Canvas Basics for Organizations
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Canvas Basics for Orgs Lea Susan Engle, MSIS/MA Training Coordinator – Canvas Implementation Team Center for Teaching and Learning [email protected]
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Canvas Basics for Orgs
Lea Susan Engle, MSIS/MA
Training Coordinator – Canvas Implementation TeamCenter for Teaching and Learning
Our Class Goals
• Participants will:
• Be introduced to the new Learning Management System, Canvas
• Understand the basics of:
• Communication
• Adding People
• Assignments & Calendar
• File Uploads & Organization
• Know where to go for help & support
• Feel more comfortable using Canvas
*NEW* Learning Management System (LMS)
What’s the difference?
• Canvas:
• Is optimized for multiple platforms
• Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android
• Can send text messages (individual users set preferences)
• Can automatically assign students into project groups
• Integrates well with external apps (Google Docs, iCal, etc.)
• Blackboard vs. Canvas feature breakdown:https://utexas.instructure.com/courses/633028/pages/blackboard-vs-canvas-features
Let’s Log in and Look Around
canvas.utexas.edu
Navigation
• Help in top right
• Global vs. Course Settings
• Notification Preferences
• Left column – black vs. grey
Student View: See What They See, Submit Test Assignments, Check Online Tests, etc.
Exit/Reset Student View
Canvas Instructor Guide – Student View
Adding People with EIDs
Canvas Instructor Guide – Adding People
More on Adding People
• When you add people, they receive an invitation to join the group
• If you want to automatically add people (without giving them a choice) you may contact the Canvas team
• Please use this judiciously, one example is an academic cohort
• If you have a large number of people to add, you may send us a spreadsheet, and we can automatically add your participants to your course
• Our email is [email protected]
Communication
Canvas Instructor Guide – Conversations Inbox
New Message
CC Yourself
The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Little Grey/Green Cloud
This course is UNPUBLISHED only teachers can see it –
edit away!
BUT . . .
The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Little Grey/Green Cloud
Make sure you publish EACH COMPONENT of the course
or students can’t see it.
Assignments
• An assignment is anything that students are required to do
• Whether or not there is an online or paper submission
• Whether or not it’s graded
• While many organizations won’t have traditional graded assignments, you may want to use this feature for:
• Officer training
• Paperwork deadlines
• Tracking volunteer/service hours
Canvas Instructor Guide - Assignments
Muting/Unmuting an Assignment
Files
Canvas Instructor Guide – Files
Listed alpha-numerically
Canvas Resources
• UT’s Canvas Help Resources
• canvas.utexas.edu/help
• One-on-one or small-group consulting with CTL
• canvas.utexas.edu/appointments
• Canvas website
• PDF Guides - http://guides.instructure.com/
• Webinar Archive - http://www.instructure.com/news/webinars
Canvas Basics for Orgs
Lea Susan Engle, MSIS/MA
Training Coordinator – Canvas Implementation TeamCenter for Teaching and Learning
