Course Syllabus

Spring2016Syllabus(2).docx

Canvas Learning Management System eCertification (Basic)

Course Dates: March 21st, 2016 - May 1st, 2016

Course Instructors: Dale Drees, Kendi Judy, and Gary Baker        

Office Location & Number: Bradenton Campus Building 6, Room 140

Office Hours: Specific times by appointment and as arranged

Instructor Telephone: Dale Drees 941-752-5345, Kendi Judy 941-752-5437, and Gary Baker 941-752-5431

Instructor Email Address:  Dale Drees- dreesd@scf.edu, Kendi Judy judyk@scf.edu, and Gary Baker bakerg@scf.edu

Course Description: 

This course is required by to be eligible to teach a technologically enhanced, blended, or fully online course. This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to properly administer and teach your technologically enhanced, blended, or fully online course. You will need to provide an existing course shell for your assigned course. If you do not have a course shell, you will need to obtain one from your department for the final course review project. 

Course Performance Standards:

This course will accomplish three specific objectives in approximately the following percentages:

Performance  Standards	%
Familiarize you with the basic functionality of the Canvas Learning Management Systems (LMS) tools and operations.	50
Provide theoretical background and practical techniques important in the online classroom.	35
Detail requirements for online instruction and reporting at the course level for the   online class.	15
Total Percentage	100

Text and Materials:

There are no required text books for this course.  Required readings for each module are available for download and will be provided in the individual course modules.

Recommended Reading:

Each Module will provide recommend reading material. 

Attendance Policy:

Each instructional module has specific due dates for assignments provided in the individual assessments. Attendance for this course, and for each module is considered to be completion of the course assessments (forums,quizzes, and assignments) by the due date. Each assessment has a due date provided which is accessible via the Syllabus page or the course modules.  

Grading Policy: 

As an eligibility course for online learning, this course follows general practices expected for all SCF online courses. To receive a certificate of completion you will need to obtain a grade of “B”.

The following grading scale will be used in this course:

Grade	Percentage
A	90-100%
B	80-89 %
C	70-79 %
D	60- 69%
F	0-59%

Email:  

As an online course, students are required to communicate with their instructor using the Canvas Inbox, located on the left-hand side under the Calendar icon. Please use the Inbox if communicating about class materials, assignments, or other course related questions. Any administrative, enrollment, or other questions should use official SCF email address.

Withdrawal Policy:

In accordance with the State College of Florida policy as stated in the college catalog, students may withdraw from any course or all courses without academic penalty of a W/F by the withdrawal deadline as listed in the State College of Florida academic calendar. The student must take responsibility for initiating the withdrawal procedure. Students are strongly encouraged to talk with their instructors first before taking any withdrawal action. In addition, students should note that faculty may also withdraw students for violating policies, procedures, or conditions of the class, as outlined in individual class syllabi, and such action could affect financial aid eligibility.

Statement of Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is the use of ideas, facts, opinions, illustrative material, data, direct or indirect wording of another scholar and/or writer—professional or student—without giving proper credit. Expulsion, suspension, or any lesser penalty may be imposed for plagiarism.

Standards of Conduct:

Students are expected to abide by all SCF Student Handbook guidelines.

Late Work:

Weekly assignments are due on Sunday evenings by 11:59 pm. With the exception of discussions, you will be allowed up to one additional week to complete the assignment. Any assignment that is submitted late will lose 10% of the grade.  

Course Calendar & Schedule Overview:

Week 1: Getting Started & Getting to Know Canvas

Week 2: Accessibility

Week 3: Course Construction Phase 1

Week 4: Course Construction Phase 2

Week 5 - 6: Wrap up, Catch up and Final Review

Course Assignment Schedule:

You can also click on the  Modules tab on the left hand side navigation and quickly see all these assignments inside of the weekly modules.

