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         <td width="60%"><big>'''Learning Management System'''</big></td>
         <td width="60%"><big>'''Learning Management System'''</big></td>
         <td width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''4.3.1'''</big></td>
         <td width="40%"><big>'''Policy:''' '''1401 (4.3.1)'''</big></td>
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         <td width="60%">Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies</td>
         <td width="60%">Faculty Policies - Course Preparation</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: November 2006</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: November 2006</td>
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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 Affairs Committee<br />Professional Graduate 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: [[Special:PermanentLink/13986|May 2022]] ([[Special:Diff/12956/13986|changes]])<br />Revised: October 2025  ([[Special:Diff/13986/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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     <td colspan="2" valign="top">Related documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">&nbsp;</div></td>
     <td colspan="2" valign="top">Related documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">[https://unmc.instructure.com/courses/479 Example Template]</div></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>
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">Establishes guidelines for systematically organizing content and navigation on the Learning Management System (LMS) for course delivery.</p>


===Policy===
==Policy==
<ul style="max-width:67em !important; margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;">
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Per UNMC requirements, all College of Nursing (CON) courses use Canvas as the learning management system to deliver course content. </li>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">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. For patient-sensitive data, only use UNMC-approved cloud storage solutions (Microsoft Office 365 and Enterprise Box). </li>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The CON Instructional Technologist team creates the LMS sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the example template on Canvas.</li>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Course coordinators update the site with the current semester's information, resources, assignments, etc.</li>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Syllabi are loaded into the site by the office associate or course coordinator. Course coordinators are responsible for loading the division-specific addendum if applicable.</li>
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Course coordinators must open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.</li>
   
    <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The course site must include the items listed below in this sequential order, starting with Home as the first item.<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 (Module Header)
                            <ul style="max-width:57em !important;">
                                  <li>Course, Syllabus, and Schedule (Canvas Page)
                                      <ul>
                                            <li>Syllabus Overview (Heading 2)
                                                <ul>
                                                      <li>''Include Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form''</li>
                                                </ul>
                                            </li>
                                            <li>Course Overview (Heading 2)</li>
                                      </ul>
                                  </li>
                                  <li>Course Instructor(s) (Canvas Page)
                                      <ul>
                                            <li>Instructor Profile (Heading 2)</li>
                                            <li>Instructor CV (optional) (Heading 2)</li>
                                            <li>Instructor Welcome (Heading 2)</li>
                                      </ul>
                                  </li>
                                  <li>Web Conferencing and Class Recordings (Canvas Page)
                                      <ul>
                                            <li>''Varies in courses''</li>
                                      </ul>
                                  </li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                        <li>Weekly Activities (Module Header)
                            <ul style="max-width:57em !important;">
                                  <li>Content organized by week.
                                      <ul>
                                            <li>Week # Title (Canvas Page)
                                                <ul>
                                                      <li>Overview (Heading 2)</li>
                                                      <li>Unit/Concept/Exemplar (Heading 2)</li>
                                                      <li>Objectives (Heading 2 or Heading 3)</li>
                                                      <li>Learning Resources (Heading 2 or Heading 3)</li>
                                                      <li>Assignments (Heading 2 or Heading 3)</li>
                                                </ul>
                                            </li>
                                      </ul>
                                  </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>
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        </ul>
    </li>
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<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>
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Home   Faculty Policies                    


UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Learning Management System Policy: 1401 (4.3.1)
Faculty Policies - Course Preparation Originating Date: November 2006
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Affairs Committee
Professional Graduate Affairs Committee
PhD Affairs Committee
Revised: January 2008
Revised: December 2012
Revised: May 2022 (changes)
Revised: October 2025 (changes)
Related documents:


Purpose

Establishes guidelines for systematically organizing content and navigation on the Learning Management System (LMS) for course delivery.

Policy

  • Per UNMC requirements, all College of Nursing (CON) courses use Canvas as the learning management system to deliver course content.
  • 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. For patient-sensitive data, only use UNMC-approved cloud storage solutions (Microsoft Office 365 and Enterprise Box).
  • The CON Instructional Technologist team creates the LMS sites for each course offered each semester following the guidance in the example template on Canvas.
  • Course coordinators update the site with the current semester's information, resources, assignments, etc.
  • Syllabi are loaded into the site by the office associate or course coordinator. Course coordinators are responsible for loading the division-specific addendum if applicable.
  • Course coordinators must open the site for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.
  • The course site must include the items listed below in this sequential order, starting with Home as the first item.
    • Home
    • Announcements
    • Syllabus
      • Includes dated listing of published assignments
    • Modules
      • Course Information (Module Header)
        • Course, Syllabus, and Schedule (Canvas Page)
          • Syllabus Overview (Heading 2)
            • Include Syllabus, Addendum, Schedules, Tools/Form
          • Course Overview (Heading 2)
        • Course Instructor(s) (Canvas Page)
          • Instructor Profile (Heading 2)
          • Instructor CV (optional) (Heading 2)
          • Instructor Welcome (Heading 2)
        • Web Conferencing and Class Recordings (Canvas Page)
          • Varies in courses
      • Weekly Activities (Module Header)
        • Content organized by week.
          • Week # Title (Canvas Page)
            • Overview (Heading 2)
            • Unit/Concept/Exemplar (Heading 2)
            • Objectives (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
            • Learning Resources (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
            • Assignments (Heading 2 or Heading 3)
    • Grades
    • Library
      • Default resource maintained by McGoogan Library


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