Monthly Archives: May 2016

CANVAS Kick-Off Flex Thursday with the Online Education Initiative Program Director and Executive Director

CANVAS Kick-Off event for ITC Flex –Thursday, August 18th, opening session with Steve Klein, the Statewide Program Director for the Online Education Initiative (OEI) and Pat James, the Executive Director of the Online Education Initiative (OEI) to get us started with the next phase of the OEI and Canvas.

Online Education Initiative

There will be a presentation followed by Questions & Answers. Register at the ITC website.

 

Canvas, here we come!!!

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We are happy to announce the news that we will join other California Community Colleges in the transition process to the Canvas course management system. We will continue to use D2L as we move through the adoption process. ITC will keep you updated on the news, learning opportunities, and support. Keep an eye out for emails and visit our ITC Canvas page.

 

Watch for our August Flex activities! More to come….

 

Here is the official announcement from Deputy Chancellor Lorimar:

 

Greetings, Academic Senate Presidents, LMS Work Group, and Ed Tech Committee Members.

 

I am very pleased to report that Chancellor King has approved the recommendation of the District Academic Senate for the Los Rios colleges to join the statewide Online Education Initiative (OEI) and adopt Canvas.  The DAS, in making its recommendation, accepted the recommendation of the LMS Work Group.

 

Based on Chancellor’s King decision, DOIT is immediately requesting the required OEI and Canvas application forms and asking to reserve a place for our colleges in the Fall 2017 Canvas Cohort (Cohort #3) to begin the transition process.  I will inform you of the cohort decision as soon as I have that information.  Of course, there are many details to be decided over the next few months and I look forward to working with Academic Senate, LRCFT, and administration leaders to develop the appropriate processes within our governance system to implement this important decision.

 

You are welcome to share this information with your colleagues.  Many thanks to all of you for your hard working in making this outcome possible!

 

Sue Lorimer, Ed.D.

Deputy Chancellor

Los Rios Community College District

1919 Spanos Court

Sacramento, CA 95825

916-568-3031

Email: lorimes@losrios.edu

www.losrios.edu

…Yes, we are Currently using D2L, and we have workshops to prep New Users for the summer and Fall

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Need to Review Your D2L Gradebook before posting Final Grades?

Register here to Review Your D2L Gradebook on Wednesday, May 11, from 12 to 1 PM: come by for a quick checkup of your gradebook, release your final grades, prepare to export your grades, and configure those Bonus Items.

Teaching Online this Summer? Desire2Learn for Beginners

Register here to attend D2L for Beginners on Friday, May 13, from 9AM to 12PM: attend the final D2L Workshop of the semester! Please register at least 36 hours in advance, so that a practice course can be created for you!