Welcome to Paradise Valley Community College!

Congratulations on your new position!

We are glad you have joined team PVCC!

Now that you have completed your District and College orientations through Human Resources, you may be wondering What's next, and Where do I begin?... Right here is a great place to be further introduced to PVCC, and to learn how to navigate our systems and resources, to locate the things you need to know as an employee.
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Employee Engagement has designed this course to help you get further acquainted with our college and the Maricopa Community College District, learn where to find information you need about the college goals, mission, and values, and how you are a part of the same big picture with the rest of us. At the end of this course, you will walk away with an understanding of "what's in it for you," and know what we mean by the alphabet-speak we say, and so much more! Let's start along the PVCC Puma Path!

PUMA PAWS - PVCC Mascot

What Does it Mean to Be a Puma?

Being a member of our Puma family means we are here to support one another. Whether it be our Puma students or our fellow Puma co-workers, we're here to work together to make our experiences of great value. Pumas also are adaptable to whatever circumstances or needs come our way. So put on your Puma Pride and let's go! Our PVCC Mascot, PUMA Paws, is here to assist...

How To Navigate This Course

But first, here's some quick info on how to navigate this course. We call it a 'course' because you are currently in Canvas, our Learning Management System (LMS), which is what PVCC and all the Maricopa Community Colleges use to deliver our online and hybrid courses (you'll learn more about this later).

On the left hand side you see two columns:

Global Navigation Bar: This is the dark bar on the left edge of your window that contains the tabs pertaining to your whole Canvas account, including all courses you are registered in. For the purpose of this course, you'll mainly need the Dashboard to click on this course again when you need to return to it, and Logout.

Course Navigation Bar: This is the list of tabs you will use while viewing this a specific course like this one. Different courses may have different and more tabs as needed for the course, such as Syllabus, Quizzes, Grades, etc. For this course you will only need the following tabs:

- - Home - Brings you back to this page.
- - Modules - An outline of all the pages within each section. This is similar to a Table of Contents. You do not need to go to the Modules tab to move from page to page, as there are Next and Previous buttons at the bottom of each page, but this tab is handy when you want to review any section or page again to find resources you are looking for.
- - Quizzes - There is one 'fun' quiz in this course, and you can feel free to use this tab to retake it as often as you like, just to test yourself.

Let's start by getting to know our campus.

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