Canvas Connections
Looking to get more out of your Canvas Course? Check out these 30-minute bite-size virtual sessions! The Learning Technologies team will demonstrate powerful tools available in Canvas and answer your questions about how to get started using them in your course!
| Date/Time | Session Title | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2024 10 AM | Poll Everywhere: Intro to Poll Everywhere | Poll-tastic Adventures with Poll Everywhere | Link to Join |
| August 26, 2024 12 PM | What's New in Webex | Learn about the new features and layout in Webex since the summer 2024 upgrade | Link to Join |
| August 28, 2024 11 AM | What's New in Webex | Learn about the new features and layout in Webex since the summer 2024 upgrade | Link to Join |
| August 28, 2024 12 PM | Poll Everywhere: Intro to Poll Everywhere | Poll-tastic Adventures with Poll Everywhere | Link to Join |
| August 28, 2024 2pm | Top Practices for Course Management and Design | Canvas offers several unique ways to organize your course(s) to fit the needs of the delivery and length. This session will introduce you to the principles of backward design and scaffolding for your Canvas course(s). | Link to Join |
| September 3, 2024 10AM | WebEx in Canvas | WebEx is ECU’s web conferencing virtual meeting environment which provides both live and recorded sessions. It enables voice and video communication in a structured online learning environment, which replicates all of the capabilities of a traditional classroom. WebEx is also integrated into Canvas, so you can setup meetings, record them, and make those recordings available to your students all through your Canvas course. | Link to Join |
| September 3, 2024 1pm | Master Canvas Pages | Learn about best practices in Canvas for creating student-centered course spaces that can be easily navigated from a browser or a mobile device. We’ll discuss how to effectively use Canvas Pages. Introduce Canvas Commons and how to best utilize templates. | Link to Join |
| September 5, 2024 9 am | Getting Started with Course Accessibility | Want to make your course more accessible to your learners but not sure how? We got your back! This session will provide various tips and strategies for making your Canvas course more accessible for your learners. | Link to Join |
| September 10, 2024 12PM | WebEx in Canvas | WebEx is ECU’s web conferencing virtual meeting environment which provides both live and recorded sessions. It enables voice and video communication in a structured online learning environment, which replicates all of the capabilities of a traditional classroom. WebEx is also integrated into Canvas, so you can setup meetings, record them, and make those recordings available to your students all through your Canvas course. | Link to Join |
| September 12, 2024 10 am | Teaching w Video | Engaging learners with video content is nothing new; however, engaging them with the right content can make an impact on how they learn. From balancing length to the appropriate number of videos to share at once, this session will introduce the best practices for engaging learners with video. | Link to Join |
| September 13, 2024 10am | Advanced Panopto | Panopto is a screen and lecture capture tool that facilitates the recording of your lectures on the screen (PPT, other application) or any other website. Panopto is fully integrated into Canvas. During this session, you will learn about advanced features like editing, Panopto Assignments and video organization. | Link to Join |
| September 17, 2024 10 am | Using Rubrics and Assessments | Rubrics are often used as a tool to help instructors fairly assess student work; however, rubrics can often leave students confused and frustrated, while faculty can be left feeling stifled and limited by them. During this session, you will be introduced to how different styles of rubrics can meet the needs of you and your students. | Link to Join |
| September 25, 2024 9:00am | Microsoft Teams and OneDrive | During this training session we will review and discuss the differences between Onedrive and Teams. along with setting up Onedrive folders and Microsoft Teams and learn how to create,share and collaborate using Onedrive folders and files and Microsoft Teams. Onedrive - Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage is available through your Microsoft 365 subscription and is the only approved cloud storage for ECU data Teams - Microsoft Teams is the ultimate messaging app for your organization—a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and app sharing, and even the occasional emoji! All in one place, all in the open, all accessible to everyone. | Link to Join |
| October 2, 2024 2:30pm | H5P | H5P is an interactive content builder that allows you to create various activities for your students to interact with both inside and outside of Canvas. This session will introduce the basics of how to get started with H5P while exploring some of the possible content types you can build to start engaging your learners. | Link to Join |
| October 9, 2024 10 am | Hypothesis | Hypothesis is a digital annotation tool that can allow your learners to engage with one another as they work to annotate a web document together. Students are able to comment and respond directly to one another through Hypothesis. This session will introduce you to the basics of Hypothesis to get your students annotating. | Link to Join |
| October 11, 2024 3 pm | Master Canvas Pages | Learn about best practices in Canvas for creating student-centered course spaces that can be easily navigated from a browser or a mobile device. We’ll discuss how to effectively use Canvas Pages. Introduce Canvas Commons and how to best utilize templates. | Link to Join |
| October 14, 2024 1pm | Getting Started with Course Accessibility | Want to make your course more accessible to your learners but not sure how? We got your back! This session will provide various tips and strategies for making your Canvas course more accessible for your learners. | Link to Join |
| October 15, 2024 2pm | Teaching w Video | Engaging learners with video content is nothing new; however, engaging them with the right content can make an impact on how they learn. From balancing length to the appropriate number of videos to share at once, this session will introduce the best practices for engaging learners with video. | Link to Join |
| October 17, 2024 2pm | Advanced Panopto | Panopto is a screen and lecture capture tool that facilitates the recording of your lectures on the screen (PPT, other application) or any other website. Panopto is fully integrated into Canvas. During this session, you will learn about advanced features like editing, Panopto Assignments and video organization. | Link to Join |
| October 21, 2024 2pm | Using Rubrics and Assessments | Rubrics are often used as a tool to help instructors fairly assess student work; however, rubrics can often leave students confused and frustrated, while faculty can be left feeling stifled and limited by them. During this session, you will be introduced to how different styles of rubrics can meet the needs of you and your students. | Link to Join |
| October 22, 2024 3pm | Microsoft Teams and OneDrive | During this training session we will review and discuss the differences between Onedrive and Teams. along with setting up Onedrive folders and Microsoft Teams and learn how to create,share and collaborate using Onedrive folders and files and Microsoft Teams. Onedrive - Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage is available through your Microsoft 365 subscription and is the only approved cloud storage for ECU data Teams - Microsoft Teams is the ultimate messaging app for your organization—a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and app sharing, and even the occasional emoji! All in one place, all in the open, all accessible to everyone. | Link to Join |
| October 24, 2024 11am | Top Practices for Course Management and Design | Canvas offers several unique ways to organize your course(s) to fit the needs of the delivery and length. This session will introduce you to the principles of backward design and scaffolding for your Canvas course(s). | Link to Join |
| November 1, 2024 2pm | H5P | H5P is an interactive content builder that allows you to create various activities for your students to interact with both inside and outside of Canvas. This session will introduce the basics of how to get started with H5P while exploring some of the possible content types you can build to start engaging your learners. | Link to Join |
| November 4, 2024 2 pm | Hypothesis | Hypothesis is a digital annotation tool that can allow your learners to engage with one another as they work to annotate a web document together. Students are able to comment and respond directly to one another through Hypothesis. This session will introduce you to the basics of Hypothesis to get your students annotating. | Link to Join |