Below is the official proposal for the adoption of Canvas, crafted and submitted by the Curricular Technology Team. Many faculty, students and staff contributed to the pilot that informed the proposal, we sincerely appreciate everyone’s efforts. There are a couple of notes about the proposal: The proposal assumes that the Canvas budget request will still…
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Category Archives: The Pilot
Middlebury Undergraduate College Pilot Survey Results
We asked pilot participants to share their experience with Canvas by completing a survey at the middpoint of the semester. Questions were about their general impressions of Canvas, the ease of use and usefulness of specific features, and how they felt about the support provided. Below is the summary from the Middlebury Undergraduate College survey….
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MIIS Pilot Survey Results
We asked pilot participants to share their experience with Canvas by completing a survey at the middpoint of the semester. Questions were about their general impressions of Canvas, the ease of use and usefulness of specific features, and how they felt about the support provided. Below is the summary from the Middlebury Institute of International…
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Criteria for Adoption
A Learning Management System (LMS) centralizes online activity for a course by providing common classroom management features such as a course calendar, gradebook, and ways to distribute readings and receive assignments. In addition there are expectations for the LMS to be user-friendly, reliable and function on mobile devices. Below are the criteria we will be…
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Courses Participating in the Pilot
Here are the courses that will be helping us to evaluate Canvas during the fall semester: Middlebury Undergraduate College AMST 0260A FA15: American Disability Studies: History, Meanings, and Cultures – Susan Burch AMST 0295A FA15: Across the Great Divide: Science, Humanities, and the American Landscape – Timothy Spears and Andrea Lloyd AMST 0307A FA15: Issues…
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Courses Have Been Created
38 course spaces have been created in Canvas. Faculty have been given access to their spaces, and students have been added. We have 25 Undergraduate College courses, 9 Institute of International Studies at Monterey courses, 2 Schools Abroad Chile courses, and 2 Institute of Hebrew Studies courses. 7 are language courses. There are 4 Political…
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Getting Help with Canvas
Instructure provides direct support for faculty and students. You can contact Instructure for help with Canvas in the following ways: Tier I Support for faculty and students 24/7/365 Call: 844-747-2605 Email: support@instructure.com There is also a Quick Start Student Guide at http://guides.instructure.com/m/8470 and general Canvas Guides at http://guides.instructure.com/ All of these resources are accessible from…
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