Hints, tips and info from Instructional Technologists
The first item in a module should be a module overview (created as a Canvas “page”) which lists module dates as well as all learning objectives, assignments, and expectations.
Pages are containers of content that are part of a course. Pages can include text, video, images, and links to files and other course or group content.
Pages will avoid the one item at a time sequence of modules.
There is the global purple menu on the left and each class has its own menu next to it. Go to Settings, Navigation and either click on the snowman dots to disable an time or drag it to the hide from students sections. With Files enabled there might be some exam questions etc. you don’t want to share with students!
Homepages can be chosen quickly via the Change Home Page option on the left after clicking Home from your course menu.
After your initial welcome to the class you might create weekly “homepages” with links to what students will be doing.
Search for Module Introduction Page with Flat Icons to import into your course via Canvas or contact this office for assistance.
For those who have not used Canvas and teaching this Spring there are lots of trainings online and by consultation. This office is available through bookings to help solve your Canvas needs.
New Rich Content Editor Releases Jan 16The Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the formatting box where you add text, images, links, Mediasite videos, Studio media, etc. You use it when creating announcements, pages, discussions, quizzes, etc. It’s everywhere! The updated RCE has been reorganized and has a more compact formatting bar with dropdowns to access previously visible formatting options. Big Change: External Tools will be called Apps and use a new plug icon |
Teams and Canvas integration. Create your meetings right within Canvas.
A few questions you’ll find answers to:
Desktop recordings in Canvas are done in Studio, which is accessed from your main menu. You now can organize your recordings by using using Collections. Collections, like folders, make organizing and finding media easier. Collections can also be shared, inside Canvas, with other ECU users. Neat tool to use!
To export your course from Blackboard. You do not have to immediately import to Canvas but save the file to your PirateDrive for safe keeping.
Courses which have been imported into Canvas by Academic Technologies –
Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
You will find a shell for Spring 2020 in Canvas but there will not be a shell for Fall 2019 you will need to import that into one of your Sandbox courses are directly into Fall 2020 shell.
You can import specific content or all content, if you have tests for many years I have found a way to delete the very old ones if interested.
Recent canvas training has been using this agenda and providing checklists which can be very helpful in developing/transferring your course to Canvas. The links are interactive to google doc pages.
Here is a sample to well designed courses.
Contact this office if you would like help designing a homepage template for your department.
Your content with other faculty! Use the Send to option to directly share pages, files with another instructor. Click on the Snowman (3 dots next to the item), select “Send to” and search via e-mail address.
Your sandbox courses are handy spaces to import your content from Blackboard and give you an idea how the course looks in Canvas.
If you were a many folder course creator the transfer to Canvas may look a bit messy and take a lot of reorganization but no worries you can easily “Copy” specific content from your Sandbox to your actual course. Go to Settings, Import Content, Select Copy a Canvas Course, enter the Course you want to copy from and then select the Radio Button for Select specific content.
Need assistance contact this office.
Make the move NOW rather than August. I can provide one on one training. Lots of training available here
If you would like me to set up a template for your course content please let me know and we can get started!
DON’T WAIT!
