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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.

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