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Upcoming Events

18
Jan
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Preparing Your Migrated Course for Teaching in Canvas

In this session, we will look at example courses migrated from Moodle and Blackboard and use the Canvas Course Checklist to prepare a course for teaching.

25
Jan
11:00 am - 11:45 am ET
Canvas
Getting Started in Canvas

If you are new to Canvas, join us for a quick overview of how to get started. We will explore choosing a home page, building your module structure, changing your navigation menu, and optimizing your course settings.

25
Jan
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Adding Files, Images, and Videos to Your Canvas Course

 In this session, we will provide an overview of best practices for adding files, images and videos to your Canvas course.

08
Feb
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Echo360
Recording Your Classroom Lectures Using Echo360

Join us to learn how to record your classroom with Echo360, and provide those recordings to students. Echo360 also lets add interactivity to your videos, and measure student engagement with your content across several metrics.

 

15
Feb
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Creating Assessments in Canvas using Assignments and Discussions

Join us to explore different options for assignments in Canvas, including peer-review. This session is led by trainers from Canvas (Instructure).

 

22
Feb
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Humanizing Online Course Modules - Canvas Edition

Join us to discover how you can create more dynamic and appealing learning modules in your Canvas courses to provide more personal and engaging learning experience, compared to just using Canvas as a digital storage space for your course.

 

29
Feb
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Building Rubrics to Streamline Grading in Canvas

Learn how to build rubrics in Canvas and attach them to assignments, discussions, and quizzes. We will also explore how to edit criteria, change ratings, and remove points for specification grading.

 

07
Mar
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Organizing Your Canvas Gradebook and Optimizing Settings

 Learn how to arrange, sort, and change the settings in your Canvas gradebook.

 

14
Mar
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET
Canvas
Save Time Grading with Canvas SpeedGrader and the Comment Library

Save time while grading! In this session, we will explore Canvas SpeedGrader and the options for sorting, annotating, and providing feedback on student submissions.

 

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