Canvas Webinars
This past August, CTL facilitated Canvas learning opportunities focused on getting started, building course content and assessments and creating an exceptional experience for your students. Recordings of the screencasts from these sessions are available in Knowledgebase.
Now, we’re going beyond the basics. Join CTL Canvas Specialists for more in-depth explorations of Canvas features from technical and pedagogical perspectives. Short “Wednesday Webinars” on Zoom are scheduled bi-weekly throughout the Fall 2024 term. Each webinar is 45 minutes long (20 minute demo + 25 minute Q, A, sharing, and practice).
Additionally, Wave Two Canvas Learning Opportunities are also available November 12-14 during Reading Week.
Teaching and learning happens in multiple spaces, places, and dimensions of our work at the U of A. Every Canvas learning opportunity welcomes anyone who is engaged in supporting students’ learning experiences.
Registration and schedule
All sessions are offered online (20 minute demonstration + 25 minute Q & A).
Upcoming Webinars
What do students see in Canvas? Tools to design and verify the student experience
Jan. 29, 2025 | 12- 12:45 p.m. | Online
The Test Student feature in Canvas gives instructors the confidence and peace of mind that their feedback and assessment of students is functioning as planned. This Canvas feature allows instructors to test their quizzes, assignment submissions, feedback strategies, as well as, view grades as a student would view them.
In this 20-minute webinar we'll also demonstrate how students can access “how-do-I-do-this-in-Canvas?” resources and use the 24/7 Canvas Student App, so your students can get the support they need to use Canvas effectively.
These two Canvas features help instructors make sure course content is working as intended for the highest quality learning experience for students.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss these features in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Canvas Test Student tool, student-facing resources, and Student App
- Create and verify the student view for course content, assessments, and grades
Video Journals and Diaries: Creative multimedia assignments with Canvas Studio
Feb. 12, 2025 | 12- 12:45 p.m. | Online
With Canvas Studio, instructors can innovate on traditional forms of reflective writing using video journals and diaries to demonstrate students' learning, critical thinking, and self-assessment. Join us for a 20-minute webinar where we’ll demonstrate how students can record and upload videos using their personal devices in conjunction with Canvas Studio through the Canvas Student app. We’ll also share assignment templates, showcase student examples of Canvas Studio video journals, and guide you on how to better support students with this type of assignment. Instructors are encouraged to bring their questions about how to grade video journals and diaries.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss this feature in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Navigate Canvas Studio from the perspective of student use and assessment
- Create a non-traditional assessment using Canvas Studio and multiple forms of media
Canvas Rubrics and SpeedGrader: Tools to organize and reduce marking workload
Mar. 5, 2025 | 12- 12:45 p.m. | Online
Canvas grading tools are easy-to-use, powerful, and streamline the assessment processes within a course. Rubrics can be added to assignments and quizzes, providing students with important success criteria. SpeedGrader is a versatile platform that maximizes time spent grading student work. Join us for this 20-minute webinar where we’ll demonstrate Rubrics for an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion, and the benefits of SpeedGrader.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss these features in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Navigate Canvas Rubrics and SpeedGrader tools
- Create a rubric for an assignment and use it to grade student work with SpeedGrader
AI Tools in Canvas: Leveraging Data to Enhance Student Success and Course Management
Mar. 26, 2025 | 12- 12:45 p.m. | Online
Canvas provides powerful AI tools that can enhance teaching, streamline course management, and help identify at-risk students. In this 20-minute webinar, we will explore the capabilities of the Discussion Summaries and New Analytics to showcase how they can be leveraged to improve student engagement and performance. Additionally, we’ll introduce you to the Canvas Community and its “Artificial Intelligence in Education” interest group, which offers valuable resources and support.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss these features in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Discussion Summaries and New Analytics tools
- Identify the ways in which you can leverage these tools in order to enhance your teaching strategies and student outcomes
Past Webinars
Canvas Outcomes: An easy and intuitive way to track student progress
Sept. 25, 2024 | 12:05 p.m. | Online
With the Outcomes tool in Canvas, instructors can more easily and intuitively track student progress than with eClass. Join us for this 20-minute Wednesday webinar where we’ll show you how the Outcomes tool in Canvas enables students to demonstrate their learning of measurable skills and knowledge by the end of a unit of learning, such as a lesson, module, or course. We’ll explore creating, managing, and aligning your learning outcomes to graded items and to the Canvas Learning Mastery Gradebook.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss this feature in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Outcomes and Learning Mastery Gradebook features in Canvas and access just-in-time support
- Create and align learning outcomes to graded items in Canvas
Empower Student Learning with Canvas Peer Review!
Oct. 9, 2024 | 12:05 p.m. | Online
Explore how the Canvas Peer Review tool allows your students to go beyond what was previously possible in eClass and provide meaningful feedback on each other’s assignments before submission.
Join us for a 20-minute Wednesday webinar where Anita from CTL will introduce you to the Peer Review tool in the new Canvas LMS. This powerful feature allows your students the ability to give anonymous or identified comments. Your students can offer insightful perspectives on each other's work, promoting collaboration and a deeper understanding of course content.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss this feature in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Explain the value of incorporating peer review into an assignment
- Navigate the Peer Review feature in Canvas and access just-in-time support
- Create an assignment with a peer review component in Canvas
Impactful Accessibility Tools through Canvas
Oct. 23, 2024 | 12:05 p.m. | Online
Canvas includes impactful, easy-to-use tools designed to increase the accessibility of course layout and content.
Join us for this 20-minute Wednesday webinar where Mandy and Anita from CTL will introduce and explore two key Canvas accessibility tools, Accessibility Checker and Immersive Reader. These features will help instructors meet institutional commitments of equitable and inclusive learning experiences for students.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss these features in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of creating accessible course layout and content
- Navigate the accessibility tools and strategies in Canvas and access just-in-time support
- Use Canvas’ Accessibility Checker and Immersive Reader to increase accessibility in a course
Transform Your Quizzes: New Question Types for Assessment in Canvas
Nov. 6, 2024 | 12:05 p.m. | Online
Unlock a new realm of assessment possibilities with Canvas’s revolutionary question types! Imagine quizzes that do more than just test knowledge—they become dynamic learning experiences that spark curiosity, and deepen learners’ engagement and connection to the content. Join us for a 20-minute Wednesday webinar, where we’ll explore the transformative power of Canvas’s latest question features: Hotspot, Categorization, and File Upload questions.
Stay for an additional 25 minute Q & A to discuss these features in detail. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
- Transform your quizzes into engaging, interactive assessments that motivate students
- Gain hands-on experience with Canvas’s New Quizzes quizzing engine, designed to streamline the creation and management of innovative question types
- Craft Hotspot, Categorization, and File Upload questions that not only test but enhance your students' critical thinking and practical skills