Date posted: July 19, 2017
Three Ways to do extra credit There are several approaches instructors can adopt to can give students extra credit in Canvas using Assignments: awarding extra points for an existing Assignment-- or for a Discussion or a Quiz creating an Assignment worth zero points providing extra credit using weighted assignment groups Award extra points to graded items ...more about Extra Credit in Canvas
Date posted: July 18, 2017
Some departments and divisions at Bellevue College require that course syllabi be available to the public. Others departments require instructors to send their syllabi to program managers so that they can be available to staff and administrators. Either way, it is possible to make your Canvas Syllabus page available to anyone for public viewing. You ...more about Make Your Canvas Syllabus Publicly Viewable
Date posted: May 10, 2017
Process Instructors reach out to their Division Dean, Associate Dean, or Program Chairs to request Cross-List/Merges with the Primary/Secondary using their divisions process. Division Deans must approve Cross-List/Merges. Division Operations Directors, DOD's initiate Cross-List/Merge tickets and are instructors first contact for inquiries surrounding their course merges. Guidelines If you have two or more sections cross-listed ...more about Canvas Section Cross-list/Merges
Date posted: April 23, 2017
Our Goal We want to get BC students, faculty, and staff to attend live events and presentations in the new Collaboratory located in the Bellevue College Learning Media Center. BC Facilitators: Bruce Wolcott, Gordon Hom, and Sukirti Ranade Guests: Dr. Don Alvarez with FilmmakerLive Software engineers Brian Zhou and Xinli Zou with Wyzlink BC communications faculty member ...more about Collaboratory “Interactive Worlds” events sponsored by Interactive eLearning
Date posted: April 19, 2017
The Canvas Dashboard is the first page you see upon logging into Canvas. Each of your classes appears as a colored "tile," arranged alphabetically in a grid, with the item number and course name in small-ish text below the big block of color. Up until this point, the only way you could customize each tile ...more about New Canvas Feature: Dashboard Images for Courses
Date posted: March 9, 2017
The 30-minute workshop Introduction to Closed Captioning that was presented in the Interactive eLearning Center earlier this quarter is now available at the eLearningMedia Bellevue College channel at YouTube. We will continue to present this workshop in the Interactive eLearning Center during spring quarter for those of you who are on campus and would like to ...more about Introduction to Closed Captioning
Date posted: March 8, 2017
With accessibility issues taking center stage in our courses, faculty are looking for the simplest, fastest way to add closed captioning to self-produced instructional videos. YouTube can both host your instructional videos and provide rudimentary closed captions. The captions will need to be edited and that will be the topic of another post. There is a ...more about Creating a YouTube Channel
Date posted: February 27, 2017
When I have a few spare moments I enjoy browsing the shelves in the Library Media Center (LMC) to find journals relevant to teaching and learning. The journals are on the first floor just to the left of the stairs as you enter the library. I discovered New Directions for Higher Education, a Jossey-Bass (Wiley ...more about On the Shelf in the Library Media Center: New Directions in Higher Education
Date posted: January 30, 2017
Want to know how to use technology more effectively in the classroom and online? Check out Teacher Tech Tips and Teacher Tips through Bellevue College’s Lynda.com subscription. The host of Teacher Tech Tips, Oliver Schinkten, creates 2 to 10 minute videos showing a new tip each week. These short segments include such timely topics as ...more about Teacher Tech Tips at Lynda.com
Date posted: January 27, 2017
Dear Faculty, Learn how you can make easy changes and additions to your Canvas courses in order to create an inclusive course environment for all students. The Accessibility 101: Principles of Inclusive Design (ONLINE) workshop is being offered with flexibility to complete assignments in six weeks. The purpose of this course is to introduce participants ...more about Workshop-Accessibility 101: Principles of Inclusive Design
