Communications Center

New to teaching online? Are you learning Canvas, or need a refresher?
We’ve got you covered with Canvas Basics workshops January 5-7, 10 a.m. in Zoom.

Can’t make it live? Check out our Canvas Basics recorded webinars in our Continuity of Instruction Community and schedule a consultation with our faculty support team for questions and further navigation and exploration of Canvas.
 
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Description:
During this session you will learn the fundamentals of navigating Canvas, customizing your settings, and communicating with students.

Objectives:

• Add a profile picture
• Modify your Notifications
• Add or remove course cards from Canvas dashboard
• Locate Canvas 24/7 information
• Create an Announcement
• Compose a message in the Inbox
• Message students from People or Grades
• Create an Assignment, Discussion Board, and Quiz
• Message Students Who Tool
• Enable the Student view

Grading in Canvas

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Description:
Setting up your grading structure in Canvas and providing feedback to students are key elements of a successful course experience. During this session, you will learn how to set up the important features of Grades, as well as how to utilize the Speedgrader Tool to provide meaningful feedback to your students.

Objectives:

• Create and edit assignment groups
• Create weighted grades
• Enable the grading scheme
• Use Speedgrader to provide feedback

Building Your Course in Canvas
 
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Description:
Creating and maintaining a Canvas course that is logical to navigate will help cut down on emails to you asking where to find assignments and other items. In this session, we will demonstrate how to setup your Canvas course and use Modules to provide structure to your course materials.

Objectives:

• Create a module
• Create a page
• Create a graded assignment
• Create a graded discussion
• Create a graded quiz
• Add files, pages, discussion, quizzes, and assignments to a module
• Move module items
• Enable the student view
• Add a file to a module
• Add an attachment to a page
• Publish items, including a Canvas course
• Edit the course Navigation Menu

Questions about these or future faculty development offerings?
Contact strategiclrn@bsu.edu

For a full list of offerings this Spring, visit the Faculty Development Offerings website.