Canvas
JCOOL utilizes Canvas as the learning management system to deliver an engaging online environment to encourage “regular and substantive interaction” between students and instructors to create “innovative learning experiences.”
Canvas Dashboard View
The most effective way to enter Canvas is through the Jefferson College Website.
Once you log in to Canvas you will see your Canvas Dashboard, the example below shows the two different views that are possible in the Dashboard. NOTE: Be sure to also verify your jeffco email in Canvas by following these steps.
Recommended Browsers
To ensure you can work within Canvas as easily as possible, use these guidelines:
- Use Firefox or Chrome as your browser. Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
- While you may be able to access your course from a mobile device, some of the functionality of the course may be limited. It is recommended that you submit assignments and take tests from a desktop or laptop computer.
- Make sure you have a strong, reliable connection to the Internet when you are taking a test or submitting an assignment. If you keep disconnecting from the Internet, your work may not be saved.
Canvas Student Guide Table of Contents
To better understand how to submit assignments, post discussions, and take quizzes in Canvas, use the Canvas How-to Student Guide.
Mobile Devices
Good News, there is a Canvas Mobile App available.
Students are accustomed to using mobile devices like phones, and iPads to submit assignments. To make that easier, Canvas provides a mobile app. Check your mobile device online store to download the correct app for your mobile device. Once you download the app. Follow the example to install it on your mobile device and to enter the information required.
Online Course Quality
The quality of online courses at Jefferson College are equal to face-to-face formats and transfer to many institutions. To ensure that Online courses are delivered and designed to maintain the same quality as face-to-face course JCOOL supports AD’s and Faculty each semester as they choose specific online courses to review.
Online Course reviews are called Online Quality Assessments (OQA), the Online Quality Assessment reviews the design of online courses taught by full time faculty at Jefferson College. The OQA uses the 11 Online Quality Standards (OQS) as a reference guide. The OQA process aligns with the Institution Assessment Five Year Plan and includes a review team of a Self-Reviewer (SR), a subject matter expert (SME), and an additional Faculty.
