Tools & Services for Faculty

Tools for Processing and Proctoring Exams in Canvas

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• When to use Quiz versus Assignments
• Basics on Classic Quizzes & New Quizzes in Canvas
• How to provide accommodations by adding time or attempts in Canvas
• Submit your quizzes to the Test Processing Center for help moving them to CanvasTranslate your paper quizzes to Canvas with Respondus 4.0
• Learn about Proctiorio, Mt. SAC's test proctoring tool in Canvas (and where to find more)

Making Videos in Canvas with Screencast-o-matic!

• Turn Screencast-o-matic on in your course menu (Settings > Navigation)
• Use our institutional license to easily create screencast or webcast videos in Canvas
• How to set up Screencast-o-matic in your class(es)
• Learn how easily you can make Screencast-o-matic videos accessible in Canvas
• Try out the easy new features in our Premier account
• Engage students with Video Assignments 

Turn Your Videos into Interactive Lessons with PlayPosit

Where is it? Access PlayPosit in the Rich Content Editor or in Assignment (in Details page, under Submission type, choose "External Tool" and find "PlayPosit"-it integrates to Gradebook)

• Upload videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or 3C Media to PlayPosit
• Learn how to make a "bulb" lesson with quizzing, annotation, or reflection questions
• Get Analytics on how your students are using the videos in your course(s)

• Join the Faculty Accessibility Center in Canvas this "course" will help you identify the main aspects of accessibility and implement them in your materials. Includes information about the accessibility checker in Canvas, UDOIT.
• Faculty Resources in ACCESS (Accessibility Resource Centers for Students, formerly DSPS): This includes info about accommodations for students, ACCESS support for classroom presentations, and information about the facilitated professional learning course taught by Grace Hanson, "Accommodating Students with Disabilities in the Classroom."
• Mt. SAC Accessibility Resources this web page hosted by Mt. SAC IT will help you make web pages and documents accessible. Also, find a service to review your documents for accessibility and offer feedback on accessibility at Mt. SAC.

• Video Captioning Services Free captioning services available to Mt. SAC faculty for any video used for instruction. You can find captioning services in the Help menu within our global navigation in Canvas.
• NEW! AccessibilityOz Document Remediation Service for Mt. SAC faculty. Submit your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files to be made accessible. Files must be instructor created; no publisher content, copyrighted content, or other external sources. This service is not a verification tool; if you have already attempted to make your content accessible, ask FCLT staff about other tools to accomplish a verification check.

• UDL Guidelines "a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn"
• UDL Center "a hub for researchers, educators, innovators, and learners around the world to share resources, spread new ideas, and cultivate a dynamic, effective UDL field"
• UDL-Universe A Comprehensive Universal Design for Learning Faculty Development Guide 

• Accessify tools and wizards to help with accessibility issues 
• Section 508 Refresh Learn how the 2018 updates to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act affect public colleges
• Web Accessibility Initiative how to make your web materials more accessible
• WAVE accessibility checker scans web pages for accessibility
• The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) in Special Education through Technology, Media, and Materials
• International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI) Index of ICDRI Disability Resources

ReadSpeaker reads pages in Canvas or on the Mt. SAC website for you! It will not (yet) read files and documents including within your Canvas course-- but keep an eye out for updates! The following documents and videos explain how to use ReadSpeaker.

• What Can ReadSpeaker Do For Students?
• ReadSpeaker Accessibility Keys
• ReadSpeaker info on the Mt. SAC website
• Video: 1-minute Overview of ReadSpeaker
• Video: ReadSpeaker Tour in 4 Minutes

Questions or comments about ReadSpeaker? Feel free to email FCLT (fclt@mtsac.edu) or contact the IT helpdesk at 909-274-4357 or helpdesk@mtsac.edu).

• OpenStax offers free (digital) or low-cost (print), faculty-developed, peer reviewed, high-quality OER textbooks
• MERLOT free OER rated and reviewed by California professors. 
• OER Commons find or build OER here.
• California Virtual Campus Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI) OER information and resources
• Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources "a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources"
• Open Education Consortium global network for the open education movement

• UDL Guidelines "a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn"
• UDL Center "a hub for researchers, educators, innovators, and learners around the world to share resources, spread new ideas, and cultivate a dynamic, effective UDL field"
• UDL-Universe A Comprehensive Universal Design for Learning Faculty Development Guide 

• U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index
• Stanford's Copyright and Fair Use Center 
• Fair Use Best Practices 
• Learn about Copyright on Youtube (video)
• Copyright Request Template

• Screencastomatic is a simple video recording tool that can capture your screen or webcam content, or both. Now integrated into Canvas! 
• ConferZoom Free Zoom-based web conferencing (available within and outside of Canvas)
• Video Captioning Services Free captioning services available to Mt. SAC faculty for any video used for instruction.
• Mt. SAC Video Library Did you know that our library has licensed and captioned video content that you can use in your courses? Find out more here. 
• Wikimedia Commons Over 50 million freely usable media files.

• Mt. SAC Library Image Resources links to multiple image sources
• Unsplash Free high-resolution photos submitted by users
• Pixabay This site offers free images and vectors to visually enhance your teaching materials.
• Creative Commons search Creative Commons licenses are an alternative to copyright and allow people to share their materials. Search materials that are available for use. 
• Pixlr This program is a web-based free photo editor that has received good reviews in educational emedia.
• New York Public Library Collection free photos from the public domain collection. 
• More free photos! a list of many more sites can be found here. 

Royalty-free music:

• Mt. SAC library Audio Resources links to multiple audio sources
• Open Music Library (OML)  
• Free Sound
• Libre music sharing community
• Incompetech
• Legal Music for Videos Creative Commons list of additional free music sources 

Information Forthcoming

We can work with your department to schedule a custom workshop. 

Email fclt@mtsac.edu or call (909) 274-5016 to coordinate a workshop.

Stop by with your question during our office hours:

Wednesdays and Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00 PM

6-262 (top of left stairwell on south side of building)

Make an appointment with one of our FCLT staff.

Instructional Designers: Michelle Newhart and Eva Figueroa

Computer Technician: Hugo Aguilera

Email fclt@mtsac.edu or call (909) 274-5016 to schedule an appointment.

We welcome walk-ins and can meet with you, our schedules permitting, M-Th 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.