Workshops and Webinars

The U of A Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers various Canvas learning opportunities for anyone supporting student learning. Click to see details for each format.

 

Join CTL Canvas specialists for in-depth explorations of specific Canvas features from technical and pedagogical perspectives.

Each webinar is 45 minutes long (20-minute demonstration + 25-minute Q & A).

Join CTL Canvas specialists for hands-on, guided workflows designed to help you build and refine your Canvas courses.

Each workshop is up to three hours long and is offered either in person or online.

Bring targeted support directly to your department with a personalized, 2-hour in-person co-working session, where CTL Canvas specialists provide pedagogical and technical guidance tailored to your team’s unique course needs. All experience levels are welcome.

Key Benefits:

  • Hands-on help with course building and design
  • Distraction-free working time and peer collaboration

Host Requirements:

Your department provides a local room and handles internal registration; participants bring their own devices.

Complete the Faculty or Unit-Specific Workshop request form to request a Canvas Build Space session.


Upcoming Canvas Learning Opportunities

This list contains only programming relevant to Canvas. 
For a complete listing of CTL's available programming, please visit our Events page. 

Diversifying your Question Types in Canvas Quizzes

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WebinAR

 Thursday, Nov. 19

 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

 Online | via Zoom

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Now that Reading Week is over, you might be getting ready to create your final exams online. In this 20-minute webinar, we’ll showcase all of the different question types available in the Canvas New Quizzes engine and how they appear on the students’ screens. We will also differentiate between questions that are graded automatically or manually.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Create different types of questions for your online quizzes
  • Differentiate manually vs automatically graded questions

Optimiser l’organisation de votre contenu dans Canvas

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Webinaire

 vendredi 27 novembre

 12h à 12h50

 En ligne

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Vous êtes en train de préparer vos cours pour l’hiver 2027? Profitez-en pour optimiser l’expérience d’apprentissage de vos personnes étudiantes! Passez d’un “dépôt de fichiers” à un parcours d’apprentissage fluide, clair et facile à naviguer grâce à du contenu ordonné et facilement accessible. Au cours de ce webinaire de 20 minutes, nous explorerons deux exemples de cours pour illustrer le concept de charge cognitive et d'accessibilité Web.

À la fin du webinaire, restez avec nous pour une période de discussion de 25 minutes afin de poser vos questions et échanger avec vos collègues

Objectifs d'apprentissage
À la fin de cette séance, vous serez en mesure de faire ce qui suit :

  • Ajuster vos modules et vos pages de manière à réduire le défilement ou les clics
  • Guider les personnes étudiantes à travers un parcours d’apprentissage clair grâce à votre contenu Canvas