Difference between revisions of "Canvas Guide"

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Help for Faculty and Staff

As of May 2014, The Evergreen State College is transitioning to using Canvas as our primary Learning Management System. See below for details, help, and how-to resources.

Canvas at Evergreen

What is Canvas? Course access and enrollment. Migrating content from Moodle.

Canvas Orientation for Faculty

Walk through this self-paced online course for an overview of the Canvas interface along with some of the tools and features used in building a basic modules-based site.
After reviewing the Orientation, sign up for the hands-on Canvas Basics workshop to practice working on a site.

Technical Requirements for Using Canvas

Supported Internet browsers and needed plugins. Canvas on mobile devices (Android, iOS).

Designing Your Canvas Course

Creating a Home page. Adding files, links, and media content. Publishing your course.

Communicating in Canvas

Using Announcements, Conversations, Discussions, the Calendar, and Scheduler to connect with students. Tools for providing students feedback in Canvas.

Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas

Creating and administrating assignments, online quizzes, and surveys. Setting up question banks.

Assessment and Evaluation Tools in Canvas

Using Outcomes and Rubrics to communicate instructional objectives and achievement expectations. Using the Gradebook and SpeedGrader.

Translating Moodle to Canvas

Learn about the differences and similarities between the two systems.

Related pages

Canvas for Students

Canvas Guide Topics

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 *Walk through this self-paced online course for an overview of the Canvas interface along with some of the tools and features used in building a basic modules-based site.
 *After reviewing the Orientation, [https://evergreen.instructure.com/courses/96/pages/sign-up-for-a-hands-on-canvas-workshop sign up] for the hands-on [https://evergreen.instructure.com/courses/96/pages/sign-up-for-a-hands-on-canvas-workshop Canvas Basics] workshop to practice working on a site.
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 ====[[Communicating in Canvas]]====
-Using Announcements, Conversations, Discussions, the Calendar, and Scheduler.
+Using Announcements, Conversations, Discussions, the Calendar, and Scheduler to connect with students. Tools for providing students feedback in Canvas.
-====[[Feedback and Media Tools]]====
+====[[Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas]]====
-Using the Rich Text Editor and Media Content tool to provide feedback in audio or video format.
+Creating and administrating assignments, online quizzes, and surveys. Setting up question banks.
-====[[Assignments and Grading in Canvas]]====
+====[[Assessment and Evaluation Tools in Canvas]]====
-Creating and managing assignments. Using the Gradebook and SpeedGrader.
+Using Outcomes and Rubrics to communicate instructional objectives and achievement expectations. Using the Gradebook and SpeedGrader.
-====[[Rubrics and Outcomes]]====
-Use these assessment tools to communicate instructional objectives and achievement expectations.
-====[[Quizzes]]====
-Create and administer online quizzes and surveys. Set up question banks.
 ====[[Translating Moodle to Canvas]]====
 Learn about the differences and similarities between the two systems.
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