Canvas for Beaver County

Teach Online with Canvas – One Day Agenda

• Welcome and Housekeeping
• What is Online Learning?
• Intro to Learning Management Systems
• Using Canvas in different teaching environments
• Fink’s A Self Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learn
• Navigating in Canvas

Let’s Login!

Log into your SEDC Canvas if you have already accepted the invite, otherwise, check your email and follow the link.

• Set up Profile and Notifications
• Authorize additional services
• Calendar
• Getting Help
• Here is a document to guide you.

o   Pages vs. Assignments

• Adding Files

o  Adding Content

• Use the worksheets/handouts you already have
• See resources below
• Use the LTI Tools  (Check out Public Resources)

o   Manage your course

• Modules
• Home Page options

Navigation

• Hiding items

Adding Content

UEN Resources for Content  UEN Pioneer Library http://pioneer-library.org/  UEN MultiMedia Resources for Educators and Students http://www.uen.org/general_learner/multimedia_resources.shtml UEN Resources for K-12 Education http://www.uen.org/k12educator/uenresources.shtml Other Useful Links   A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning, L. Dee Fink, PhD http://www.deefinkandassociates.com/GuidetoCourseDesignAug05.pdf   Brown University – Best Practices for Teaching Online http://www.brown.edu/ce/faculty/online/resources/best-practices.php   Canvas 14-Day Training Site Registration https://acme.instructure.com/register   Edutopia: Mastering Online Discussion Board Facilitation Resource Guide http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-onlinelearning-mastering-online-discussion-board-facilitation.pdf   Hanover Research Council – Best Practices in Online Teaching Strategies http://www.uwec.edu/AcadAff/resources/edtech/upload/Best-Practices-in-Online-Teaching-Strategies-Membership.pdf   MERLOT – Multimedia Educational Resources for Online Learning and Teaching http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm   Penn State Learning Design – Introduction to Crafting Questions for Online Discussions http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/crafting_question   Penn State John A. Dutton e-Education Institute – Best Practices and Expectations for Online Teaching https://www.e-education.psu.edu/bestpractices   Standford Center for Teaching and Learning – Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1091   University of Illinois Online Teaching Activity Index http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/   University of Maryland University College Assignments and Activities for Online Courses http://www.umuc.edu/ctl/upload/assign.pdf   Articles about Teaching Online   Faculty Focus: Higher Ed Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications http://www.facultyfocus.com   Faculty Focus: Managing Controversy in the Online Classroom http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/managing-controversy-in-the-online-classroom/     Faculty Focus: Three Ways to Change up Your Online Discussion Board Prompts http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/asynchronous-learning-and-trends/three-ways-to-change-up-your-online-discussion-board-prompts/   Faculty Focus: Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice to the Online Classroom http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/applying-the-seven-principles-for-good-practice-to-the-online-classroom/   Faculty Focus: Tips for Online Instructors: Managing Files, Feedback, and Workload http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/tips-for-online-instructors-managing-files-feedback-and-workload/