AcTec Post - Spring 2023 Newsletter

SPRING 2023 NEWSLETTER

📢 CANVAS UPDATES

Here are some Canvas updates and new features that have been recently released or are coming soon.

◼ New Quizzes - The current Classic Quizzes will remain available. The June 2024 deadline to migrate to New Quizzes has been removed by Instructure. Instructors will be able to continue using both quiz types.
New Quizzes Overview | New Quizzes How-to Guides | FAQs | Comparison: New vs. Old | Migrate a Canvas Quiz to New Quizzes

◼ Scheduled Publishing - Instructors can now schedule when to publish pages.

More Information

📢 MICROSOFT TEAMS UPDATES

◼ Polls in MS Teams - Forms is no longer the app to use to create polls. Microsoft has a new tool called "Polls." Forms should only be used to create surveys.

💡 Pro Tip: Add polls to meeting events prior to an online meeting by clicking "Chat with Participants" on the meeting event in the Teams app calendar. Add the Poll app to the chat and create a poll.

More Information

◼ Record Meeting Transcriptions - Create the captions for recorded virtual meetings. You can view, manage and edit a transcript or caption. Learn more...

📢 HARMONIZE UPDATES

◼ Canvas Rubrics - Easily add Canvas rubrics to Harmonize discussions.

More Information

◼ Set Assignment Dates - Set available from, to, and until dates in the Harmonize settings (synchronized to the Canvas assignment settings).

◼ Synchronize Milestone Dates -Students can synchronize Harmonize milestone dates with their calendar/to-do list. More Information

📢 ALLY UPDATES

◼ Edit Canvas Content Items - Instructors can edit discussions, announcements, assignments, and pages via the Ally Report and fix most issues by clicking a content item on the report page.

Watch this video for more information

◼ Ally Report Issue - If you deleted files and/or Canvas content from your courses, it might take a few days for the Ally report to refresh and remove the deleted content.

🛑 IMPORTANT NOTE 🛑

Canvas and other Canvas related software updates are sent via myCETL announcements (in Canvas) throughout the semester. Be sure to keep your Canvas notifications enabled for announcements to stay informed! Here’s how to set your notification preferences.

🔑 MASTER COURSES

We have several new turn-key master courses that are ready for use and we have many more in the queue. Email nolisd@easternflorida.edu to have the content copied to your course shell:

ENC 1102
POS 2041
STA 2023

Visit the Master Courses List for a full list of available master courses.

💡 SOFTCHALK CLOUD

Create accessible, colorful, and interactive lessons in Canvas with SoftChalk Cloud!

SoftChalk Cloud enables instructors to create colorful, interactive lessons that are accessible and can be embedded in a Canvas course. Check out our training calendar for available workshops to learn more!

📅 SPRING 2023 TRAINING CALENDAR

For more information and to register for the workshops below visit our Training Calendar page.

Canvas/Course Content Webinars

◼ Canvas Instructor Training (CIT) - Ongoing (Online)

◼ EFO Orientation - 2/2

◼ Advanced Canvas: Home Page - 2/7

◼ Advanced Canvas: Managing Grades - 2/15, 3/2

◼ Advanced Canvas: Creating Quizzes with the New Quiz Tool - 3/6, 4/4

Accessibility Webinars

◼ Ally Accessibility Checker Overview - 4/4

◼ Accessible Files in Words & Powerpoint - 3/28, 4/10

Course Design Webinars

◼ 🆕 Online Course Design & Delivery - 2/14 (FULL), 3/21, 4/18

Learn a New Tool

◼ Microsoft Teams Overview - 2/15

◼ Presenting in Microsoft Teams - 2/22

◼ Kaltura Lecture Capture Basics - 2/1, 2/16, 4/13

◼ Kaltura Lecture Capture Advanced - 2/8, 2/21, 4/20

◼ 🆕 Online Exam Proctoring Tools - 2/20, 3/23, 4/6

◼ 🆕 OneDrive: Online File Storage - 2/14, 3/29

◼ SoftChalk Cloud Lesson Builder - 2/23

✨ SPRING CLEAN YOUR COURSES

Since many of us roll our courses over each semester, it’s good to comb over our content periodically to make sure everything is still relevant and functional. Watch this video by our Instructional Designer, Cherylan Bacheller for tips and tricks on “Spring Cleaning Your Canvas Courses.”