MiraCosta supports the following technologies for teaching and learning:
3C Media Solutions
3C Media Solutions is a streaming media server for all California Community College faculty and staff. You can upload audio & video files and make them available securely, privately (if desired), and ad-free. Professional captioning is available at no cost. 3CMedia accepts files in the following formats: mp4, m4v, mkv, flv, wmv, avi, mov, mpg, webm, mp3,...
Canvas Information & Resources
MiraCosta's Canvas system may be accessed at miracosta.instructure.com - faculty and students log in with their SURF username and password. You'll also find a button to log into Canvas at miracosta.edu/online. See below for many great resources to help you learn to use Canvas, and earn MiraCosta Flex credit along the way. Top Canvas Resources for...
MCC Canvas Tutorials & Articles
A collection of MCC specific tutorials & articles can be found below, or search for a topic in the search box in the top right corner of this website. The official Canvas Guides are a great source of tutorials on all Canvas features for instructors. You may also be interested in MiraCosta's general Canvas Information...
Read & Write Gold
Read&Write Gold is an award-winning literacy software solution that helps struggling students complete reading, writing, and research assignments. The Read&Write family of products is used daily by millions of people worldwide to help make digital content more accessible and better match their individual learning style. This customizable easy to use toolbar for PC and Mac...
Respondus
Respondus is a quiz authoring and management tool that allows instructors to create exams, quizzes, and surveys offline that can then be published directly to Canvas. Test questions can be uploaded from a text file, rich text file, or Word document. Existing Canvas tests can be downloaded, saved, and printed. MiraCosta College has a campus-wide...
Tools in the TIC
Technology Available for Checkout The TIC provides technologies for faculty to try out innovative tools and approaches for classroom and online teaching. Standard checkout time is two weeks. Available Technology 2 iPad Pros with Apple Pencils and keyboard covers 2 iPad 3s 2 iPad 2s 1 iPad 3 Mini iPad keyboards 2 stands to use iPads as...
