WSU-Spokane IT will be offering training sessions during the month of April covering the basics of Canvas. Each session will be offered a few times a week, running between 1-1.5 hours long, with time built into each session for questions and workshopping in your own course. If you cannot attend live, recordings of the sessions will be made available.
Session 1 – Getting Started in Canvas
In this session, we’ll focus on the first steps to getting your course ready.
- Export content from Blackboard and import it into Canvas
- Add the College of Nursing template to your Canvas course
- Edit the College of Nursing template to fit your course
- Add content to your Canvas course
Recording and Resources
- Link to Session 1 recording
- Link to Session 1 Slides
Session 2 – Assignments
In this session, we’ll take a look at the Assignments tool, learning how to create drop-box assessments in Canvas.
- Create an assignment
- Add a rubric to an assignment
- Grade and provide feedback on an assignment
- View assignments and feedback from a student’s perspective
- Explore Turnitin, the plagiarism checking tool
Recording and Resources
- Link to Session 2 recording
- Link to Session 2 Slides
Session 3 – Tests and Quizzes
In the third session, we’ll dive into Quizzes, the Canvas tool used to create test assessments.
- Create a test
- Moderating a test in progress
- Grading and providing feedback on a test
- View tests and feedback from a student’s perspective
- Reviewing test statistics
Recording and Resources
- Link to Session 3 recording
- Link to Session 3 Slides
Session 4 – Organizing the Gradebook
In the final session, we’ll review how to navigate the Canvas gradebook’s various features.
- Navigate the gradebook
- Filter and organize the gradebook
- Create a weight-based gradebook
Recording and Resources
- Link to Session 4 recording