
Face-to-Face (Menard Hall, Room 1174)
Barry Lamb, Director, Instructional Technology Services
Amy Chernowsky, Instructional Designer

Join us for this hands-on session to learn more about the behind-the-scenes operation of an active learning classroom.   Here you’ll learn about the working parts of the active learning classrooms and how they can support your instruction.  We will discuss how to operate the classroom technology and use of flexible furniture as well as the possible room layouts that promote active learning.
Registration Link

10.25.21

Spring 2022 courses are available in Canvas 

Spring 2022 course sections are now available and ready for transfer of course materials. Please read below for information and resources related to moving course content into your Spring 2022 course shells in Canvas.

Resetting course content option now available in Canvas

The option to Reset Course Content has recently been made available to faculty in Canvas. This option will permanently delete all associated course content in a Canvas course shell, allowing you to build from a blank shell. This video focuses on directions for Resetting Course Content in a Canvas Shell.


Additional Information

The following videos may offer additional helpful information related to transferring course content to Canvas course shells for next semester.