Note: If upon logging into Canvas, you do not see a shell for any of your courses, contact us!
2. Shell Combining Request
If you teach several sections of the same course, you may want to request that we combine them into ONE Canvas shell. You won’t have to update several shells. Section combining does not merge content, grades, or records from multiple shells. It only combines all the rosters into a master shell.
3. Canvas Lite
Upon logging into Canvas, you will see the Canvas Lite shell on your Dashboard. This lite self-paced (optional) courselet* includes the most essential information to get you started. You can ask questions of Canvas experts under the Q & A support forums.
*This is not a substitute for the certification that is required for teaching hybrid and fully online classes.
4. Quick-Start Videos on Canvas & Zoom
Byte-Sized Canvas
Excellent short videos that focus on wonderful features of Canvas. Even if you are a veteran Canvas user, you will learn from the pedagogical and technological tips that can be found in these videos to support your online course design.
Must-View Checklists
Additional Canvas User Guides
New Rich Content Editor
Articles
External Apps in Canvas
Let us know how we can help you with your online teaching experience at Delta! Contact us.
I thought my classes were pretty well organized and dialed in until I went through the POCR process. I was able to raise my online course to a much higher standard. The process is very structured and clear and for me it revealed several areas that needed improvement. The support team were all amazing and very well organized and more importantly, they understand how challenging it is to design a class while teaching. I would encourage every instructor who teaches online to consider the POCR process.
Moving my Eng 1B through POCR made me rethink every choice I make in my online teaching. Is this the most effective way to structure a lecture? Is this the most impactful and relatable assignment? Have I taken enough steps to ensure that no student gets lost? Looking at my class with fresh eyes has made my class more organized, accessible, and engaging for my students.
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic required faculty to become proficient at executing virtual instruction, I found the POCR process to be invaluable to my goal of designing effective hybrid and asynchronous courses that supported my students’ success. I frequently receive positive feedback from students describing their appreciation for varied elements of our courses spanning content presentation, interaction, assessment, and accessibility which I attribute largely to the professional development that I have received through the POCR process.
By going through the POCR review process, my class is more accessible, presentable, and organized. Students liked accessing this class which was organized and manageable.
