Canvas Basics for Organizations
- 1. Canvas Basics for Orgs Lea Susan Engle, MSIS/MA Training Coordinator – Canvas Implementation Team Center for Teaching and Learning lea.engle@austin.utexas.edu
- 2. 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
- 4. 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/blackb oard-vs-canvas-features
- 5. Start Here (Change the World) canvas.utexas.edu
- 6. Let’s Log in and Look Around canvas.utexas.edu
- 7. Navigation • Help in top right • Global vs. Course Settings • Notification Preferences • Left column – black vs. grey
- 9. Exit/Reset Student View Canvas Instructor Guide – Student View
- 10. Adding People with EIDs Canvas Instructor Guide – Adding People
- 11. 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 canvas@utlists.utexas.edu
- 12. Communication Canvas Instructor Guide – Conversations Inbox New Message
- 13. CC Yourself
- 14. The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Little Grey/Green Cloud This course is UNPUBLISHED only teachers can see it – edit away! BUT . . .
- 15. 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.
- 16. 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
- 17. SpeedGrader Canvas Instructor Guide – SpeedGrader
- 19. Files Canvas Instructor Guide – Files Listed alpha-numerically
- 20. 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
- 21. Canvas Basics for Orgs Lea Susan Engle, MSIS/MA Training Coordinator – Canvas Implementation Team Center for Teaching and Learning lea.engle@austin.utexas.edu