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Finals, Features, and Feedback - December 2024

Semester Wrap-Up

Finish Strong: End-of-Semester Checklist

As we close out the semester, here are a few important tasks to ensure a smooth finish:

Download Student Submissions: Save any necessary student work for your records.
Download the Gradebook: Keep a copy of your course grades for reference.
Export Your Course: Create a backup of your course content for future use.
Enter Missing Grades: Double-check Canvas for missing grades to ensure accuracy.
Submit Final Grades in SIS: Finalize and submit grades through the Student Information System (SIS) by the deadline.

Completing these steps helps organize your records and sets the stage for a fresh start next semester!

Download Student Submissions

If you share previous student work with future students (with their permission) or like to keep copies of their work, it would be best to bulk download those assignments before the course is concluded.

Follow the instructions on how to download all student submissions for an assignment.

Download the Gradebook

Consider downloading a copy of your grades to a .CSV file as a back-up...just in case!

Follow the instructions on how to download the gradebook.

Export your Course

If you don't teach a course every semester, you may wish to export a copy of your course so you won't lose access to the content.

Follow the instructions for how to export your course.

Enter Missing Grades

Review your gradebook and make sure you’ve entered all missing submissions. When grade cells are left ungraded (containing a dash), students with ungraded work see their final grade without any unsubmitted assignments factored in, which gives students an inaccurate view of their grades.

You can easily manage this by setting up a Missing Submission Policy, which lets you automatically apply a grade for all missing submissions in the Gradebook. When you initially enable it, it will show 100%. Change the grade as you wish, and then click Apply Settings.

Read the Canvas guide on how to apply a Missing Submission policy in the Gradebook.

Submit Final Grades

Once your students have reviewed their grades, you’ve downloaded the assignments you want to save, and have downloaded the Gradebook, you are ready to submit the final grade roster.

Review the SIS Faculty Center Basics QRG to help you submit your grades.

CTL Winter Hours

After the Fall 2024 semester finishes, we want all the faculty to know we are here for you!

Our office will be fully remote from December 16-20 and December 23. Please contact us at ctl-scc@scottsdalecc.edu, and we will gladly assist you remotely with any of your CTL needs.
We will be open our regular working hours starting January 2

Check out the CTL Website for any teaching tools and resources you may need.

Week of Accountability

We are excited to start the Spring Semester and want you to have the training you need on all of the educational technology software we have to offer. This includes:

~ Hypothesis for Awesome Annotation
~ Packback for Deeper Discussions
~ Mentimeter for Profound Presentations
~ ScreenPal for Vibrant Videos

We are also offering a workshop called:

Learning that Lasts: Designing Authentic Assessments for Real-World Impact.

Learn to create meaningful assessments that resonate beyond the classroom and encourage critical thinking, problem-solving, and skills directly applicable to students' future careers and life challenges. Explore methods to ensure that assessments not only measure knowledge but also the practical application of that knowledge.

You can register now for any of these Week of Accountability Faculty Learning Opportunities.