eLearning Newsletter for October, 2023
(First person to catch the classic cult cinema reference in this month's comic wins a mint! --Caleb)
Comic Transcript
Panel 1: eLearning Tales of Terror! Caleb says, "It's October, let's tell some scary campfire stories!" Nick says, "A few quarters ago, on the night before the start of class, a professor clicked Publish on her courses before going to bed. The next morning she woke up, made a cup of coffee, and checked her inbox..."
Panel 2: "...Only to find 120 emails from students telling her the courses were empty!"
Panel 3: Melanie says, "An instructor was in an all-campus Zoom meeting, when he turned around to 'ooja booja who's a good boy' at his dog. After turning back around, he noticed a private message in the chat..."
Panel 4: "...Telling him he was unmuted the whole time!"
Panel 5: Caleb says, "Okay ok, I got one... This one time, in CTC Link..." Nick and Melanie both stand up and start to run away in fear, saying "Nope, I'm out! Too Scary!"
Welcome back everyone, we hope you had a great summer, and are enjoying the start of the new school year!
We loved seeing everyone that attended the eLearning Academy. Our two keynote speakers were both amazing, and our faculty presentations were on point with the theme! If you missed out or wanted to re-watch any of our fantastic sessions, head on over to the 2023 eLearning Academy shell to find recordings and resources from all of our presenters
What you missed in Canvas
There have been a few updates of note to Canvas over the summer, a new Pearson textbook integration, and we've also added a new Zoom integration that you may have noticed. Our Canvas Guru Jerry Troupe has the details, click on the "Canvas Updates" tab below to read more!
Tech Talks
Oct. 10 @ 1:05pm: New Features in New Quizzes
As Canvas transitions from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes, we strive to keep you in the loop regarding updates and new features. In this session, the third in our series on New Quizzes, we’ll discuss the latest updates to the process for migrating Classic Quizzes and Question Banks to New Quizzes and Item Banks as well as some additional features that have been added to New Quizzes.
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Oct. 17 @ 1:05pm: Zoom integration in Canvas
We recently enabled a Zoom integration in Canvas, which you should now see in your Canvas navigation bar options. This new integration makes it easy to quickly schedule and share Zoom meetings with your classes, and even create bookable appointment meetings! We'll show you how to enable Zoom Meetings in Canvas, how to use it effectively, and how your students can interact with it.
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No Tech Talks for Oct. 24th, eLearning Instructional Designers will be out of town for a conference!
Oct. 31 @ 1:05pm: Custom Grading Schemes
Canvas’ Gradebook is a powerful productivity tool, but it has limitations in how it calculates and displays grades. Instructors often find themselves hitting a wall of what they want to do with their gradebook and what Canvas lets them do. But we do have some options for flexibility and experimentation, in the form of Custom Grading Schemes! Come to this session and we’ll talk about how custom schemes can help facilitate labor based and contract grading, specs grading, and a variety of ungrading concepts!
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Nov. 7 @ 1:05pm: Using Annotations in Canvas
Do you teach online and miss being able to give feedback directly on assignments? Are you an on-ground instructor who is tired of shuffling through stacks of physical papers or worksheets when grading? Well if you like to markup, Canvas has you covered! We will be showing off how to create assignment submissions in Canvas that allow for both student and instructor annotations to expand the flexibility you have for assigning and receiving student submissions. Join us to save paper and time using the Canvas' annotation tools!
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