Training

Canvas Basics Training Workshops

For instructors, TA’s and staff members who have not used Canvas before or who need to brush up on their skills, at the beginning of each semester, we offer Canvas Basics workshops.

2023 Fall RampUp – August 7th and 8th, 2023

Registration

Register for training workshops in Bridge/MyLearning with your CSU NetID

In the Bridge Learning Library, search for Canvas in the search box to find trainings on Canvas.

  • Build a Course in Canvas

    • Design your course to match your pedagogy and learning objectives
    • Upload and organize files in your Canvas course
    • Create Modules and Pages to present content to your students
    • Add images, formatting, and color to a page
    • Utilize the built in, dynamic Syllabus tool
    • Which file formats to utilize so students can access your content
    • Take mobile device needs into your course design

    Upcoming Dates/Times

    • TBD
  • Introduction to Canvas Assignments and Gradebook

      • Pedagogical assessment considerations
      • The relationship between assignments and the Canvas gradebook
      • Create a column in the gradebook
      • Options that are available when you create an assignment
      • Enter student grades
      • Rubric basics
      • Perform subtotal calculations by assignment groups
      • Download a copy of the Canvas gradebook

    Upcoming Dates/Times:

    • TBD
  • Canvas New Quizzes – Getting Started

    New Quizzes will soon become the only quiz option in CSU’s Canvas. Get to know New Quizzes!

      • Overview of the new question types and features in New Quizzes
      • Apply settings on a New Quiz.
      • Shuffle questions/answers, manage what students see when they complete the quiz
      • Learn how to create questions in a New Quiz
      • Preview how the quiz will look to students
      • Use Question Groups to make a quiz unique per student
      • View a student’s submission in SpeedGrader
      • Moderate a quiz and add additional time or attempts for a student’s quiz
      •  Migrate an existing classic quiz, which does not rely on question banks, over to a New Quiz

    Upcoming Dates/Times:

    • TBD

  • Canvas Advanced Gradebook

      • How to give extra credit
      • Weight your grades by assignment groups. g. Exams 50%, Papers 25%
      • Exclude a student from a course assignment
      • Assign an assignment to certain students in your course
      • Drop the lowest score in an assignment group
      • Create a grading scheme for your course
      • Calculate final letter grades for your students. At the end of the semester final grades can be imported into ARIESweb

    Upcoming Dates/Times:

    • TBD

Canvas Pedagogical Foundation

TILT Pedagogical Course Design Considerations
TILT Align Assignments with Learning Objectives
TILT Rubric Design

Training Guides

Canvas Instructor Guides
Canvas Instructor Videos

Canvas Content Key Points
Canvas Content Exercises
Gradebook Basics Exercises
Canvas Gradebook & Assignments Key Points
Canvas Advanced Gradebook Key Points
Quiz Classic Key Points
Create Eye Catching Pages with Design Tools
Copy a Canvas Quiz

Recorded Workshops

Build A Course workshop – Aug. 2021
Assignments and Gradebook – Aug. 2020
Canvas Overview / Content – June 2020
Advanced Gradebook – January 2021

Other Training Options

Contact your College Canvas Coordinator
Appointment with Central Canvas Support

Customized Training

We offer specialized Canvas training for groups of 8 or more people. Please submit request through our Canvas Questions Form.