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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Learning Management System	Subsection: 4.3.1
Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies	Originating Date: November 2006
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Executive Council	Revised: January 2008 Revised: December 2012 Revised: May 2022
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Purpose

UNMC uses Canvas as a Learning Management System (LMS) to manage and deliver course content.

Policy

1. All College of Nursing (CON) courses will use Canvas to deliver course content.
2. Protected Health Information (PHI) about patients/clients is not permitted in Canvas (including dates of service, except year) since the LMS is not Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Approved cloud storage solutions for UNMC for patient sensitive data are Microsoft Office 365 and Box (research).
3. Minimum expectations for the site include the following items:

Procedure

1. General Information
   • Syllabus, Addendum, and Schedules are to be in MS Word or PDF format
   • If more than one schedule is needed, label appropriately (e.g. Class Schedule, Clinical Schedule)
   • Weekly activities (e.g. Week 1, Week 2, etc.) may contain documents in various formats
   • Example Template on Blackboard
   • Also see: Blackboard Use and Support Guidelines
2. Navigation Buttons:
   • Announcements – (instructions)
   • Instructors – (instructions)
   • Course Information –
     • Syllabus (single document)
     • Addendum (single document)
     • Schedules (one or more documents for each schedule such as Class, Clinical, Lab, etc.)
     • Tools/Forms (forms used throughout semester)
     • Recorded Class Videos (Optional)
   • Clinical Information – (Optional)
     • For clinical information used throughout the term.
   • Weekly Activities – Contains information specific to all activities of a given week such as:
     • Weekly learning objectives
     • Weekly handouts/resources
     • Links to external websites
   • Projects – Assignments that span multiple weeks and do not fit into specific weekly folders:
     • Presentations
     • Large projects
     • Portfolios
     • Papers
   • Exams/Quizzes – (Optional)
     • Exam information (one or more documents)
     • Self assessment exams
     • Tests/quizzes/surveys deployed via Blackboard test manager
   • Communication – (Optional)
     • Discussion forum(s),
     • Wikis, Blogs, Journals,
     • Email,
     • Web Conferencing,
     • Codian IP-video, etc.
   • Tools –
     • My Grades
     • Course Evaluations
     • Other course tools provided by Blackboard
   • Library – (Optional)
     • Links directly to McGoogan Portal for Nursing
   • Technology Help –
     • Links directly to Technology Support page