Instructor Support

Instructors,

As you rest up and take that much needed vacation time, you may start contemplating what's new for your courses this Fall. I've rolled out the term's courses a little early to ensure there's time to finesse and adjust content. Your Fall 2021 courses are now available to you in Moodle.

➡️  To help you close out a previous course or to open an upcoming course you can follow our recommended Moodle course Start of Term and End of Term procedures.

Reminder: You will either need to click on the "Hidden Courses" link or search for your class using the CRN# to locate your hidden Fall courses. Over the next several weeks, department administrators will continue to assign and adjust course workload. If you don't see your course listed, please be sure you are assigned as the instructor of record before contacting the ATC. Student enrollments will be added one week prior to the beginning of the term. 

Enjoy the sunshine, ice cream cones, day dreams, or whatever self-care summer plans you choose to indulge in. 

-Josh
LMS Admin

Have You Submitted Your Fall Metacourse Request(s)?
A Metacourse allows you to combine enrollments from multiple course sections into a single Moodle shell — reducing the need to duplicate resources, activities, etc. in multiple sections. If you would like a Metacourse, use our meta course request form or contact the ATC (atc@lanecc.edu) for assistance.

⭐  Reminder: Linkedin Learning Content is Available to Include Within Your Course. 

LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that has over 5,000 courses covering a variety of topics. LCC is providing instructor and student licenses to access this content at no additional cost. Linkedin Learning is a great for:

• Instructors who wish to provide quality training resources to students who are struggling on a particular skill or topic (i.e. google docs, zoom, moodle, excel, copyright, creating a schedule...and much more!).
• Instructors who wish to utilize specific Linkedin Learning courses as a substitution for textbooks or instructor created resources.

➡️  Preview the catalog's content by visiting: linkedin.com/learning or view a tutorial on how to pull Linkedin Learning content into your Moodle course.

 🗒️  Subscribing (Opt-in) to General Forums In Your Course(s)

With the exception of News and Announcement forums, users making posts in Moodle forums no longer receive a copy of their post or reply via email without specifically choosing to opt-in/subscribe (change implemented summer term 2021). This includes instructor or student replies to posts, student replies in Q&A forums, open forums, and/or any general discussion forum. 

To be clear: All course participants will continue to be "force subscribed" and receive individually emailed copies of posts/messages made by instructors in a News and Announcements forum, Unread Moodle Message, or via the QuickMail block. 

If you (or a student) wishes to receive individual forum messages via email, you can still do so but it requires taking action (opt-in) by either ticking the “Discussion subscription” checkbox at the time a post is made or by using the subscribe options available when viewing the forum. 

The option to subscribe is available at the time of creating the forum post. This option may only appear for general Moodle forums if the student is using the “Advanced” reply option.


Subscription can also be set on a per-thread basis for general forums.

🤷  Can’t Seem to Locate Your Course in Moodle? 

We do our best to keep Moodle synced with instructor course assignments in Banner but occasionally, there may be a delay. If you don’t see your section listed, check the class schedule to ensure your department administrator has officially added you as the instructor of record. If they have, send a quick email to the ATC and we’ll ensure a course is created ASAP.

📅  Academic Technology Center (ATC) Summer Support Hours

Monday - Thursday 8am-5pm limited email support on Friday’s and weekends
Voicemail: 541-463-3377 | Email: atc@lanecc.edu

Virtual Drop in Hours, Join Live Online Help (via Zoom)
Monday - Thursday 10am - 2pm: ATC Virtual Support 10am-2pm
Or join Virtual Support by Phone: Dial: +1 346 248 7799 | Enter Meeting ID: 934 628 325

If you are no longer teaching at LaneCC and wish to be removed from this News & Announcements forum, email a removal request to moodleadmin@lanecc.edu