Guides

The following guides are available for reference by faculty and staff:

Germanna Help Desk (Team Dynamix)

• Submitting a Service Ticket through Germanna Help Desk

Generative AI Resources

• AI Resources for Faculty

Canvas

• Canvas Guides: Instructor

• Canvas Guides: Student

• Canvas Guides: Video Walkthrough for Instructors

• Canvas Guides: Video Walkthrough for Students

• Canvas Guides: Canvas Studio

• Canvas Guides: Commons

• Canvas Guides: Mobile Applications

• Canvas - How to Export Quizzes into Question Banks

• Canvas - Integrating Google Assignments

• Canvas - Google Assignment Resources

Zoom

• Zoom Handout for Germanna

• Recommended settings for all meetings

• How to Setup Zoom Registration and Find Reports  Alternative Guide

• How to Turn on Live Zoom Captioning (Video)

• Enabling Zoom Live Captioning

• Best settings to secure your meeting

Preparing Courses for New Semester

• Course Preparation Tip Sheet

• Course Preparation Checklist

• How to Copy Courses

• How to Use the Link Validator

• Simple Syllabus

• How to Build a Course Schedule

• How to Set Up the Institutional Blueprint

• Ready Go Overview - Instructors

• Online Pre-Course Checklist

• How to Confirm Grading Set Up in Canvas

Google and Office365

• How to Access and use Google Drive

• How to Use Google Sheets

• How to Access Office365 and OneDrive

• How to use Excel Collaboratively

• How to use Google Chat with VCCS Students

• Integrating Google Assignments and Canvas

• How to set up a Personal Bookings Page (Recording, Slides)

Navigate

• Navigate Overview of Professor Home (Adjunct)

• How to Record Attendance in Navigate for Online Courses

Instructional Requests

• How to Create Daily Journal Assignments in Canvas

• How to Access Data Dashboards in Germanna Central

• Understanding Course Modalities Flyer

• Stafford Center HyFlex Classroom Operation

• Completing the Never Attended Census (outside of Navigate)

SIS

• Entering Grades into SIS and Grade Change

• Sync Grades from Canvas to SIS

• Submit new Grade Change Form

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