New Quarter Information for Faculty from eLearning Services

Hello,

We have posted a lot of great information for Faculty teaching online, hybrid, and web-enhanced classes this quarter.  Please check it out in the newly revamped Faculty Resource Course here. There is a link to it on the home page – right under the course title.

While you are there, check out all the other great resources we have assembled for you in this Canvas Classroom.

Please reach out if you have any questions, elearning@shoreline.edu or 206-546-6966.

Thank you!
eLearning Services

eLearning Faculty in Residence, Emma Agosta

emma-aEmma Agosta is this academic year’s eLearning Faculty in Residence.

She is available to assist faculty with eLearning issues including help with Canvas, creating a new course, redesigning a course, Quality Matters, Accessibility of eLearning content, hybrid or flipped teaching modalities, video recordings with Panopto, and other eLearning issues.

Emma’s drop-in office hours this quarter are:
M/W 10 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.; T 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Th 10-11 a.m.

Those will be held in her office (FOSS 5349). She is also available for alternative times by appointment.

The best way to contact Emma is via email: eagosta@shoreline.edu

Canvas Update this Sat., Jan. 7

In this Saturday’s Canvas update, January 7, instructors can display recent announcements as part of a Front Page course home page and view the updated Rich Content Editor sidebar in Pages and the Syllabus.

Students can view all available Scheduler items in the Calendar regardless of calendar visibility.

All Canvas users who have not set any course favorites in their Dashboard now view 20 courses instead of 12, and users can use a Move-To menu to move ePortfolio pages. Additionally, the majority of icons throughout Canvas have been updated.

View the Canvas Production Release Notes (2017-01-07)

New Features

• Pages: Course Home Page Announcements Display

Updated Features
• Calendar: Student Scheduler Events
• Course Imports: Copy a Canvas Course Order
• Courses: Course List Enrollments Default, Term List Future Group
• ePortfolio: Move-To Menu
• Rich Content Editor: Sidebar Update

Other Updates
• User Interface: Canvas Icons Update

Blackboard Collaborate to be discontinued

The SBCTC will discontinue service with Blackboard Collaborate on July 1, 2017. Users will no longer be able to use this tool after 7/1/17 and will need to use other collaborative tools such as Canvas Conferences. If you have any questions about using other collaborative tools, please contact Jeff Iannone in eLearning services at jIannone@shoreline.edu.

Shoreline’s Virtual Campus Earns High Ranking

Shoreline Community College’s Virtual Campus is ranked #3 among Washington 2-year colleges by onlinecolleges.com. Colleges were ranked on a variety of factors including affordability, student services, and availability of online programs.