Preparing for Finals and Beyond
In This Email
- Quick Tip - In Course Faculty Support
- Final Grades Due May 2 - Import Final Grades Guide
- Video Tip - Zoom Breakout Rooms
- What's New with Webcourses@UCF
- UCF Keep Teaching - Mobile Design for Online Courses
- Kelvin's Corner - Prepare to Be Forever Changed
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The Center for Distributed Learning is offering access to support resources from within Webcources@UCF. Just look for the Faculty Support button on the course navigation menu. From the Faculty Support page, you can quickly submit a support ticket to Webcourses@UCF Support or schedule a one-on-one video support call for help with Zoom or your course content. | ||
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Import Final Grades Guide
It’s that time of the semester! Final grades are due at noon, on Saturday, May 2. You can upload your final grades from the Webcourses@UCF Gradebook directly into the myUCF My Grade Roster. It’s easy to do and will save you some time. It’s easy to do and will save you some time. Visit the Import Final Grades guide for step-by-step instructions. | ||
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Video Tip
Watch the video on how to use breakout rooms in Zoom. Visit the Webcourses@UCF Support webpage to view other Zoom Guides.
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This weekend's update will include the following changes or new features:
New/Updated Features:
Notifications – Mute Notifications by Course
This change allows users to mute all notifications for a specific course. Course notifications are enabled by default. In the Course Notification Settings page, users can choose to disable notifications for the course.
Note: When course notifications are enabled, notification preferences must be configured in the Notification Preferences page. Granular course notification settings can be configured in a future release.
Assignments – Limited Submission Attempts
By default, assignments can be submitted an unlimited number of times. However, instructors can choose to limit the number of attempts a student can make for an assignment by using the Attempts menu. When an assignment is limited in attempts, students will see the number of attempts they’ve made as well as the number of allowed attempts.
Instructor View
Student View
Assignments – On-Time Submission Celebrations
Canvas generates a virtual celebration when students submit assignments on time. Celebrations take place in Canvas for on-time submissions, which include both an initial submission and any resubmissions for any file type before an assignment due date.
Gradebook – Assignment Header Menu SpeedGrader Link
Assignment menus in the Gradebook include a link to SpeedGrader. This change helps graders access SpeedGrader more easily. Each assignment menu in the Gradebook includes a link to SpeedGrader. When selected, SpeedGrader opens to the first student according to the filter set in the Gradebook.
For more updates, view the April 18, 2020 Canvas Release Notes.
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During this period of remote instruction, Digital Divide issues are all the more important. Some students won’t have access to a computer and will only have access to a mobile device to complete coursework. As you prepare and build your course in Webcourses@UCF for this summer term, consider some of these design tips for mobile friendly content:
1. Chunk your content – organize your content into smaller, easily digested parts
2. Use the Modules tool to organize your pages
3. Review your course on a mobile device.
For additional tips, visit Mobile Design for Online Courses.
Visit the UCF Keep Teaching page for additional resources including information on support workshops, online video tutorials, and live-stream/recorded video sessions.
UCF Keep Teaching |
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Empathy and Self-Care
Do you find yourself working more, managing schedules that are much more hectic than before, and wondering when ‘normal’ will return? In today’s Kelvin’s Corner, we recommend you take a break and read “Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure” from The Chronicle of Higher Education. It is a wise and sane perspective on the academic impact of COVID-19. Dr. Aisha Ahmad (University of Toronto), with firsthand experience in crises around the world, shares reflective advice for “other academics” adapting to hardship conditions. “Because calamity is a great teacher.”
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