diff --git a/images/canvas_grades.png b/images/canvas_grades.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..057fed3 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/canvas_grades.png differ diff --git a/images/canvas_home.png b/images/canvas_home.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9c6c74 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/canvas_home.png differ diff --git a/teach_online/example.md b/teach_online/example.md index 9843d4d..0793482 100644 --- a/teach_online/example.md +++ b/teach_online/example.md @@ -239,7 +239,62 @@ but you can read about my exam similarity detection methods in the (niemas-example-course-canvas)= ## Gradebook: Canvas + I teach at the [University of California, San Diego (UCSD)](https://ucsd.edu), and UCSD uses [Canvas](https://www.instructure.com/canvas) -as its official[Learning Management System (LMS)](#content-delivery-lms). +as its official [Learning Management System (LMS)](#content-delivery-lms). +I'm not sure about the specifics of UCSD's policies regarding the use of Canvas, +but my department has recommended that instructors should use Canvas as a landing page for students: +when students enroll or waitlist in classes at UCSD, +they automatically get added to the course's Canvas page, +but there is no additional notification or communication to the instructor and student. +In order to address both matters +(the recommendation to use Canvas, +and the fact that Canvas is the only landing page newly-enrolled/waitlisted students can see), +I use my class's automatically-generated Canvas course to serve two purposes: + +1. The home page of the Canvas course points students to the Ed infrastructure via a self-enroll link ({numref}`canvas_home`) + * I disable all Canvas pages/features other than the home page and the "Grades" view +2. The Canvas "Grades" page serves as the official gradebook for the class, regardless of what students see on Ed ({numref}`canvas_grades`) + * This is to handle extensions/accommodations, grading corrections, etc. that may not perfectly align with the points shown on Ed + +```{figure} ../images/canvas_home.png +--- +name: canvas_home +--- +Canvas home page from an example *Advanced Data Structures* course. +``` + +```{figure} ../images/canvas_grades.png +--- +name: canvas_grades +--- +Canvas "Grades" view from an example *Advanced Data Structures* course. +``` + +(niemas-example-course-zoom)= +## Video Conferencing: Zoom + +I teach at the [University of California, San Diego (UCSD)](https://ucsd.edu), +and as was the case with most universities during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, +UCSD gave all instructors an institutional license to use [Zoom](https://zoom.us) for teaching, meetings, etc. +Even after in-person instruction at UCSD resumed, +all UCSD employees still have an institutional Zoom license, +so I continue to use it in my online teaching. +Even if UCSD didn't have an institutional Zoom license, +I would probably still use Zoom because it does everything I need it to do quite well: + +* I have a single recurring Zoom link for each course, which I have set to automatically record to the Zoom cloud + * I use the same Zoom link for all of my lectures as well as my TAs' Discussion sections for simplicity +* I like to use the (classic) Zoom whiteboard feature with a Wacom tablet to hand-draw/write during class + * This is absolutely critical for the live problem solving I like to do in my classes +* The screen sharing functionality works quite well, and I love that I can annotate directly on the shared content + * I also like that I can choose between sharing my entire screen vs. sharing just a specific window +* It has nice security features to prevent unwanted disruptions (e.g. password-protected meetings, waiting room, etc.) + +(niemas-example-course-youtube)= +## Video Distribution: YouTube + +As I mentioned in the [*Video Conferencing: Zoom*](#niemas-example-course-zoom) section, +I like to use Zoom's "automatically record to the Zoom cloud" feature to record my synchronous class sessions. TODO