Canvas Learning Opportunity Workshops
In partnership with the University of Alberta’s Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the eClass Support Team, CTL is facilitating several Canvas Learning Opportunities in February. These workshops are designed to enhance your knowledge and skills with our new LMS.
Our Canvas Learning Opportunities are designed with your schedule in mind. Throughout the workshop, you will actively build your Canvas course content, ensuring you leave with a tangible outcome.
By the end of this workshop series, you will be able to:
- Navigate your Canvas sandbox and migrated course content
- Identify Canvas features that support your evidence-based teaching strategies
- Use the University of Alberta Canvas template to build your upcoming course(s) and
- Access just-in-time support
Registration and Schedule
Workshop #1: Creating Your Course Using Your Migrated Content and the U of A Canvas Template
Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 9 a.m. to Noon | Online
This workshop (#1 of 3) begins with important information about the K16 migration and an orientation tour of the Canvas dashboard. We’ll explore strategies for sorting and managing content migrated from your eClass course content to your Canvas dashboard. Then, you will learn just how easy it is to create multimodal course content using your migrated courses and the University of Alberta Canvas template. We’ll show you how to seamlessly organize and coordinate your students' learning experience using Canvas Modules. You’ll also have the opportunity to practice the following Canvas tools: the Rich Content Editor, Pages, Announcements, Discussions, and Studio. Lastly, you will learn where to find just-in-time resources for whenever you need additional support.
Workshop #2: Building and Grading Assessments for your Course in Canvas
Wednesday, Feb. 19 | 9 a.m. to Noon | Online
In this workshop (#2 of 3), we will explore strategies to create assignments and quizzes using the University of Alberta Canvas template. Then, we’ll practice how to more efficiently build and grade your course assessments with the following Canvas tools: Assignments, Quizzes, Rubrics, and SpeedGrader. Lastly, our eClass Support Team will help you navigate your new Canvas Gradebook.
Workshop #3: Canvas Features to Maximize Student Engagement
Thursday, Feb. 20 | 9 a.m. to Noon | Online
In workshops #1 and #2, you learned how to build content and assessments in Canvas, and to organize and coordinate the student experience in your course. In this workshop (#3 of 3), you will learn how to maximize student engagement and establish a learning community by leveraging innovative Canvas tools, such as Discussions, Groups, Collaborations, Pages with shared editing, Peer Review, Video annotations and quizzes, Analytics, and more.