Canvas Training for Faculty – The Basics: Creating Your First Course in Canvas
The Basics: Creating Your First Course in CanvasOct. 5, 12:00pm – 1:00pmFacilitator: Eric Harvey – Senior Manager, VCU Learning SystemsRegister: https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctduCqrjspEtHAyAmPMntIvtaNbEsP6l0Z Learn the first steps to getting your new Canvas course off the ground. Starting with an empty course shell, we’ll walk you through getting the VCU template imported into your new course and taking those […]
VoiceThread Maintenance
We will be performing a database upgrade on Saturday, October 10 from 5:00am to 7:00am Eastern Daylight Time. VoiceThread will be completely offline during this 2-hour window. Date: October 10, 2020Time: 5:00am – 7:00am EDT (UTC-4)Impact: VoiceThread offline Thank you for bearing with us as we keep VoiceThread healthy! – The VoiceThread Team
Need Help With Canvas?
For all the resources you need to get started and grow with Canvas, visit the VCU Canvas website at https://learningsystems.vcu.edu/canvas for academic resources, frequently asked questions, instructions, training schedules, and links to request assistance. Use this URL to go directly to the support and training section: go.vcu.edu/learn-canvas. A variety of training sessions for VCU faculty have been scheduled through […]
Kaltura Performance Issues and Infrastructure Changes this Weekend (8/29/20)
Hello from Learning Systems, We hope this message finds you well. Kaltura MediaSpace, their integration servers for Blackboard and Canvas, as well as the Kaltura Management Server have all been experiencing intermittent outages over the last week. Our team has been in contact with the vendor and they have stated that several changes are being […]
VoiceThread Workshops – Sept. 2020
VoiceThread Advanced Skills September 22 at 7:00 pm ET – Register In this workshop, participants will learn about more advanced VoiceThread features. We will demonstrate how to integrate Google Drive content via our Media Sources, how to change language displays, adjust playback settings, and more. Portions of the workshop will be hands-on. Humanize Your Online Course […]
Respondus Training
Instructor Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus MonitorLockDown Browser and Respondus MonitorThis comprehensive training is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor proctoring with online exams. The training will cover:How to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to protect integrity and ensure student identityThe instructor and student perspective in each applicationHow […]
Grow with Canvas – Virtual Open House Events for Faculty
In September, VCU Learning Systems is hosting 2-hour virtual open house events. These events will be informal, open dialog sessions where VCU instructors can ask questions and receive answers from the VCU Learning Systems Senior Manager. The schedule and registration information are on the VCU Canvas website at https://go.vcu.edu/learn-canvas.
Canvas Community Migration Incident Details (8/6/20)
Summary With the recent migration of the Canvas Community to a new platform, Instructure encountered three issues that impacted community members (highlighted below). Details On August 6th, the day of migration, we put the community into read-only mode for approximately 8 hours. People could access and search but not comment or participate. – At 10:14 […]
Growing with Canvas – New Faculty Training Scheduled
New Canvas training sessions for faculty have been scheduled for October. These 1-hour sessions will cover topics about importing Blackboard course content into Canvas, creating and managing assignments and quizzes, student enrollments, section cross-listing (merging), and installing 3rd party tools to enhance your course content. The training schedule is located on our Canvas website, along with the registration link.
Canvas Status Updates for August 5th, 2020
How to publish courses and override term settings in Canvas The term settings in Canvas for Fall 2020 are set to allow student access on August 11th. If an instructor wishes to allow students to access their courses now, the default term setting can be overridden within course settings. Learning Systems has added a new […]