ACADEMY NOW! TECH, TRENDS, AND NEWS | Issue 1
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IMPORTANT DATES
July 11 - Last Day to Withdraw
July 25 - Last Day of Classes
July 28 - Summer 2014 Grades Due
Fall MSVCC Academy
All Fall 2014 Academy webinars and courses are
available for registration. We’ve added Semester-Prep
Webinars to our line-up to offer another areas of
support to the instructors for the upcoming semester.
The Lunch and Learn series and online courses will also
be offered this term. Register Now:
http://msvcc.gosignmeup.com
SEMESTER PREP - WEBINARS
Pre-semester Tips
Speedgrader
08/13/14
08/14/14
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Canvas Corner
Canvas has created a new app that allows
by Akiah Gipson, MCCB
you to poll your class!! This is available for
iOS and Android devices. Quick and efficient,
the polling app helps you collect responses
with ease. You can share the same poll with
all sections of a course, or publish it for
Beta Release Update
individual sections of different courses. You
Canvas has new features for Quizzes, Grades
can create opinion polls with no set answer,
(student view), Outcomes, People, and
or create polls that require a correct
Groups. We also have updates for
responsese. Create as many answers as necessary.
Assignments, Course Dashboard, Course
Settings, Files, Groups (student view), and
iOS Devices: Download the Polls app in the
Notifications. See a brief description of the
iTunes store. Version 1.0 requires iOS 7.0 or
some of the features below and read more
later.
about each beta release here. Note: The beta
environment is for testing new features,
Android Devices: Download the Polls app in
which are subject to change based on
the Play store. Version 1.0 requires Android
instructor feedback.
4.0 or later.
Access your beta environment and tryout
these new features, type
[your organization].beta.instructure.com in
Create and Share Polls
the address bar of your browser
08/20/14
Draft State
Polling for Canvas
08/21/14
(example: coahomacc.beta.instructure.com).
UPCOMING ONLINE ACADEMY COURSES
• Canvas Quizzes has an updated design
that combines the quiz overview and quiz
statistics pages.
Teaching Effectively Online
Duration: Five Weeks
Contact Hours: 24
Platform: Canvas
Facilitator, Jennifer Powel
Date: July 14 - Aug. 15, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION
SIGN UP NOW!
Log Into http://msvcc.gosignmeup.com
CEU CREDIT AVAILABLE
Please visit for
http://msvcc.squarespace.com/msvccacade
my more information about CEU fees and
other application requirements.
Need help, email [email protected]
View Results
• People has an updated design that
displays access to user groups in the same
page view through Group Tabs.
• Course Status- The Course Dashboard
sidebar displays the course status, and
courses can be published and
unpublished using the Unpublish and
Published buttons.
• Group Set Drop-down Menu-When
viewing a student group, instructors can
easily switch and view all groups within a
group set by clicking the drop-down
arrow next to the group name.
• Assignments and Quizzes Time Zone
Context-Beneath the Due Date field,
Assignments displays the time zone date
and time according to context. This
feature is helpful for instructors who
manage courses in a time zone other than
their local time zone. If an instructor
creates or edits a due date for an
assignment, the course and local times
are displayed for reference.