Canvas
Canvas Faculty Training
We have several avenues of Canvas training available to you! Some training avenues are provided by Instructure Canvas experts. Other trainings will be held internally, featuring some external experts as well. Please review all avenues below.
Canvas-Led Webinars
There will be 4 webinars held throughout 2023. These webinars will be hosted by Instructure Canvas experts. They are live webinars, and they will be recorded. Below is the schedule for the live webinars:
| Webinar | Date/Time | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Webinar # 1 | April 4th @ 10 am | [Recording Placeholder] |
| Webinar # 2 | July 28th OR August 1st @ 10 am | [Recording Placeholder] |
| Webinar # 3 | August 14th – 18th (Specific date and time depends on faculty workshop schedule) | [Recording Placeholder] |
| Webinar # 4 | First week of December | [Recording Placeholder] |
Canvas Training Services Portal
Within Canvas (In the Help navigation tab) lives the Training Services Portal. This portal offers you asynchronous training courses that you can enroll in and complete on your own time. Many of the trainings offer a badge at the completion of the content. To access the Training Services Portal, follow the steps outlined in this article: How to Access the Training Services Portal
This Canvas Community post further explains how to access the Training Services Portal and enrolling in courses.
In-Person Trainings
There will be 2 one-hour long trainings held on campus. These in-person trainings will be held during faculty workshop weeks. Workshops are scheduled for May 8th-12th and August 14th-18th. We hope to have a Canvas expert from UTC join us to help explain best practices for Canvas.
Internal Canvas Mini-Series
We want to keep Canvas at the forefront of everyone’s minds, so a virtual mini-series will be held between webinars and live trainings. These will be 20–30-minute virtual sessions that will cover an array of canvas topics. There may be some external Canvas experts included in some of the trainings. Below is a tentative schedule for the mini-series:
| Date/Time | Topic | Meeting Link |
|---|---|---|
| June 7th @ 10 am | About the mini-series: Overview and topics | About the mini-series: Overview and topics |
| June 14th @ 10 am | Grading assignments with SpeedGrader | Grading assignments with SpeedGrader |
| June 21st @ 10 am | Overview of Classic Quizzes | Overview of Classic Quizzes |
| June 28th @ 10 am | Using the Gradebook | Using the Gradebook |
| July 5th @ 10 am | Accessibility Tools within Canvas | Accessibility Tools within Canvas |
| July 12th @ 10 am | Creating Student Groups | Creating Student Groups |
| July 19th @ 10 am | Using New Analytics to Communicate with Students | Using New Analytics to Communicate with Students |
| July 26th @ 10am | Canvas Best Practices (Series wrap-up) | Canvas Best Practices (Series wrap-up) |
Canvas Can in 10 Learning Series
This series is hosted by one of Canvas’ Senior Account Executives, Heidi Redmond. She holds multiple training series a year. Her upcoming series covers a wide range of useful topics starting on March 31st until May 5th. Heidi focuses on providing instructors with the best practices for Canvas elements.
To register for events within this series, use the links provided in this PDF: Canvas Can in 10 Learning Series
*Reach out to Haley Kinder, hkinder@utsouthern.edu, with any questions about Canvas training.