Training

Canvas Basics Training Workshops

At the beginning of each semester, we offer Canvas Basics workshops during the Fall Faculty Ramp-uo and PDI for instructors, TA’s and staff members who have not used Canvas before or who need to brush up on their skills.

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