Canvas Webinettes
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 Webinettes” on Zoom are scheduled bi-weekly throughout the Fall 2024 term. Each Webinette 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 and run from 12:05 p.m. (20 minute demonstration + 25 minute Q & A).
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 Webinette (i.e. mini-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 webinette, 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 Webinette 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 webinette, 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; and
- 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 Webinette 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 webinette, 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; and
- 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 Webinette, 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 webinette, 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.