October 2023

October Offerings

CEL has some stellar events and workshops planned for the month of October. Please visit our CETL Special Events Calendar and Faculty Learning Opportunities (FLO) Calendar for the full schedule including session descriptions, locations, and registration.

A sneak preview of this month's opportunities include:

Reynolds Canvas Templates: DesignPLUS for Canvas
Supporting Your Students
HyFlex 101, 201, & 301
Career Competencies Series Part 1: Career & Self-Development
UDOIT: Accessibility Assistant for Canvas
Classroom Management
and more!

We hope to see you at a session soon!

Canvas Release Notes

Editing Page Title Updates the URL's

In Pages, when editing a page title, all links to that page automatically update in a course. This update improves Instructor workflow and reduces the need to update page links manually.

Canvas Release Notes (2023-09-16)

Screenshot of editing a Canvas page title

New Quizzes: Build on Last Attempt

In New Quizzes, instructors can allow students to build on their last attempt of a quiz by reattempting incorrectly answered questions. This change allows instructors to collect data on improved learning.

Canvas Release Notes (2023-09-16)

CETL Guest Speaker FLO

"Supporting Your Students"

Speakers: Danielle Filipchuk and Curt Smith

Date/time: Thursday, Oct 5 | 12 - 1 PM

Location: Parham Road Campus, CETL Conference Room (LTC #240) and Zoom* options

Description: This workshop will outline the common issues that faculty see their students facing here at Reynolds and the ways in which faculty can offer support. Registration is required.

*Zoom link provided to registered participants 24 hours prior to session*

Advising Services Team presents

Navigate Overview Virtual Training

Presenter: Crystal Stafford, VCCS Holistic Student Support Coordinator

Date/time: October 4 | 1PM

Location: Zoom

Agenda

Review of the Navigate Staff Home & Student Profile tabs
Using Navigate for communication/tracking
Live demo & Q&A

The Advising Services team looks forward to seeing you at the Zoom session and working together to enhance the college experience for our students.

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Respondus LockDown Browser

& Monitor Training Webinars

Date/Time

Description

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.