Your Canvas Profile as an Instructor Web Presence

Did you know that the ARC Online website (currently being developed) will list all ARC faculty who are teaching online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses? Your faculty information will come directly from your Canvas Profile. So, just by setting up your Canvas profile, you can have a more visible web presence here at ARC. Check out what a sample ARC Online Faculty page will look like and see how it will also connect to your current and future courses. Users will be able to go to the Faculty Directory to search for specific faculty members. Go to the Setting Up Your Canvas Profile document for complete instructions.

Spring 18 Courses are on your Canvas Dashboard

Your Spring 18 Canvas course shells have been created and should be visible on your Canvas Dashboard. If you are not seeing Canvas course shells for courses that you are currently scheduled to teach in the Spring 18 terms, please send an email to ITCTraining. Please include the name of the course that is missing or any other Spring 18 course issue.

Too many courses on your Dashboard? Illustrated instructions on how to modify the course display on your Dashboard can be found in this Canvas Guide article called How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?

Welcome to the Club!

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Are you the sponsor of an ARC Student Club that would like a home in Canvas? You can use a Club site to communicate with members through email and discussions, share documents and images, post announcements, maintain the club membership, and more.

Some clubs have imported their information from their D2L site (the process is the same as exporting and importing an actual class) while others have used the new Canvas shell as an opportunity to redesign their Club site.

Once the Club shell has been created, the sponsor has permissions to easily add members through the People list. Users can be added with their w-id numbers, either pasted in as a list or added individually.

The ITC staff would be happy to create a Canvas Club for you. If you would like assistance with the export/import process, the ITC staff is available to help during drop-in labs, or we can set up an individual appointment.

Please contact us at ITCtraining@arc.losrios.edu with your requests.

 

Canvas External Tools now available!


Are you looking for external tools to support your Canvas teaching and learning environment? These tools have already been evaluated by the district to ensure they meet the FERPA and Accessibility requirements for our students and are ready for you to integrate into your class: Cengage, iClicker, Macmillan Learning, McGraw-Hill Connect, McGraw-Hill SimNet, MyLab and Mastering, and Soomo Webtext. If you have adopted any of these resources, the link can be added to your Canvas course from your Course Navigation Menu > Settings > Navigation.
If there is another tool you would like to use that is not on the list, you can apply directly to district to have the tool screened and tested for compatibility, accessibility, security, FERPA compliance, affordability, compliance with Board Policy, and other requirements. This Requesting External Apps or LTIs for Canvas webpage includes the instructions and a link to the Canvas External Apps or LTI Application Request Form. This application requires information from the instructors who are making the request as well as information about the vendor that you may need your vendor representative to supply. The ITC will be happy to support you in this process. Please contact us at ITCTraining@arc.losrios.edu if you have any questions.

 

New Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Coordinator for ARC!

Picture of Leslie Reeves

Pending Board Approval on October 18, Leslie Reeves has been tapped as the inaugural ARC Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Coordinator!

You will be able find Leslie in her office in the stern of the ITC Building, in ITC Drop-in labs and faculty course review sessions, facilitating the OEI Rubric Academy and Accessibility workshops, working with the LRCCD Accessibility Task Force, and out and about on campus.

Congratulations to Leslie!