In This Email

• Quick Tip - In Course Faculty Support
  
• Final Grades Due May 2 - Import Final Grades Guide
• Video Tip - Zoom Breakout Rooms
• What's New with Webcourses@UCF
  
• UCF Keep Teaching - Mobile Design for Online Courses
• Kelvin's Corner - Prepare to Be Forever Changed

Watch the video on how to use breakout rooms in Zoom. Visit the Webcourses@UCF Support webpage to view other Zoom Guides.

New/Updated Features:

Notifications – Mute Notifications by Course

This change allows users to mute all notifications for a specific course. Course notifications are enabled by default. In the Course Notification Settings page, users can choose to disable notifications for the course.

Note: When course notifications are enabled, notification preferences must be configured in the Notification Preferences page. Granular course notification settings can be configured in a future release.

Assignments – Limited Submission Attempts

By default, assignments can be submitted an unlimited number of times. However, instructors can choose to limit the number of attempts a student can make for an assignment by using the Attempts menu. When an assignment is limited in attempts, students will see the number of attempts they’ve made as well as the number of allowed attempts.

Instructor View

Student View

Assignments – On-Time Submission Celebrations

Canvas generates a virtual celebration when students submit assignments on time. Celebrations take place in Canvas for on-time submissions, which include both an initial submission and any resubmissions for any file type before an assignment due date.

Gradebook – Assignment Header Menu SpeedGrader Link

Assignment menus in the Gradebook include a link to SpeedGrader. This change helps graders access SpeedGrader more easily. Each assignment menu in the Gradebook includes a link to SpeedGrader. When selected, SpeedGrader opens to the first student according to the filter set in the Gradebook.

For more updates, view the April 18, 2020 Canvas Release Notes.

During this period of remote instruction, Digital Divide issues are all the more important. Some students won’t have access to a computer and will only have access to a mobile device to complete coursework. As you prepare and build your course in Webcourses@UCF for this summer term, consider some of these design tips for mobile friendly content:

1. Chunk your content – organize your content into smaller, easily digested parts
2. Use the Modules tool to organize your pages
3. Review your course on a mobile device.

For additional tips, visit Mobile Design for Online Courses.

Visit the UCF Keep Teaching page for additional resources including information on support workshops, online video tutorials, and live-stream/recorded video sessions.

Do you find yourself working more, managing schedules that are much more hectic than before, and wondering when ‘normal’ will return? In today’s Kelvin’s Corner, we recommend you take a break and read “Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure” from The Chronicle of Higher Education.  It is a wise and sane perspective on the academic impact of COVID-19. Dr. Aisha Ahmad (University of Toronto), with firsthand experience in crises around the world, shares reflective advice for “other academics” adapting to hardship conditions. “Because calamity is a great teacher.”