Canvas Webinars
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Join CTL Canvas Specialists for more in-depth explorations of Canvas features from technical and pedagogical perspectives. Short “Wednesday Webinars” on Zoom are scheduled bi-weekly. Each webinar is 45 minutes long (20-minute demo + 25-minute Q & A, sharing, and practice).
Teaching and learning happen in multiple spaces, places, and dimensions of our work at the U of A. Every Canvas learning opportunity welcomes anyone engaged in supporting students’ learning experiences.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
All sessions are offered online (20-minute demonstration + 25-minute Q & A).
Woo! Hoo! Real-time student engagement with Wooclap and Canvas
Wednesday, June 11
12:05 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
With Wooclap and Canvas, instructors can engage students with real-time polling, quizzing, word clouds, and more, leveraging students’ devices to boost participation, gauge understanding, and provide instant feedback.
Join us for this 20-minute webinar where we’ll demonstrate a fun and formative Wooclap activity, including its integration into the Canvas gradebook. With Wooclap’s intuitive interface, instructors can easily create an interactive, inclusive, and effective learning environment. Stay for an additional 25-minute Q & A to discuss this tool in detail.
Learning Outcomes:
- Consider the use of Wooclap in your teaching context.
- Create and administer a Canvas-integrated Wooclap activity
All about Assessment: A Canvas Showcase
Wednesday, June 25
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
“All About Assessment” is an online, self-paced course for University of Alberta instructors to learn how to use Canvas Assignments, Rubrics, Quizzes, SpeedGrader, and Gradebook to create engaging and effective assessment, streamline grading, and provide meaningful feedback.
Join us for this 20-minute webinar where we’ll showcase the All About Assessment course content and structure. We will highlight our Canvas design decisions and strategies in building the Module structure, Page content, and more with the intention of creating an organized, easily navigated experience for users.
Learning outcome:
- Identify key similarities and differences between Canvas and eClass in the use of Assignments, Quizzes, and grading tools to support effective assessment practices.
Stay for an additional 25-minute Q & A to discuss this course in detail.
Canvas Pickles: The most common Canvas mistakes instructors make (and how to fix them!)
Wednesday, July 9
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
It’s easy to miss a few key steps, even in an LMS you know–and in Canvas, those little things can make a big difference for students and for your workload. In this 20-minute webinar, we’ll go through the most common setup and design mistakes instructors tend to make when first building a Canvas course, from confusing navigation to missing assignments and unpublished modules.
We’ll show you how to avoid these roadblocks and share quick tips to make your course clear, consistent, and ready for students, help you feel more confident in your course setup, and save you time (and brain space) during the term.
Stay for an additional 25-minute Q & A to discuss your teaching needs and share creative solutions and best practices.
- Identify and fix common issues that prevent students from accessing content
- Simplify your course navigation to foster student satisfaction and success
Top Five Questions about Canvas from U of A Instructors
Wednesday, July 23
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Where has the time gone?! The Canvas Team at CTL has been developing and facilitating Canvas learning experiences for instructors for the past 12 months. We’ve been learning alongside our instructor participants, and we’ve compiled a list of common questions and our carefully researched and practiced responses.
Join us for this 20-minute webinar where we’ll share, and provide answers to, the top 5 questions we’ve received from instructors. Stay for an additional 25 minute Q &A to help us tailor our responses to your unique teaching needs.
- Access just-in-time help while learning from previous instructors’ experiences with Canvas at U of A
Joignez-vous aux spécialistes Canvas du CTL pour explorer plus en détail les fonctions de Canvas d’un point de vue à la fois technique et pédagogique. Les courts webinaires “vendredis Vitrine” sont offerts un vendredi chaque mois sur Zoom. Ils sont d’une durée de 45 minutes (démo de 20 minutes + période de discussion de 25 minutes pour échanger et poser des questions).
L’enseignement et l’apprentissage se déroulent dans de multiples espaces, lieux et dimensions de notre travail à l’Université de l’Alberta. Nos occasions d’apprentissage Canvas sont ouvertes à toute personne impliquée dans le soutien des expériences d’apprentissage de notre population étudiante.
LES WEBINAIRES SERONT ANNONCÉS PROCHAINEMENT!
Toutes les sessions ont lieu en ligne (démo de 20 minutes + période de discussion de 25 minutes).