CASL Online
CASL Online proudly serves students who need more flexibility in arranging their courses or who may not be able to travel to campus. Courses are brought to you by the use of web-based technology, including a web-based classroom environment (CTools), web-based discussion forums, video or audio of faculty lectures linked with lecture slides and other multimedia material. All courses are taught by CASL faculty teaching within the same disciplines on campus.
Canvas LMS Migration and Training
UM-Dearborn has decided to adopt Canvas as the single learning management system (LMS) for the entire campus. We are now moving into the transition period. The CASL transition will start in the mid-summer, and early adopters should be able to use Canvas for their instructional activities as early as fall 2013 semester.
We plan to complete the transition period at the end of winter 2014 term. Starting summer 2014, we should all be using Canvas as our LMS, replacing CTools. CTools will be available during the transition year.
It’s also important to highlight that we are planning on using Canvas mainly for instructional activities. Other collaborative tools such as M+Box and M+Google Apps will be utilized for administrative tasks, promotion and tenure and project sites.
As the first step of the Canvas transition, a designated team of faculty and staff will be hosting “Canvas Days” which will include hands-on concurrent workshops and open lab support so that you can learn about Canvas LMS as well as migrating/creating your course content. These training sessions are open to staff as well and include Google+ and M+Box.
CANVAS DAYS - REGISTER FOR LUNCH SESSIONS ONLY: http://bit.ly/canvasdays
Canvas days will include drop-in hands-on concurrent workshops and open lab support, so that you can maximize your time spent learning Canvas and migrating your course content. Canvas Days will be from 10am to 3pm on the following days:
Mardigian Library
Tuesday, May 7
Wednesday, May 8
Wednesday, June 26
Thursday, June 27
Wednesday, August 21
Monday, August 26
Tuesday, August 27
Fairlane Center
Thursday, May 9
Tuesday, June 25
Thursday, August 22
Each Canvas Day will follow the same schedule, so you can customize your attendance based on your course goals and availability. We designed this schedule so that you could attend multiple sessions on the same day or attend different sessions throughout the summer. Registration is not required drop in sessions and room numbers are respective for the location (FCS or Mardigian Library).
OPEN LABS
You can drop-in and receive one-on-one assistance during open labs. Open labs, in addition to the times above during the Canvas Days, will be held from 10am to 4pm on the following days:
FCS 190
Tuesday, 7/16
Wednesday, 7/17
Tuesday, 8/6
Wednesday, 8/7
Tuesday, 9/3
Wednesday, 9/4
Thursday, 9/5
Mardigian Library Computer Lab
Tuesday, 7/16
Wednesday, 7/17
Tuesday, 8/6
Wednesday, 8/7