If you would like your students to learn about a particular career topic and apply this knowledge in your course with an assignment, we have a variety of prebuilt Canvas modules you may embed. The Center for Career & Professional Development have developed engaging and interactive modules provide content, activities, and assignments using CCPD platforms with AI technology for assessment to allow for minimal need for instructor grading.
The modules currently available include:
Level: Intermediate
Built to be completed after the mandatory Career Navigator: Kickstart your Career Journey module
In this module, students take the Next Steps in their career development journey to establish their career readiness by researching employers, developing networking skills, and making an action plan.
Assignments
- Finding Career Options Activity (Est. time: 30 min.): Utilize Handshake or CareerShift to search for a job description of interest; Connect current experiences to role description.
- Networking Discussion (Est. time: 60 min.): Share findings from exploration in the initial response with two peer responses.
- Chat with a Professional Activity (Est. time: 60 min.): Prepare an elevator pitch and find a mentor on USF Link.
- *This activity’s timed length is estimated based on fulfilling the questions within the Canvas quiz. It will take substantially longer if students elect to participate in USF Link.
- *This activity’s timed length is estimated based on fulfilling the questions within the Canvas quiz. It will take substantially longer if students elect to participate in USF Link.
- Create an Action Plan (Est. time: 90-120 min.): Use Focus2 to create an action plan in My Education and My Professional Development. Upload plan PDF to Canvas .
Level: Intermediate
In this module students will be guided through the early stages of resumé building to a final, well-crafted document that is ready to be utilized for job and internship applications.
Assignments
- What are the differences? (Est. time: 20 min.): Compare a resumé and CV using an interactive graphic with a quick-check follow-up question (ungraded with automated feedback in self-check).
- Tailoring Your Resumé (Est. time: 60 min.): Use the Skills Extractor to identify skills in a job description. Respond to questions to connect skills to resume bullet points and experiences.
- Resumé Writing Activity (Est. time: 90-120 min.): Create a resume, upload, revise, and receive feedback and analysis from Quinncia.
Level: Advanced
In this module, students will learn to utilize tools and strategies necessary to find and secure the right internship for their career goals.
Assignments
- Experiences Types Sort (Est. time: 15 min.): Sort common descriptors for different types of experiences.
- Finding Career Options Activity (Est. time: 30 min.): Utilize Handshake or CareerShift to search for an internship description of interest; Connect current experiences to role description.
- Tailoring Your Resumé (Est. time:: 60 min.): Use the Skills Extractor to identify skills in a job description. Respond to questions to connect skills to resume bullet points and experiences.
Module walk-through coming soon
Coming soon
Once access to the embedded module is given, you will be added to the module in Canvas and notified via email. In the module, you will find detailed directions for how to easily embed the content into your course.
Additional topics are being developed now and will be available soon.