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.  (See below)   For more information and to register, visit https://mylearning.colostate.edu

Build a Course in Canvas Workshop

  • How to design your course to match your pedagogy and learning objectives.
  • Which file formats to use so students can access your content.
  • How to take mobile device needs into your course design.
  • Upload and organize files in your Canvas course
  • Create Pages and Modules to present content to your students.
  • Use the built in dynamic Syllabus tool.

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 10 AM – Noon, MS Team Meeting

Introduction to Canvas Assignments and Gradebook Workshop

  • Pedagogical assessment considerations.
  • The relationship between assignments and the Canvas grade book.
  • How to create a column in the grade book.
  • The options that are available when you create an assignment.
  • Rubric basics.
  • Perform subtotal calculations by assignment groups.
  • How to enter grades for your students.
  • Download a copy of your Canvas grade book.

Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 10 AM – Noon, MS Team Meeting

Canvas New Quizzes - Getting Started Workshop

New Quizzes will become the only quiz option in CSU’s Canvas by summer 2022.  Get started Now!

  • Learn the new question types and features in New Quizzes.
  • Learn how to 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.
  • How to use Question Groups to make a quiz unique per student.
  • How to view a student’s submission in SpeedGrader.
  • How to moderate a quiz and add additional time or attempts for a student’s quiz.
  • Learn how to migrate an existing classic quiz, which does not rely on question banks, over to a New Quiz.

 

Date/Time: Thursday, August 12, 2021, 10 – 11:30 am, Online using MS Teams Meeting

Canvas Advanced Grade Book Workshop

  • 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.

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 10 – 11:30 AM, MS Team Meeting

Registration

Register for training workshops at MyLearning with your CSU eID

In the CSU My Learning Bridge system:

  1. At the top left, click Learning Library.
  2. In the search box type: canvas
  3. At the top of the course card click Enroll.
  4. To the right of the course click Register.
  5. Click Register.

Canvas Pedagogical Foundation

Training Materials

Recorded Workshops – For CSU Instructors

Assignments and Gradebook – Aug. 2020
Canvas Overview / Content – June 2020
Advanced Gradebook – January 2021

Other Training Options

Customized Training

We offer specialized Canvas training for groups of 8 or more people. Contact us at: canvashelp@colostate.edu