All hazards trainings on July 18

The next big step in the college emergency management plan is happening.

The All-Hazards Training is an excellent overview of what faculty and staff should be prepared for in various emergency situations.  The training is an hour and a half long and will be presented on numerous dates and times. On Friday, July 18, the trainings will take place at 9 a.m. & 12 p.m. in room 9208. (Full list of training times can be found here!)

This important training is mandatory for all faculty and staff.

For those unable to attend the scheduled trainings offered before the end of this academic year, additional opportunities will be offered in fall, 2014.

Faculty members are not expected to attend trainings that occur outside of the contractual academic calendar. Associate faculty members who attend mandatory training and submit a completed time-sheet to the VPASA’s office will be paid for that time at the contractual rate for non-instructional work, $39 per hour.

There is nothing more important to this effort than a well-trained staff.  Preparation, training and readiness can make all the difference should the college ever be faced with a critical emergency.

Canvas Draft State Training & Open Lab

canvasHave you heard that there is now a “Draft State” in Canvas?  Come and see what it’s all about at this training and Open Lab time.

“Draft State” is great change to the Canvas platform that makes it easy to truly hide content under development (ie: in a draft state).

If you can’t make it in person watch this overview video from Canvas and then contact eLearning Services if you have any questions!

eLearning Services
206-546-6966
elearning@shoreline.edu

CPR/AED training for classified staff

The Classified Training and Development Committee is pleased to offer a CPR/AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Training to our Classified Staff.

It will be held June 19 from 1-4 p.m. on campus at no charge to you. You will receive a 2 year certification from the American Heart Association.

Training will be done by Cascade Training using active and retired EMTs and firefighters.

This has been one of the most asked for trainings in our survey and you must sign up in advance to hold a space.

Please contact Barb Kristek or Alan Loveless to hold your place.

Canvas Training This Week

Canvas engineers have been hard at work making some great changes to the Canvas interface this Spring.  The next update is this Saturday, May 24th with some noteworthy changes and fixes.  Come and learn what’s new including:

  • Gradebook – adding an Individual Student View & removal of the old Gradebook (Gradebook 1)
  • Assignments – settings default to ‘Online’ Submission Type; your settings are now ‘sticky’
  • Conversations – removal of Old Conversations
  • Calendar – new ‘undated assignments’ drag and drop feature & removal of old Calendar (Calendar 1)
  • Modules – improved ‘indent’ capabilities
  • Profile pictures – new cropping tool to help photos fit

We’re offering a guided review of these features and more on:

If you can’t make either session, give us a call/email and we’ll show you at your convenience.

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by eLearning Services

Canvas GradeBook Training Session

Beginning tomorrow, eLearning Services will be offering four training sessions on the use of Canvas Gradebook.  The goal of the sessions is two-fold: first, encourage you to use the gradebook as a means to keep students informed on the progress of their class; second, provide you with a better understanding of how gradebook settings impact students’ view of their grades.  For your convenience, we will be offering the training sessions in four different locations.  All sessions will be held from 12 – 1 p.m. and, during that time, an instructional designer will present the basic settings of the Canvas gradebook and answer questions related to student view of the Grades tool.

  • Tuesday, April 15 in Room 1724
  • Wednesday, April 16 in Room 2346
  • Thursday, April 17 in Room 5386
  • Friday, April 18 in Room 2946


If none of the times above are suitable for you, do not hesitate to contact eLearning Services and schedule an individual consultation.

We hope you can join us!