Canvas Learning Opportunities
In partnership with the University of Alberta’s LMS of the Future project and the eClass Support Team, CTL is facilitating several Canvas Learning Opportunities in November and December. 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. Three different 3-hour workshops are offered in-person (Nov.), online (Dec.), and hybrid (Dec.). Additionally, we’re offering drop-in help each day with no registration required.
Bring your laptop (and power cord) and get ready to put your learning into practice. 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 the University of Alberta Canvas Template
Tuesday, Nov. 12 | 9 a.m. to Noon | BUS 1-09
Drop-in help: Noon to 1 p.m.
This workshop (#1 of 3) begins with a Question and Answer with the eClass Support Team about the auto-migration of the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 courses onto every University of Alberta instructor’s Canvas dashboard. Then, you will learn just how easy it is to create multimodal course content using 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, we’ll explore strategies for sorting and managing content migrated from your eClass course content to your Canvas dashboard.
Workshop #2: Building and Grading Assessments for your Course in Canvas
Wednesday, Nov. 13 | 9 a.m. to Noon | BUS 1-09
Drop-in help: Noon to 1 p.m.
In this workshop (#2 of 3), we will explore strategies for sorting and managing the assignments and quizzes migrated from your former eClass course to your new Canvas dashboard. 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, Nov. 14 | 9 a.m. to Noon | BUS 1-09
Drop-in help: Noon to 1 p.m.
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.