Canvas Connections

Canvas ConnectionsLooking 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!

Fall 2023 Sessions

 

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Wednesday, August 30, 202311:00-11:30 am
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).
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording

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Wednesday, September 06, 202311:00-11:30 am
Advanced Course Design in Canvas
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.
Facilitated by Matt Long		View the Recording
Tuesday, September 19, 20232:00-2:30 pm
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.
Faciltated by Matt Long		View the Recording
Thursday, September 28, 202311:00-11:30 am
Teaching with 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.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Monday, October 02, 202311:00-11:30 am
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).
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Wednesday, October 04, 20232:00-2:30 pm
HyFlex Classrooms
Hyflex classrooms give faculty the ability to host synchronous lectures for both on-campus and remote learners simultaneously. Balancing both sets of learners is key in making Hyflex lectures successful. This session will introduce you to some of the best practices for engaging both sets of your Hyflex learners.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Tuesday, October 10, 202311:00-11:30 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.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Thursday, October 12, 20231:00-1:30 pm
Advanced Course Design in Canvas
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.
Facilitated by Matt Long		Link to Join
Monday, October 16, 20232:00-2:30 pm
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.
Faciltated by Matt Long		View the Recording
Wednesday, October 18, 202311:00-11:30 am
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.
Facilitated by Matt Long		View the Recording
Thursday, October 26, 202310:00-10:30 am
Teaching with 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.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Tuesday, October 31, 20231:00-1:30 pm
H5P and Canvas
H5P is an interactive content builder that allows you to create various activities for your students to interact with both inside and out 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. 
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Wednesday, November 08, 20232:00-2:30 pm
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.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		View the Recording
Wednesday, November 15, 202310:00-10:30 am
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.
Facilitated by Matt Long		Link to Join
Monday, November 20, 20231:00-1:30 pm
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.
Facilitated by Matt Long		Link to Join
Tuesday, November 21, 20231:00-1:30 pm
H5P and Canvas
H5P is an interactive content builder that allows you to create various activities for your students to interact with both inside and out 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.
Facilitated by Justin Littlefield		Link to Join