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.
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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
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Introduction to Canvas Assignments and Gradebook
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- 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
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Canvas New Quizzes – Getting Started
New Quizzes will soon become the only quiz option in CSU’s Canvas. Get to know New Quizzes!
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- 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:
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Canvas Advanced Gradebook
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- 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
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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 – Aug 2024
Assignments and Gradebook – Aug 2024
Canvas New Quizzes – Aug 2024
Canvas Overview / Content – NA
Advanced Gradebook – NA
Other Training Options
Contact your College Canvas Coordinator