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

• Home  

• Announcements  

• Course Syllabus  

• Modules  

• Grades  

• CircleIn  

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

• 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 

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".

Support Document(s):

Microsoft Bookings Quick Start

Edit  "Book Appointment" link by adding your Booking Page 

Must use modules in the following format: 

• 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  

• 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 must be the first item using the RPCC template asset 

• 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

The RPCC course template assists with accessibility, but it is vital to utilize the Panorama scanner for files and content throughout a course. All courses should meet the following four requirements to meet ADA compliance and before being published to students:  

• Course accessibility score in Panorama dashboard should be 85% or higher  

• All accessibility issues labeled SEVERE and MAJOR in Panorama should be resolved  

• Plan of action to address issues labeled MINOR in Panorama 

In addition, all links made available to students throughout the semester must be in proper working order, checked using the Canvas Course Link Validation tool. 

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

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

  • While only full-time faculty are required to use Bookings, adjunct must still use Teams for audio or video meetings 

• 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 

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.  

For 16-week courses: 

• A course announcement consistently on the same day of each week OR direct instruction  

  • Direct instruction cannot happen in async online per federal definition

• More than one assessment method every two weeks  

  • One must be a native Canvas tool: Discussions, Assignments, or New/Classic Quizzes

• Feedback once every two weeks using a detailed rubric/text/audio/video commentary in SpeedGrader OR meaningful Discussion reply

• Communication via Inbox with students who have not had a participation within the last two weeks 

  • "Message Students Who" feature uses Inbox and  meets this component of RSI

For 8-week courses: 

• A course announcement  consistently on the same day of each week OR direct instruction 

  • Direct instruction cannot happen in async online per federal definition

• More than one assessment method per week  

  • One must be a native Canvas tool: Discussions, Assignments, or New/Classic Quizzes

• Feedback once a week using a detailed rubric/text/audio/video commentary in SpeedGrader OR meaningful Discussion reply 

• Communication via Inbox with students who have not had a participation within the last week 

  • "Message Students Who" feature uses Inbox and  meets this component of RSI

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. 

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 New 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 completed  at least one participation in Canvas as identified in the New Analytics tool by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.*

• Hybrid

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

*Students that add the class  after the last meeting date before the "Show/No Show" period has ended  is only required to have the one participation in Canvas.

At the end of the course for "late 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 New Analytics tool by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.

• Sync Online

  • Date of last online meeting attendance or participation  in Canvas as identified in the New Analytics tool (whichever is later in the semester) by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.

• Hybrid

  • Date of last in-person meeting attendance or participation  in Canvas as identified in the New Analytics tool (whichever is later in the semester)  by the time of  the "Show/No Show" period has concluded.