Title: Student Resources
Course: ATRC-DGray-Demo

Using Zoom

If your teacher is using Zoom to hold live sessions, it shouldn't be a bad experience. Just follow the link to the Zoom meeting your instructor provides, and follow the directions you'll see to get into the meeting. You don't need to install any software in advance. Make sure your speakers or headphones are working, and if your teacher wants you to speak during the meeting make sure you have a microphone. If you run into any problems using Zoom, you can contact the staff at the ConferZoom support site.

Submitting a File through Canvas

If your teacher is telling you to submit your work to them through Canvas, there's really two steps you'll need to go through:

1. Get a digital version of your work onto your computer. If what you're turning in is a word processing document, you're already ready. If you need to submit something you've done on paper you can either scan your paper or use a digital camera (such as in a smartphone) to get a picture of your paper. If you're taking a picture with a smartphone you might want to use an app to save your image as a PDF, but likely you could just submit the picture of your paper as an image file.
2. Submit the work through Canvas. You'll want to go to the assignment, and use the Submit Assignment button. On the next screen you'll browse to find your file from your computer, then submit the file. Your file should show up for your teacher almost instantly, but realize that grading is not an automatic process so you'll need to wait until your teacher has a chance to grade your work.

Sending your Teacher a Message

If you need to get in touch with your teacher, of course you should follow whatever they've told you their preferred contact method is. If you're not sure how you should contact them, probably the simplest method is to send a message using Canvas. You can open the help menu in Canvas, then use the Ask Your Instructor a Question link. Choose your course, type in your message, and send it off.

Keep in mind your teacher (and the college in general) may be sending you emails. Likely they'll send to your Palomar student email address. If you've not used that before, the easiest way is to browse to the Office.com site, then use the Sign In button. Log in using the same information you used to log into Canvas, with your email address as username and your Palomar password. Once you're in, just hit the button for Outlook.