Bitten by the Online Bug and What's Next in Online Teaching

Interesting articles from Innovative Educators

https://chronicle.com/article/Bitten-by-the-Online-Bug/135260/

https://chronicle.com/article/Whats-Next-in-Online/134230/

eLearning Office August 2013 Closure

The eLearning office will be closed from August 27th from 2pm in the afternoon through August 29th.  The office will reopen on August 30th at 7am.  We will be checking email from our off campus meeting location, and will make every effort to assist you if a problem arises with your Canvas classroom.

Fall Building Quality Courses in Canvas

Any faculty members who are currently not using the  Learning Management System, Canvas, here at CPTC to Web Enhance their face to face courses can do so in Winter quarter upon the successful completion of "Building Quality Courses in Canvas".  This course is offered as a hybrid or totally online course and takes about 20 hours to complete.  This training can be used to help satisfy the Skill Standard D portion of your yearly training requirements.

Registration can be done at http://bit.ly/1bpDl55

For more information about this training opportunity or additional questions about teaching Online with Canvas please contact us at eLearning.

Kelley Meeusen

eLearning Coordinator

253.589.5730

kelley.meeusen@cptc.edu

Cindy Overton

eLearning Support Specialist

253.589.4534

cindy.overton@cptc.edu

eLearning is conveniently located in Building 15 Room 108. Stop by and see us soon! 

Student Online Fall Orientation

This link will take you to our Online Student Orientation.   When the screens open click on "Enroll in Class", then click the "Enter Course" option and the orientation will open.  Inside you will have access to an Orientation to Canvas, Online Support numbers, and additional resources to help you with your hybrid or online classes using the Canvas LMS.  You must have a Canvas student account before you can self enroll.  If you are a new student for Online Fall, this account will be created on August 23rd.

 Student Face-2-Face Online Fall Orientations 

We will do some quick, approximately 40 minute, orientations on how to log in Canvas.
September 23rd: 9am, 1pm, and 4pm
September 24th at 9am, 1pm, and 4pm
September 25th at 9am and 1pm

These will be held in Building 15, Room 108.  Please have your student ID# with you at the time of the orientation.

You may also get more information from the Canvas Guides by clicking on the following links:
 Canvas Student Quickstart Guide
 Canvas Student Guide


Call Cindy at 253.589.4534 for more information.