Working Together: Evolution of the Common Course Management System - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Working Together: Evolution of the Common Course Management System Amy Carbonaro, Program Manager, OEI Kait Jacobs, CSM, Instructure Cade Wilder, CSM Instructure

Online Education Initiative Goals • Increase the number of college associate degree graduates and transfers to four-year colleges • Improve retention and success of students enrolled in online courses • Increase the ability of our students to complete their educational goals. 2

Technology resources that maximize economies of System-wide scale System-wide resources for resources for developing students high quality courses OEI 3

How do we get there? By Streamlining Access with Technology ● Common Course Management System 4

Common Course Management System Selection • Common Course Management System Advisory Committee • Canvas overwhelmingly selected as the CCMS in February 2015 following a 10-month process • Contract signed June 30, 2015 5

Common Course Management System Advisory Committee ● The Who ● The What ● The When 6

Team OEI Communication ● Advocacy ● Best Practices ● OEICSM@instructure.com ● 7

Partnership between OEI and Instructure ● Yearly onsite meeting ● Weekly phone calls ● User’s Group- CanInnovate ● Product Workgroups ● Recurring Calls with Institutions ● Negotiated rates on auxiliary Instructure products ● Canvas Studio- Feedback and Beta Testing ● CCMS Committee 8

Canvas Involvement with CCMS Advisory Committee ● Product Managers attend meetings ● Work groups ○ Outcomes ○ Gradebook “The CCMS committee has been great to work with. Through ● their user stories, prioritization and our ongoing discussions, they have had an impact on how we are approaching Outcomes and the direction we are heading"- McCall Smith, Product Manager over Outcomes 9

New Features in Canvas per needs of California Community Colleges ● Etudes migration tool ● CCCID integration field ● Add people functionality 10

Third Party Integrations ● Ease of LTI integrations ● Partnership Team ● OEI partners currently in Canvas Tutoring: NetTutor ○ Online Readiness: Smarter Measure ○ Proctoring: Proctorio ○ Online Counseling: Cranium Café ○ Plagiarism Detection: Vericite ○ Accessibility Testing: Ally ( in pilot ) ○ 11

Product Engagement with Canvas ● Communication Plans ● Training and Workshop Best Practices ● Resources and Materials ● Feature Specific Adoption Plans 12

Looking Ahead ● Canvas Data Discussions ● Project Glue Integrations ● Gradebook Workgroup ● Continue relationship between Instructure Product Team and CCMS Committee 13

Product Strategy 14 14

https://community.canvaslms.com/ 15 15

How can you get involved and let YOUR voice be heard? ● CCC Canvas Community ● How to submit feature request ideas ● Role of CCMS Advisory Committee 16

Questions? Amy Carbonaro, acarbonaro@ccctechcenter.org Kait Jacobs and Cade Wilder, oeicsm@instructure.com 17