UTHealth E-Learning

At UTHealth we always recommend that you be careful when installing extensions and plugins for your web browser. We have received a warning from our friends at Canvas  to let us know about a new Chrome extension,  OneClass , that behaves suspiciously. Here’s what they had to say: The “OneClass” Chrome extension behaves like malware. It can affect users of several LMSs, including Canvas. OneClass is not affiliated with Instructure in any way. When a user installs the OneClass Chrome extension, it asks for permission to “read and change all your data on websites you visit.” If a user grants this permission, the plugin places a button in the user’s LMS (Canvas or other) labeled “Invite your classmates to OneClass.” If the user clicks this button, OneClass sends messages to all of the other users enrolled in the course via the LMS’s messaging system (for Canvas, that’s Conversations). DO NOT install or use the OneClass Chrome extension!  Remove it immediately if you'

If an instructor wants to prevent a single student from accessing course material of a PAST course, the instructor can deactivate the student enrollment. If the course is current, have the Registrar withdraw the student instead; do NOT follow these instructions. To prevent ALL students from viewing content, unpublish the content. Directions From the course, go to "People" and find the student in question. Then, from the gear box, click "Deactivate user": The user will be flagged as "inactive". To reactivate the user, follow the same process, but click "Re-activate user". While the enrollment is inactive, the course will disappear from this student's course list.

"Concluding" a course means the instructor is declaring the course officially over. Courses can also conclude automatically, if the course's semester (term) has ended. How does an instructor conclude a course? In your course, choose Settings, then Conclude this Course What effect does it have to conclude a course? After a course is concluded, a Teacher: Can view but Cannot add or publish Announcements Can view but Cannot create or modify Assignments Can view but Cannot modify student grades Can view but Cannot upload or delete files. Can view but Cannot create, publish, or delete pages. Can view but Cannot modify enrollments Can view but Cannot modify course settings After a course is concluded, a Student: Can view Announcements Can view but cannot upload Assignments Can view grades Can view but Cannot edit pages. How can I unconclude a course? A course instructor cannot unconclude a course. This can only be done by an administrator. I don&