Canvas Instructor Training - Hoonuit

In this Hoonuit video training series, you will learn how to use Canvas as an instructor to create new courses and maintain current courses. Manage and run discussion boards within your courses, manage and add assignment to your courses,  work with announcements and the calendar, maintain and add students to your course.  Upon completion of this series, you will gain the knowledge needed to create and maintain distance and resident courses using Canvas.

https://learnit.hoonuit.com/5603/learnit?cn=FerrisCAS

Course Management Basics

Tom Gibbons, Instructure

Please make sure that you have access to an electronic version of your syllabus--Word doc, OneDrive, PDF, Google Doc, etc.--for this session.

• Creating your Syllabus 
• Loading Existing Content into Canvas
• Gradebook Basics

WATCH RECORDING of Course Management Basics.

 

Blackboard to Canvas Migration Workshop

Jackie Hughes, Ferris eLearning

In this session, we will consider some factors to consider when migrating courses from Blackboard. We will also examine ways to bring over specific content.  Finally, we will export course content from Blackboard and import it into Canvas.

WATCH RECORDING of Blackboard to Canvas Migration Workshop.

 

Building Assignments and Rubrics

Tom Gibbons, Instructure

• Assignment Settings
• Due Date Differentiation
• Rubric Creation

WATCH RECORDING of Building Assignments and Rubrics.

 

Five Fabulous Features in Canvas

Jackie Hughes, Ferris eLearning

With shiny new tools comes some surprise features that provoke people to exclaim “Wow” and break into a little happy dance. In this session, we will talk about some of the fun features you can leverage in Canvas. You will have the opportunity to share some cool features that you have discovered as well.

WATCH RECORDING of Five Fabulous Features in Canvas.

 

Grading and Assessment

Tom Gibbons, Instructure

• Late Policies and Grade Release
• SpeedGrader
• Multimedia Feedback Options

WATCH RECORDING of Grading and Assessment

 

Blackboard to Canvas Migration Workshop

Jackie Hughes, Ferris eLearning

In this session, we will consider some factors to consider when migrating courses from Blackboard. We will also examine ways to bring over specific content.  Finally, we will export course content from Blackboard and import it into Canvas.

WATCH RECORDING of Blackboard to Canvas Migration.

 

Communications and Nudging Strategies

Tom Gibbons, Instructure

• Inbox Messages
• Announcements, including RSS feeds
• Message Students Who Need Attention

WATCH RECORDING of Communications and Nudging Strategies. NOTE:  The recording begins around the 10 minute mark.

 

Office 365 Integration

Tom Gibbons, Instructure

• Integrating O365 Content
• O365 Cloud Assignments

WATCH RECORDING of Office 365 Integration.