Important Information for Teaching in Summer Accelerator
The following guides will help you set up your course in Canvas, prepare to meet in Zoom, and use helpful teaching tools to engage students.
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Logging in to Canvas
Returning Teachers
Use the following guide to copy your previous course into your new blank course shell. If you do not have access to your previous course, or you need special assistance, please contact us.
New Teachers
You will be provided with a course template in Canvas that you can use to get started building your course.
If you are new to Canvas, we recommend completing the interactive Canvas Orientation.
Then, we recommend the Canvas Getting Started Tutorials, especially the tutorials for:
If you need further assistance with developing your course in Canvas, this Canvas Style Guide may be helpful.
We have also created a new series of Canvas tutorial videos that allow you to follow along as you set up your courses in Canvas.
Feeling overwhelmed? Or just need some extra help? Contact Us.
Teaching more than one Accelerator Course
If you are teaching the same Accelerator course more than once, our instructional designer will only copy content into the first course for you. Once you have completed teaching the first session, the first course will automatically be copied into the future session’s course shell. This allows you to make changes as you teach that will be reflected in the future copies of the course.
If courses overlap, you may be given two copies of the course at the same time and you will need to ensure you make edits in both copies.
Helpful Guides
Canvas
Each of you should be provided an NCSSM account. Please use those credentials to login to Canvas.
After preparing your course, be sure to publish your course prior to the start date.
If you are new to Canvas, these guides are a good place to start:
Additional Canvas Help
Zoom Meetings
If you plan to use Zoom Meetings for synchronous sessions, this guide will help you schedule meetings in Canvas:
Online Teaching Tips
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