Course Assignment	Due Date	Total Points Possible
1 - DB - Introduce Yourself -	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	100
1 - Faculty Forum (The First Week)	Mar 23 by 11:59pm	100
1 - Accessibility Quiz	Apr 3 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Analytics Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Canvas on the Go Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Canvas Rubrics Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Customizing Canvas Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Gradebook Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Modules & Assignments Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	20
1 - Quizzes & Discussion Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	20
1 - Setting up a Canvas Course Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Speedgrader Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
1 - Syllabus Quiz	Mar 27 by 11:59pm	10
2 - Faculty Forum (Building in Accessibility)	Mar 30 by 11:59pm	100
2 - Accessibility Assignment Part 1	Apr 3 by 11:59pm	200
2 - Accessibility Assignment Part 2	Apr 3 by 11:59pm	100
3 - Faculty Forum (The Importance of Differentiated Syllabi in the Online Class)	Apr 6 by 11:59pm	100
3 - Course Construction Phase 1	Apr 10 by 11:59pm	200
4 - Faculty Forum (The Importance of your Gradebook)	Apr 13 by 11:59pm	100
4 - Course Construction Phase 2	Apr 17 by 11:59pm	300
Final Project Course Review	May1 by 11:59pm	355
End of Course Survey	May1 by 11:59pm	0

Assignments and Weights:

Your final course grade will reflect assessment of the following assignments weighted accordingly:

Assignments	Weighted %
Quizzes	5%
Discussions	15%
Course Construction Assignments	20%
Accessibility Assignments	30%
Final Project - Course Review	30%
Total	100%

Technical Support:

All faculty, and students have access to 24/7 support via phone, chat, and email directly within Canvas using the Help button. To access technical support for this course, please use the Help button located in the bottom left corner of the side bar on every Canvas page.

If you need support from SCF’s Instructional Technology Service Help Desk:

• Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 7a.m.-7p.m., Fri.,7a.m.-5p.m.
• Phone: 941-752-5357
• Email: helprequest@scf.edu
• Create a Help Ticket: A help ticket allows you to submit a detailed explanation of your particular concern. Help tickets create a record for the ITS Help Desk, and trigger an investigation of your individual issue. Help tickets provide you with an Incident Tracking Number that you can use for reference. Be sure to include your contact information, computer type (MAC or PC), which browser you are using and any other information that can help them help you.

Logging in to Canvas:

There are two ways to access the LMS. The first is by logging into SCFconnect and the other is logging into Canvas directly at scf.instructure.com. Faculty and staff log in using their username and email password.

Netiquette:

Netiquette is exactly what it sounds like - etiquette for the internet. Good internet etiquette (netiquette) is being courteous to others online to make the internet a fun experience for everyone. (Instructor Note: as an online instructor, you may choose to specify a list or provide a reference for this topic- but since it is covered in your lessons, we have chosen to omit it here for fear of giving out the answers.)

Additional information:  

This course is a required part of a series or SCF eCertification training that will qualify you to teach online.This course does require that you begin the course with material to populate your online course shell that is provided by your department chair. If they have not identified any specific material for you by the start of the course please contact Gary Baker, Director, SCF Online at bakerg@scf.edu or 65431.

This course is designed and written following principles that are typically considered best practices for online learning. For the purposes of the course, you are considered to be actual students in the course, and are obligated to follow the course schedule, assignment due dates, and other aspects of being the online student. While part of this course is the completion of the required assignments and exercises, it is equally important that you understand you are also being evaluated on your ability to access course materials on a regular basis as any other online student.  If you are unable to follow a weekly schedule of assignments and regularly access the course as in training for teaching online, it is a reasonable assumption that you would also be unable to do so as a course instructor, and this information will be made available at the end of the course to your department chair.  

As in any other course, the course policies will be followed throughout the course.  Successful completion of this course provides you with the knowledge and skills required to properly administer and teach a technologically enhanced course, blended course, or fully online course provided an existing course shell for your assigned course is available from your department, but does not imply any guarantee of any online teaching assignment at SCF. 

Disability Resource Center Information:

SCF has a Disability Resource Center (DRC) to assist students.  To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact the DRC at 941-752-5295 in Bradenton or 941-408-1448 in Venice, or by email at DRC@scf.edu. If you have already requested academic   accommodations through the DRC for this course please meet with one of the instructors to discuss your specific needs.

Department Chair information: 

If you have any issues in this course that are not addressed to your satisfaction, please contact Gary Baker,Director, SCF Online at bakerg@scf.edu or 65431.