Canvas 101: An Introduction to Canvas 7.12-7.13

Hello and welcome to Canvas 101!

Course Goal

• At the end of the course, participants will be able to use the features learned in the course to  build a course structure and set up a grade book.  

Course Objectives

• demonstrate eight (8) features in Canvas
• practice these features in your sample course
• promote peer sharing and learning

Course Instructors

• Casey Cascio (ccascio@ou.edu) and Viola Peng (violapeng@ou.edu), CTE Graduate Canvas Teaching Fellows

Course Expectations

• This miniature course is fully online and asynchronous.  It is a 1- 2 hour per day commitment for 2 days.

Course Schedule

• Day 1:


• Features: Settings, Integrated Syllabus, Modules, Pages, and Files
• Activities:

1. Self-introduction in Discussions
2. Review tutorials for the above features in Modules
3. Start a development course, import your Sample Course to Discussions in Day 1, and practice these features
4. Join Discussions to ask questions and also share your learning experience of these features                      

• Day 2: (Content will be released on the second day.)

• Features: Assignments, Quizzes, and Gradebook
• Activities:

1. Review tutorials for the above features in Modules
2. Keep building a sample assignment, a quiz, and a grade book in the sample course that you built in Day 1.
3. Join Discussions to ask questions and also share your learning experience of these features   

Assessments

• To let everyone  see how a basic grade book works, we will grade the following activities. 
  
   - Post a self-introduction (50 pts)
   - Create and post your sample course (50 pts)
   - Practice Day 1 features in your sample course (50 pts)
   - Practice Day 2 features in your sample course (50 pts)
   - Discussions of features (not graded but strongly encouraged)