Happy fall, everyone. Please see below for important online education-related updates and information for all MiraCosta faculty. Canvas Updates Lots of new features are available in Canvas, which is now the sole course management system at MiraCosta. These include a more streamlined way to use Turnitin, an updated Gradebook, a brand-new Quiz feature, a new […]
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Behind the scenes, Canvas is updated regularly. Check out some of the updated tools and features available in MiraCosta College’s Canvas. (Note: The list below is intended to highlight the most significant changes – but many smaller updates occur frequently). Summer 2018 New Gradebook – The New Gradebook is a beta feature that allows instructors to
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Behind the scenes, Canvas is updated regularly. Check out some of the updated tools and features available in MiraCosta College’s Canvas. (Note: The list below is intended to highlight the most significant changes – but many smaller updates occur frequently). Summer 2018 New Gradebook – The New Gradebook is a beta feature that allows instructors to
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One last reminder: on June 30, MiraCosta faculty access to Blackboard and Moodle will end as our licenses to those systems expire. If you have not yet extracted previous course content that you may need in the future, please do so ASAP! If you aren’t sure what you need to do, please read my prior
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Canvas is now MiraCosta’s sole course management system! Blackboard and Moodle access links have been removed from http://miracosta.edu/online to eliminate any confusion for our summer students. Faculty who are continuing to access old courses in Blackboard and Moodle may do so until June 30 via: Blackboard: https://blackboard.miracosta.edu/ Moodle: http://miracosta.mrooms.net/ If you need to catch up
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Please be sure you have extracted everything you need from Blackboard and Moodle, since access to those systems ends on June 30. See Considerations in Leaving Blackboard and Moodle for more details; for quick guidance on downloading class gradebooks and archives, see directions to do so for Blackboard or for Moodle. Further, please consider carefully: Are there old
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Please be sure you have extracted everything you need from Blackboard and Moodle, since access to those systems ends on June 30. See Considerations in Leaving Blackboard and Moodle for more details; for quick guidance on downloading class gradebooks and archives, see directions to do so for Blackboard or for Moodle. Further, please consider carefully: Are there old
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With the closure of Blackboard and Moodle (“legacy systems”) on June 30, 2018, faculty should consider their obligations and needs regarding the class content and student records that those systems have contained. Here are three primary considerations for faculty: Export all content from legacy systems to rebuild classes in Canvas if that is still needed. Access
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To: All faculty Blackboard and Moodle will no longer be options for instruction after the spring semester. The official end of our licenses providing access to Blackboard and Moodle is June 30. Please make sure you have extracted all needed content from all classes by then. Faculty should consider 3 potential issues: If you have not yet rebuilt all your classes in Canvas,
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To: All faculty Blackboard and Moodle will no longer be options for instruction after the spring semester. The official end of our licenses providing access to Blackboard and Moodle is June 30. Please make sure you have extracted all needed content from all classes by then. Faculty should consider 3 potential issues: If you have not yet rebuilt all your classes in Canvas,
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