The navigation menu should have only information specific to the course enabled in settings for student view*:  

• Home  

• Announcements  

• Course Syllabus  

• Modules  

• Grades  

• VitalSource Course Materials, if relevant  (formerly "Bookstore")

• Panorama 1.3

• LTI/External Tools, if relevant  

*All other elements necessary for the institution will be included in the course syllabus OR are only viewable as an instructor in the navigation menu.

Optional:  "Search" can be anabled in the navigation menu, if helpful to you and students.

Support Document(s):

Import RPCC Template into your course

Manage Course Navigation in Canvas

Edit the RPCC template homepage (do not use another home page) 

• • Edit the subject/number

  • course name

  • instructor name

  • meeting/class format,

In addition, the instructor may add “Book Appointment” (office hours) with Booking Page link as a tab between "Start or Continue" and "Contact Instructor", but it is not required to be present. 

Support Document(s):

Microsoft Bookings Quick Start

Edit  "Book Appointment" link by adding your Booking Page 

Must use modules in the following format: 

1. 1. 1. Introduction Module  

         • Keep the name as “Course Introduction” or similar terminology  

         • Edit the existing RPCC template assets built with the RPCC template WITHOUT adding more assets  

      2. Remaining Modules  

• There should be no modules as repositories 

• Define modules into predictable chunks (i.e., weeks or unit) 

• Avoid using long module names 

• Module overview or similar must be the first asset item in the module

• Pre-requisites and Requirements settings  

• Minimum pre-requisite for all modules should be set for intro module to be completed prior to other modules being available 

• Minimum requirement for all modules is set for all module items to be viewed  

Support Document(s):

Edit a Module

Add a Module

Add a Page, Quiz, or other  Asset to a Module

Rich Content Editor in Pages, Discussions, and Quizzes

Copy a Page

Prerequisites

Requirements

1. All required areas of the syllabus tool must be completed  per syllabus tool content block instructions

2. Full-time faculty are required to use Bookings and provide the link in the Office Hours syllabus block *

3. Course Level Outcomes (CLO) should be listed in the digital syllabus tool under "Alignment of Outcomes & Objectives" with alignment from Module Level Objectives (MLO) and their related activities and/or assessments 

*While only full-time faculty are required to use Bookings, adjunct must still use Teams if they schedule an audio or video meeting with a student.

Support Document(s):

Getting to the New Syllabus Tool

Link to the Bookstore for Syllabus Editing

Syllabus Onboarding Webinar

Syllabus  Faculty Responsibility Cheat Sheet

Activate New Syllabus Tool in Canvas

Sample  in New Syllabus Tool

Setting service hours in Microsoft Bookings for Office Hours

In accordance with the Department of Education, guidance from higher education organizations (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies & NC-SARA), and consultation from RPCC faculty, the following is the guidance for Regular & Substantive Interaction for distance learning at RPCC.  Each instructor of a distance modality course will select, at minimum, one item from each tier prior to the start of the semester and note in their syllabus under "Additional Course Policies".

Tier 1- Minimum once a week (choose 1). Use of Canvas tools is required.

• Post a weekly announcement with guidance, clarification, or updates based on course progress or student needs

• Send targeted messages to non-participating or at-risk students

Tier 2- Minimum once every two weeks for 16-weeks, once a week for 8-weeks (choose 1). Use of Canvas tools is required. Activities must involve interaction with the class and not be limited to one, few, or small group of students.

• Provide detailed feedback (rubric, comment, audio, or video) beyond a grade specific to student performance and supports improvement, using Canvas SpeedGrader for Canvas Assignments, Canvas Quizzes, or graded LTI/SCORM activities

• Facilitate an academic discussion (probing, redirecting, synthesizing ideas) via a Canvas Discussion

• Conduct a synchronous lesson/review/study session aligned to course content via Teams with recording & transcript enabled for each session

Support Document(s):

Microsoft Teams Meetings

Using the Canvas Inbox

Assignments 

Discussions

Classic Quizzes

New Quizzes

Rubrics

SpeedGrader

Comment Library

As an instructor at RPCC, it is a requirement to keep records of attendance  to report census data and "last date attended" in the Student Information System (SIS), Banner.   Specifically for async, sync,  & hybrid, those data points must be  specifically defined and reported during the timeframe established by the registrar.  The use of Course Analytics in Canvas  may need to be validated with student submissions in the grade book .

At the start of the semester for census data

• Async Online

  • A student must have at least one participation in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.

• Sync Online

  • A student must have attended at least one online meeting and/or completed  at least one participation in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.

• Hybrid

  • A student must have attended at least one meeting and/or completed  at least one participation in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded. 

At the end of the course for "last date attended"

Students that earn a grade of "F" in async, sync (online), and hybrid courses must have their "last date attended" reported along with the final grade.  

• Async Online

  • Date of last participation  in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool 

• Sync Online

  • Date of last online meeting attendance or participation  in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool (whichever is later in the semester) 

• Hybrid

  • Date of last in-person meeting attendance or participation  in Canvas as identified in the Course Analytics tool (whichever is later in the semester)