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Category: Canvas & Tools

Getting A-HEAD on Headers in Canvas: Tips for Completing SPOT

This post includes SPOT Tips from Assistant Distance Learning Coordinator & SPOT Facilitator Catherine McKee.  TRUE or FALSE: The best way to create headings in Canvas is by adding formatting to the heading text such as bold, underlining, or typing text in all capital letters.   The answer is False! Read on to learn more about…Continue Reading Getting A-HEAD on Headers in Canvas: Tips for Completing SPOT

Check out the refreshed Faculty Accessibility Center!

The FAC’s new FACE! The Faculty Accessibility Center is a Resource Guide to accessibility for Mt. SAC professors. It can be found in Canvas and is set up as an open course for any Mt. SAC employees. If you have never visited the course, you can enroll in the FAC course here or simply visit…Continue Reading Check out the refreshed Faculty Accessibility Center!

New Year, New Canvas Help Options!

  Changes to Canvas Help  Beginning January 1st 2021 Canvas changed their technical support model for colleges. The biggest change: Canvas removed phone-based technical support for students and replaced it with a 24/7 live chat option. Professors continue to have Canvas phone support and now have a live chat option as well. For a few…Continue Reading New Year, New Canvas Help Options!

R-C-E-p-e-c-t: Find Out What It Means to You

On Saturday, January 16, 2021, Canvas will make their new Rich Content Editor (RCE) the default and only editor for all Canvas users!  You may recall using the new RCE in Mt. SAC Canvas last winter, but due to issues with adding images, we reverted back to the old RCE. Canvas has since resolved the…Continue Reading R-C-E-p-e-c-t: Find Out What It Means to You

From ConferZoom to TechConnect Zoom: What you Need to Know!

The FCLT and our wonderful friends over at IT are very excited to announce some big and exciting changes coming to Zoom inside of Canvas for the Winter 2021 term. In fact, the changes occurred earlier this week (FYI, for those teaching non-credit or prepping their courses for winter)! I will try and keep this…Continue Reading From ConferZoom to TechConnect Zoom: What you Need to Know!

The Canvas Finish Line: Grading Tips for the End of Term

Tips for Using the Canvas Gradebook As the term comes to an end, this post offers a few reminders and tips for using the Canvas grading tools to support you and represent information correctly to students. Final grades are not submitted via Canvas. Professors must hand in Grades using Banner/the portal. Viewing and Entering Grades…Continue Reading The Canvas Finish Line: Grading Tips for the End of Term

The Canvas Commons: Anything but Common

  Have you heard of the Canvas Commons? Have you used it? If not, you will want to after reading this post!  What is the Canvas Commons? It’s a free faulty and Canvas admin resource (students do not have access) that is chock full of content shared by Canvas users for others to use, including assignments,…Continue Reading The Canvas Commons: Anything but Common

Winter (Semester) is Coming! If You’re Teaching this Winter, You’ll Want to Read This!

What to Know for Winter 2021 Courses This week, Mt. SAC’s Winter course shells rolled out in Canvas. Before you start to build your courses, you may want to read this post with the biggest updates and reminders that can help you make the most of your prep time! Cross-list Updates! Crosslist requests are made in the IT…Continue Reading Winter (Semester) is Coming! If You’re Teaching this Winter, You’ll Want to Read This!

Did You Miss CanvasCon Online 2020? Watch It On Demand!

CanvasCon was fun! I have a small confession to make: CanvasCon was a lot of fun. I’m serious. I learned a lot. Admittedly, I had some early skepticisms about CanvasCon when I had heard it was going to be completely online this year. Instructure, our Canvas LMS parent company, is known for putting on great…Continue Reading Did You Miss CanvasCon Online 2020? Watch It On Demand!

Online Exam Proctoring at Mt. SAC MYTHBUSTERS

Okay, let us be real about something: life has been drastically different since COVID-19, and I am not referring to the masks or the need to quarantine. It is no surprise that in today’s remote learning world more Mt. SAC students than ever before are studying and testing remotely through Canvas. With this increase in…Continue Reading Online Exam Proctoring at Mt. SAC MYTHBUSTERS