{"id":19099,"date":"2025-12-09T07:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/?page_id=19099"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:58:55","slug":"sharing-your-course-multiple-options-for-instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/sharing-your-course-multiple-options-for-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Your Course: Multiple Options for Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-lead lead\">At Bellevue College, we want to make it easy for instructors to share their course content while keeping accessibility and flexibility in front and center. If you\u2019d like to share your course, you have more than one option available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-primary text-white\"><h2 class=\"card-header\"><strong>Option 1:<\/strong> Make a Request for a Reference Shell<\/h2><div class=\"card-body bg-light text-dark\">\n<p>A Reference Shell is your go-to solution for maintaining an up-to-date, accessible copy of your course. This ensures your content is always ready to copy into new sections each quarter. Don\u2019t have one yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bellevuecollege.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_5vtYmDZQTWXMfPM\"><strong><u>Request a Reference Shell<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can make a request to add or remove users for specific roles, such as Observers or Associate Teachers, without impacting your active teaching sections by submitting a ticket through the Technology Service Desk.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the Canvas Roles Add or Remove Request form log into the Technology Service Desk ticketing system Team Dynamix, TDX using your Bellevue College credentials in the upper right-hand corner here is the path: Service Catalog&gt;Canvas&gt;Canvas&gt;Canvas Roles Add or Remove Request.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be able to add a user to your Reference Shell. The Canvas Roles Add or Remove Request provides the necessary information fields to process your request. Please add any added details in the \u201cOther\u201d field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Observer&nbsp;in a Reference Shell<\/strong> \u2013 Can view the content only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Associate Teacher&nbsp;in a Reference Shell<\/strong> \u2013 Can view, edit, and download the course content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"card-footer\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> <em>To keep ongoing access to your materials, we recommend using a&nbsp;Reference Shell.<\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-primary text-white\"><h2 class=\"card-header\"><strong>Option 2:<\/strong> Export Your Course<\/h2><div class=\"card-body bg-light text-dark\">\n<p>Prefer to keep a backup? You can export your course and save it in a repository of your choice, like OneDrive or Google Drive, and share it with anyone you choose. This gives you full control over where and how your content is stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend that a backup be downloaded at the end of each quarter, along with a copy of the gradebook.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-alert alert alert-info\">\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Starting January 2026, no users will be added to the past quarter sections. To ensure smooth transitions and accessibility, past courses will be concluded and archived, on <strong>Day 1 of the following quarter<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b47188b086f0f9be233c40f5ff39c298\"><strong>Need Support?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>Canvas Accessibility Resources<\/strong>&nbsp;like Reference Shells, coaching, or tools, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/accessibility\/digital\/#training-anchor\"><u>Digital Accessibility<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;web page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Bellevue College, we want to make it easy for instructors to share their course content while keeping accessibility and flexibility in front and center. If you\u2019d like to share your course, you have more than one option available: Option 1: Make a Request for a Reference Shell A Reference Shell is your go-to solution <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/sharing-your-course-multiple-options-for-instructors\/\">...more about Sharing Your Course: Multiple Options for Instructors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2741,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-19099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19099"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19335,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19099\/revisions\/19335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}