Table of Contents

Preface

Section 1: Designing and Creating Your Course

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Canvas

Technical requirements

Reviewing instances of Canvas

Institution-specific instances of Canvas

Free for Teachers instance of Canvas

Accessing Canvas and creating your account

Accessing your institution's Canvas site

Creating a Free for Teachers account

Navigating Canvas

Adjusting your profile, settings, and notifications

Editing your profile

Adding a profile picture

Adjusting your account settings

Creating your Canvas course

Joining a course created by your institution

Creating a new course with a Free for Teachers account

Summary

Chapter 2: Building Your Canvas Course

Technical requirements

Planning your course – from syllabus to screen

Importing content from another course

Creating assignments

Adding an assignment

Editing an assignment

Using the Rich Content Editor

Publishing an assignment

Creating discussions

Adding a discussion

Pinning or closing discussions

Creating quizzes

Adding a quiz

Adding questions

Managing question banks

Creating assignment groups

Weighting assignment groups

Summary

Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Launch Your Course

Technical requirements

Choosing a Course Home Page layout

The Course Activity Stream layout

The Pages Front Page layout

The Course Modules layout

The Assignment List layout

The Syllabus layout

Selecting navigation links

Adding course calendar events

Testing your course with Student View

Adding participants to the course

Managing users

Creating user groups

Publishing your course

Summary

Section 2: Teaching and Enhancing Your Course

Chapter 4: Teaching Your Canvas Course

Technical requirements

Communicating through the Inbox feature

Learning the layout of the inbox

Composing and sending a message

Organizing your inbox

Posting announcements

Providing feedback and grades

Accessing the Gradebook and entering grades

Accessing and using SpeedGrader

Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences

Creating a Conference

Starting and facilitating your conference

Summary

Chapter 5: Exploring Special Features

Technical requirements

Creating Collaborations

Editing or deleting collaborations

Setting up Outcomes

Creating outcomes

Creating Outcome Groups

Importing existing outcomes

Finding existing outcomes to use

Creating rubrics

Adding rubrics to assignments

Using rubrics for grading

Using the Learning Mastery Gradebook

Using Course Analytics and Course Statistics

Viewing Course Analytics

Viewing Course Statistics

Summary

Chapter 6: Utilizing and Integrating Apps

Technical requirements

Using Canvas on your mobile devices

Downloading and configuring the mobile app

Using the features of the mobile app

Navigating your course within the mobile app

Using the To Do feature of the mobile app

Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app

Accessing your settings within the mobile app

Finding help within the Canvas mobile app

Integrating external apps into your course

Summary

Section 3: Practical Ideas and Resources

Chapter 7: Where to Go for Help

Technical requirements

Finding help within Canvas

Exploring the Canvas Guides

Exploring other resources

Finding help outside of Canvas

Summary

Chapter 8: Now You're Ready!

Technical requirements

Exporting your course

Connecting Canvas to education in the 21st century

Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning

Looking to the future

Summary

Appendix: References and Resources

Teaching and learning in the 21st century

Battelle for Kids: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Understanding by Design

Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-Based Thinking Change Schools

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses

Designing online learning environments

The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting

The Interactive Class: Using Technology to Make Learning More Relevant and Engaging in the Elementary Classroom

How to Design and Teach A Hybrid Course: Achieving Student-Centered Learning Through Blended Classroom, Online and Experiential Activities

Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice and Assessment

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education

Conceptualizing online education

Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for the K-12 Classroom

Balance with Blended Learning: Partner with Your Students to Reimagine Learning and Reclaim Your Life

Essentials of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide (Second Edition)

Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies (2nd Edition)

The Complete 15-Volume Jossey-Bass Online Teaching & Learning Library

Other online course design resources

Course Design Academy

The Blended Learning Toolkit

Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers

Online Course Development Resources

The 5 Pillars – Sloan-C Quality Framework

Quality Matters: A National Benchmark for Online Course Design

Teaching Online: Design of an Online Course

CanvasLMS YouTube Channel

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