Difference between revisions of "Selecting Academic Technologies"

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<p> Faculty may select a primary web technology for delivering instructional content for their offering. The current options are Canvas and/or Wordpress. </p>  
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<p> Faculty may self-select technology for delivering instructional content for their offering. Canvas is required for use by all curricular offerings, whereas Wordpress and Orca Fileshares are optional. </p>  
 
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===Self-select a primary technology for your offering:===
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=== To self-initiate Canvas and/or select an optional technology for your offering:===
 
Go to your My Evergreen page (at '''my.evergreen.edu)'''
 
Go to your My Evergreen page (at '''my.evergreen.edu)'''
 
# Under the “'''Faculty'''” section, click on "'''Academic Resources'''.” You should see a list of current and upcoming offerings.
 
# Under the “'''Faculty'''” section, click on "'''Academic Resources'''.” You should see a list of current and upcoming offerings.
# Click on the name of the offering you would like to make a selection for.
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# Click on the name of the offering you would like to initiate Canvas or make an optional tech selection for.
 
# Scroll down the list of options to "'''Web Technologies'''" and click the "'''Web Technology Selection"''' link to the right.
 
# Scroll down the list of options to "'''Web Technologies'''" and click the "'''Web Technology Selection"''' link to the right.
#At the next page, choose your "'''Primary Academic Technology"''' by clicking the button next to the name of the tool you would like to use.
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#At the next page, under the section, "Activate Canvas for your Offering," click on the arrow next to "Canvas" to view and choose the options to clone an existing Canvas site or create a site with a template or set to generate as a unstructured Canvas shell.
  
  
'''If you select Canvas,''' a site (or sites) should become available within one to two hours and can be accessed via direct link and Canvas Home at your my.evergreen page.
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'''After you've self-initiated Canvas,''' the site (or sites) should become available within one to two hours and can be accessed via direct link and "Canvas Home" at your my.evergreen page.
  
'''If you select WordPress and/or an Orca fileshare,''' these are manually-created and you will be contacted when they are made available.
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'''If you select WordPress,''' (sites.evergreen.edu) - sites are manually-created by curricular support staff and you will be contacted when the site is available.
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'''If you select Orca fileshare,''' these are auto-created when the offering becomes available for registration and students' Cubbies will populate as students register for your offering.
  
  

Revision as of 16:37, 29 June 2022


Faculty may self-select technology for delivering instructional content for their offering. Canvas is required for use by all curricular offerings, whereas Wordpress and Orca Fileshares are optional.

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To self-initiate Canvas and/or select an optional technology for your offering:

Go to your My Evergreen page (at my.evergreen.edu)

  1. Under the “Faculty” section, click on "Academic Resources.” You should see a list of current and upcoming offerings.
  2. Click on the name of the offering you would like to initiate Canvas or make an optional tech selection for.
  3. Scroll down the list of options to "Web Technologies" and click the "Web Technology Selection" link to the right.
  4. At the next page, under the section, "Activate Canvas for your Offering," click on the arrow next to "Canvas" to view and choose the options to clone an existing Canvas site or create a site with a template or set to generate as a unstructured Canvas shell.


After you've self-initiated Canvas, the site (or sites) should become available within one to two hours and can be accessed via direct link and "Canvas Home" at your my.evergreen page.

If you select WordPress, (sites.evergreen.edu) - sites are manually-created by curricular support staff and you will be contacted when the site is available.

If you select Orca fileshare, these are auto-created when the offering becomes available for registration and students' Cubbies will populate as students register for your offering.


If you have any questions or would like further assistance, please submit a support request at help.evergreen.edu.