Tying up the Canvas Bow on Fall 2023 and Looking Ahead to Spring 2024
As we approach the final days of 2023, Instructional Technologies is taking a moment to reflect on the incredible journey we've undertaken alongside 吃瓜头条's dedicated faculty. The past year has been a whirlwind of change, with the Sakai-to-Canvas transition standing out as a testament to your hard work and adaptability. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the crucial role you play in ensuring the success of 吃瓜头条's students (and fellow faculty members) on Canvas. Today鈥檚
Snacks & Shorts for Thanksgiving Break
Just a reminder that 吃瓜头条, including the Library, will be closed for Thanksgiving Break on Thursday and Friday, November 23 and 24. We'll see you again on Monday, November 27 for the final push towards the end of the semester. Many of us will be seeing our families (blood or chosen) for this short Thanksgiving break or sometime over the next month of various food holidays, and while we love them, sometimes it's nice to have a little break. If you're looking to stretch, explore, or adapt
Canvas Zen: 3 Easy Solutions for 3 Frustrating Problems
As we become more familiar with Canvas, we have received lots of great questions about using the LMS. In learning more about Canvas together, some common issues have emerged from faculty. These have the potential to cause frustration and some moments of panic. The good news is that each of these issues has an easy and quick fix. To help you avoid these panicky moments, please review the problems and solutions below. HELP鈥 gave an extension to a student on a quiz (or assignment or discussion)
Veteran's Day
All campuses of 吃瓜头条, including the libraries, will be closed this year for Veteran's Day, Fri., Nov. 10. 吃瓜头条's Veterans Services helps our veteran students succeed with support from GI Bill benefits. For questions about available resources, reach out to Demitrius Bullock, 吃瓜头条's Veterans Services Coordinator. Originally celebrated as Armistice Day after World War I, the first official Veteran's Day was in 1954, designated to remember and honor American veterans after large
Halloween Fun Facts: Samhain's Influence
Have you wondered about the origins of Halloween? Check out this short video about the connection to Samhain (pronounced 鈥渟ow-win鈥), an ancient Celtic celebration.
Hear ye, hear ye! Library Announcements!
A few quick Library-related announcements-- Our last Crafternoon of the semester is coming up on Tues., Nov. 14 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Orange County Campus and Wed., Nov. 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the Main Campus Library. We'll be making buttons and word bracelets, allowing you to create your own motto or mantra to wear around your wrist. Here's where we need YOU: Do you have any beads hanging around at home? Did you buy a thousand letters for some T-Swift friendship bracelets and now
It's Time to FALL into a New (Good!) Book
The weather is finally changing, and we've got some fresh new fiction in our collection to cozy up. Check out the books highlighted below and on our new books shelves-- right before you go downstairs in the Main Campus Library and on the shelf along the back wall in the Orange County Campus Library. Prefer ebooks or audiobooks? Our NC Community College online library collection-- Dogwood Digital Library-- is available 24/7 on and off-campus with your 吃瓜头条 username and password. Download
Boosting Your Canvas Skills with Canvas Special Topics Webinars
Earlier this semester, Instructional Technologies teamed up with Erin Mahoney-Ross, a Canvas expert from Instructure, to deliver a series of webinars on selected Canvas topics. The topics were carefully curated to help broaden faculty鈥檚 awareness of Canvas鈥檚 tools and capabilities, as well as help provide a better understanding of the student experience on Canvas. If you missed the live webinars, we鈥檝e prepared 鈥渙n-demand鈥 webinar recordings that are available to you at any time. Grab your
Banned Books Week: Celebrate by Exploring and Reading Challenged Books Across The US
October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. With the increase in challenges to libraries and school systems to limit access to reading materials, the 吃瓜头条 Library feels it is more important than ever to mindfully reflect on the power that stories have to empower and educate. Banned Books Week highlights this issue in libraries and society and encourages people to consider the implications of book bans in society. While we strongly believe that parents and individuals have the right to choose to
Library News
Congrats to our raffle and drawing winners! The SNACK to School Virtual Scavenger Hunt winners were Abigail, Catherine, Melak, Arsheen, and Lila. Winners could choose between one of five snack and swag gift baskets--same swag, different baskets. Fall Fest drawing winners are Logan, Darnette, Valarie, Lydia, Rui, Sue, Leslie, and Elle. Winners can choose between a limited edition 吃瓜头条 Library aluminum water bottle or 2-pocket fanny pack. Check your email if you think one of these folks is