This is a hands-on tour of how you can use the Canvas Grades features to communicate with your students. You will get a tour of sorting data in the gradebook, using SpeedGrader and the annotation and comments feature. You will have time to try out your skills during the workshop and learn how you can […]
Canvas has many options available to communicate using text, audio, and video. During this session, you’ll learn about the features, options, and notifications of the primary tools you can use to post information, set up appointments, provide support, and facilitate interaction. Participants will explore Announcements, Appointment Group, Inbox, Analytics, Discussions, and Grades. Registration is required.
Canvas offers powerful tools to organize the content of your course. In this session, you will explore how Canvas Pages can be designed to contain text, hyperlinks, images, multimedia, and other types of digital content. Using Pages to design your course can also make it more visually appealing, helping increase student engagement and allowing more […]
Canvas Discussions includes an array of features you can use to increase social presence, promote student interaction, and strengthen the learning community in your course. In addition to basic features and more traditional design options, this session will share tips and tricks of how to adjust settings, design forums, and manage access. Registration is required.
Canvas Studio allows you to record, edit, manage, and share videos—all from within Canvas. In this session, you will learn how to download your videos from Microsoft Stream and ReggieNet and deploy them within Canvas. You will also be able to import and embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and from your OneDrive account. Registration is […]
Looking for new ideas to incorporate into your course? See potential for 3D printing in your class or research projects but not sure how to start? This introductory class on 3D printing and scanning will teach you about the services available through Milner Library and their possibilities and limitations in the classroom. You will see […]
Groups (a tool under People) is a complex feature in Canvas that allows you to integrate collaboration in your course. During this advanced workshop, you will receive an overview of how to set up Groups and how to use Groups in a variety of other tools in Canvas—including Inbox, Discussions, Announcements, Files, Assignments, and SpeedGrader. […]
The ever-increasing cost of textbooks is making it more challenging for college students to afford necessary class resources. While all students pursuing a college degree are affected by textbook costs, the impact is greater for some students than others. This workshop will examine the conditions that have led to the rising cost of materials and […]
This workshop provides a tour of the Canvas Assignments tool. Unlike ReggieNet’s Assignments tool, Canvas’s Assignments tool houses all course assignments—including discussions, assignments, quizzes, attendance, and more. During this workshop, you will learn how to create, organize, and weight assignment groups and how this affects other tools in your course like Syllabus, Modules, and Grades. […]
This workshop covers basic questions about where to find your classes, how to navigate the dashboard and your courses. You will learn how to move part or all of your course from one Canvas shell to another one, settings for the course, adding files and ways to manage how your students see the content. There […]