Set-up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) prior to your account MFA being enabled.
Setting-up MFA requires logging-in to your university email account. If you do not know your university email address password, see the steps to recover your account here.
MFA-Walkthrough-2.0Office of the Dean of Information Technology · Provost Division · dot@ciis.edu
Office of the Dean of Information Technology • Provost Division • dot@ciis.edu
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The MyCIIS website will be taken offline during the month of October 2022. Online Resources (information and services) previously accessible on MyCIIS have been moved to the CIIS Connect SharePoint and CIIS Self-Service website.
CIIS Connect SharePoint
https://ciisedu.sharepoint.com/sites/CIIS
CIIS SELF-SERVICE Website
https://ciis-ss.colleague.elluciancloud.com/Student/
Adopting textbooks, including informing students that no text is required, is important so students can be made aware of course preparation materials.
To adopt text, log-in to the University’s online bookstore with your @ciis.edu email address and email password:
Once logged-in, select a course and follow the steps below to adopt:
After completing the steps below to set-up your CIIS university email address, see this knowledgebase article for how to access your CPTR virtual course space in CIIS Canvas: Log-in to CIIS Canvas – CIIS Knowledgebase (vclhub.com)
Canvas direct URL: https://ciis.instructure.com/
CIIS utilizes Microsoft Azure single-sign-on for systems access. You will be issued a university email address (@mymail.ciis.edu) as a log-in credential for this purpose .
Setting-up your university email.
Navigate to https://outlook.office.com/ (opens in new tab)
2. Select Next
3. Set-up account recovery information and select finish once complete.
Your courses will be accessible in the Canvas Learning management system. Canvas will send email notifications about changes in the virtual course and communications from other students, mentors and instructors to your CIIS university email address. If your do not intend to check your CIIS university email regularly, it can be forwarded with the following steps.
Canvas direct URL: https://ciis.instructure.com/
Email notifications about changes in the virtual course and communications from other students, mentors and instructors to your CIIS university email address. If your do not intend to check your CIIS university email regularly, it can be forwarded with the following steps. Learn about Canvas notifications.
On the https://outlook.office.com/ webpage, select the gear icon at the top right, expand, and select “View all Outlook settings.”
On the Outlook settings page, add email forwarding information and Save.
Follow the steps at the following link to reset your university email password and to reset your password to unlock your account.
This method requires that a mobile number was added to your email account at the time of set-up; a security code will be sent to that number by SMS to reset your password.
reset email password link
Tip #1: Only use one tab or browser to enter Final Grades
Do not open multiple tabs or multiple browsers with Self-Service open. This can cause only some of the grades to post if you enter grades in different locations.
Tip #2: Grades you can edit are not posted
After you input a grade for your students, you need to post grades to make them final. If you are able to edit the grade you entered for a student, you have not successfully posted Final Grades. Below are examples of final grades that are posted correctly and incorrectly for reference.
Final Grades Posted Correctly
Final Grades Not Posted Correctly
Review CIIS grade scheme here.
Registrar note:
If students were able to take your course for either a letter grade or a pass/no pass grade, only letter grades will be available for you to input. If the student had chosen pass/no pass, the letter grade will be automatically converted to either P or NP. Graduate students who earned a B or above get a P; undergraduates, a C or above.
If the student had registered in audit status, enter the grade based on the work they had done. This could include an F. The system will automatically convert this to an AU.
In both cases, the letter grade you submit is not viewable by the student in Self-Service or on their transcripts.
Any due date used in a Canvas Assignment must fall within the dates for the term. Otherwise, students won’t be able to submit the Assignment.
However, if needed, you can create an Assignment in Canvas that is due before the official start of the term. To do this, simply leave the Due, Available from, and Until fields blank.
For a list of important term dates, please see the CIIS academic calendar.
If needed, you can create an Assignment in Canvas that is due before the official start of the term. Simply leave the Due, Available from, and Until fields blank.
3. Select the Save button at the bottom right.
The Prepare your syllabus for Canvas training contains multiple videos and slides.
To advance to the next screen, select the arrow icon:
To jump to a specific section, select the menu icon: 
Then choose a chapter, or type a term into the search field and select a returned result.
Select here to open the Prepare your syllabus for Canvas training in a new tab.
This training is useful for both new and returning faculty. It demonstrates looking up course dates in Self-Service so that instructors can enter them into a syllabus. It also discusses how to label your syllabus by week, handle holidays, make schedule and holiday changes, and indicate exams.
Also, it contains important information on setting up grading scenarios, naming your readings, and making changes to your course after it has been created in Canvas.
The video below demonstrates Acclaim, a video platform that integrates with Canvas (getacclaim.com). Acclaim allows students to easily receive timestamped feedback on their video submissions. By pinpointing important moments within a video, instructors can provide precise and tailored critiques.
Since classes were first virtualized in March 2020, instructors have effectively used Acclaim in courses that emphasize student presentations and roleplay exercises, among other activities.
Click here for an overview from Acclaim.
For a demonstration of Acclaim and Canvas, play the video below or click here to open it in a new tab.
Contact onlinelearningsupport@ciis.edu. A limited number of licenses is available.
See the following support articles for setting up Acclaim:
You can add HTML to a Canvas Assignment, Discussion, Page, Quiz, and the Syllabus. Doing so allows you to add custom features such as recordings, embedded documents, etc. to a Canvas item.
Note:
– Before you start, you will need HTML code (you might have received this from Online Learning).
– When creating custom HTML code in Canvas, you might notice that certain tags do not work upon saving. This is because Canvas will only support certain HTML elements for security reasons.
Below is a link to a list of HTML tags that are permissible in Canvas. HTML tags that are not on this list might be stripped out of the Rich Content Editor when you save your work. View the Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist PDF for more information.
For a written version of the video demonstration below, please see the Canvas Community article called “How do I use the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?”
To watch the video demonstration below, click play.
To enlarge a video while playing, select the fullscreen icon: 
To hide or show subtitles while playing, select the CC icon: 
The video below demonstrates how to add HTML to a Canvas item. In this example, we will add HTML code to a Canvas Page so the class can view a recording.
Click here to open the video in a new tab.