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         <td width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Executive Council</div></td>
         <td width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Curriculum Committee<br />Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee<br />PhD Affairs Committee</div></td>
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                 <td>Revised: January 2008<br />Revised: [[CON Blackboard Style Sheet version December 2012|December 2012]]<br />Revised: May 2022</td>
                 <td>Revised: January 2008<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12956|December 2012]]<br />Revised: May 2022 ([[Special:Diff/12956/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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===Purpose===
===Purpose===
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">UNMC uses Canvas as a Learning Management System (LMS) to manage and deliver course content. </p>
===Policy===
===Policy===
<ol style="max-width:67em !important; margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;">
    <li>All College of Nursing (CON) courses will use Canvas to deliver course content. </li>
    <li>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). </li>
    <li>Minimum expectations for the site include the following items: <br /><br />Course Navigation Menu Buttons:<br />
          <ul  style="max-width:62em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">
              <li>'''Home'''</li>
              <li>'''Announcements'''</li>
              <li>'''Syllabus'''
                  <ul style="max-width:57em !important;"><li>''Includes dated listing of published assignments''</li></ul>
              </li>
              <li>'''Modules'''
                  <ul style="max-width:57em !important;">
                        <li>Course Information
                            <ul style="max-width:57em !important;"><li>Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form</li></ul>
                        </li>
                        <li>Weekly Modules
                            <ul style="max-width:57em !important;">
                                  <li>Content organized by week, units, or lesson. </li>
                                  <li>Include learning objectives, learning resources, and assignments. </li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                  </ul>
              </li>
              <li>'''Grades'''</li>
              <li>'''Library'''
                  <ul style="max-width:57em !important;"><li>Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library</li></ul>
              </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ol>
===Procedure===
===Procedure===
<ol style="list-style-type: upper-alpha;">
<ol style="max-width:67em !important; margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;">
<li  style="margin-bottom:15px;">General Information
    <li>The CON Instructional Technologist team will create Canvas sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the [https://unmc.instructure.com/courses/479 Example Template on Canvas]. </li>
<ul>
    <li>Faculty will update the site with the current semester’s information, resources, assignments, etc. </li>
<li>Syllabus, Addendum, and Schedules are to be in MS Word or PDF format</li>
    <li>Syllabi and addenda (policy and/or division specific) are loaded into the site by the office associate. </li>
<li>If more than one schedule is needed, label appropriately (e.g. Class Schedule, Clinical Schedule)</li>
    <li>Faculty open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.</li>
<li>Weekly activities (e.g. Week 1, Week 2, etc.) may contain documents in various formats</li>
<li>[https://mycon.unmc.edu/webapps/blackboard/execute/courseMain?course_id=_1065_1 Example Template on Blackboard]</li>
<li>Also see:  [http://webmedia.unmc.edu/nursing/nrsg123/doc/guidelines_for_blackboard_use_and_support.pdf Blackboard Use and Support Guidelines]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li  style="margin-bottom:15px;">Navigation Buttons:
<ul>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Announcements''' – ([https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13/Instructor/060_Course_Tools/Announcements instructions])</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Instructors''' – ([https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13/Instructor/060_Course_Tools/Contacts instructions])</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Course Information''' –
<ul>
<li>Syllabus (single document)</li>
<li>Addendum (single document)</li>
<li>Schedules (one or more documents for each schedule such as Class, Clinical, Lab, etc.)</li>
<li>Tools/Forms (forms used throughout semester)</li>
<li>Recorded Class Videos (Optional)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Clinical Information''' – (Optional)
<ul>
<li>For clinical information used throughout the term.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Weekly Activities''' – Contains information specific to all activities of a given week such as:
<ul>
<li>Weekly learning objectives</li>
<li>Weekly handouts/resources</li>
<li>Links to external websites</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Projects''' – Assignments that span multiple weeks and do not fit into specific weekly folders:
<ul>
<li>Presentations</li>
<li>Large projects</li>
<li>Portfolios</li>
<li>Papers</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Exams/Quizzes''' – (Optional)
<ul>
<li>Exam information (one or more documents)</li>
<li>Self assessment exams</li>
<li>Tests/quizzes/surveys deployed via Blackboard test manager</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Communication''' – (Optional)
<ul>
<li>Discussion forum(s),</li>
<li>Wikis, Blogs, Journals,</li>
<li>Email,</li>
<li>Web Conferencing,</li>
<li>Codian IP-video, etc.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Tools''' –
<ul>
<li>My Grades</li>
<li>Course Evaluations</li>
<li>Other course tools provided by Blackboard</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Library''' – (Optional)
<ul>
<li>Links directly to McGoogan Portal for Nursing</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">'''Technology Help''' –
<ul>
<li>Links directly to Technology Support page</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
</ol>

Latest revision as of 12:56, June 28, 2023

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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:
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee
PhD Affairs Committee
Revised: January 2008
Revised: December 2012
Revised: May 2022 (changes)
Related documents:
 


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:

    Course Navigation Menu Buttons:
    • Home
    • Announcements
    • Syllabus
      • Includes dated listing of published assignments
    • Modules
      • Course Information
        • Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form
      • Weekly Modules
        • Content organized by week, units, or lesson.
        • Include learning objectives, learning resources, and assignments.
    • Grades
    • Library
      • Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library

Procedure

  1. The CON Instructional Technologist team will create Canvas sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the Example Template on Canvas.
  2. Faculty will update the site with the current semester’s information, resources, assignments, etc.
  3. Syllabi and addenda (policy and/or division specific) are loaded into the site by the office associate.
  4. Faculty open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.