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CSUSM uses Canvas as our learning management system.
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Canvas Conference on Demand!
- Did you know that it only takes 10 - 15 minutes to add fun, attention-grabbing, clickable buttons on your Canvas course homepage?
- Did you know that there are many cool third-party tools such as Teams meetings and Gradescope that you can plug and play in your Canvas course?
These are just a glimpse of what was shared at the Canvas Conference during the week of March 6-10, 2023. If you missed the live conference, no fear! With the consent of our awesome presenters, we at the Faculty Center recorded the meetings so you can learn new ways to up your Canvas game on your own schedule. The offerings are listed below.
- Panel 1: Approaches to Engaging Students
Watch Panel 1: Approaches to Engaging Students
Watch if you want to:
- Grab your students’ attention with easy-to-make, visually appealing pages
- Up your quiz game by making quizzes into escape rooms
Presentation 1: "Using Canva in Canvas - How to make your Canvas Shell More Visually Appealing for Students" - Rachel Nortz (Speech-Language Pathology)
Presentation 2: "Scavenger Hunt Escape Room Activities Using Canvas Quizzes" - Jerry Limberg, Amanda Kalish, and Virginia Velati Tirona (Library)
- Panel 2: Communicating with Students
Watch Panel 2: Communicating with Students
Watch if you want to:
- Motivate your students to do the readings and reflect on what they read
- Try out a fast new way of online grading and giving feedback with Gradescope
Presentation 1: "Communicating Effectively and Increasing Completion Rates: Low-Stakes Tools for Student Success" - Meegan Feori-Payne (CoBA Marketing)
Presentation 2: "Gradescope: Fast, Easy Grading With Good Feedback" - Shahed Sharif (Mathematics)
- Plenary (1): Microsoft Teams Integration for Enhanced Student Engagement & Collaboration
Watch if you want to Learn more about:
- Creating and recording meetings, live interactions and more in Microsoft Teams as part of Canvas
- Plenary (2): Canvas Common Questions
Watch Plenary (2): Canvas Common Questions by Susan Eldridge (IDS)
Watch if you want to Learn more about:
- Speedgrader, gradebook, quizzes, student groups, etc.
- Plenary (3): Canvas Plugins
Watch Plenary (3): Canvas Plugins by Becky Williams (IDS)
Watch if you want to Learn more about:
- Approved third party tools, requesting a new tool, etc.
- Plenary (4): Student-to-Student Interaction in Canvas
Watch Plenary (4): Student-to-Student Interaction in Canvas by Monica Munoz (IDS)
Watch if you want to Learn more about:
- Student engagement tools, group sets, discussions, pages, etc.
- Plenary (5): Canvas Analytics
Watch Plenary (5): Canvas Analytics by Terri Georgopoulos (IDS)
Watch if you want to Learn more about:
- Course trends, student interaction data, quiz statistics, bulk message, etc.
Three Canvas Tips to Start Your Semester Strong
- Take advantage of the free, pre-made, CSUSM-specific Canvas shells
You do not have to start with a blank Canvas course! Import free, pre-made, CSUSM-specific Canvas shells from Canvas Commons as templates. You can use the entirety of a shell or just some of its content; for example, you can import a pre-made page on CSUSM academic honesty policy.
Interested? Start here:
Check out the Canvas Commons to see what is available.
Follow this How-to Guide to import Canvas shells into your own course. - Add requirements to your modules to help your students pay attention
Did you know that when your students log into their Canvas accounts, what they see is not a list of courses (card view) like you do, but a to-do list of all their due dates?
What this means is that if you want your students to pay attention to your Canvas content beyond just the assignments and their due dates, for example, if you want to make sure that your students read the instruction pages, click on the links to the readings, etc., you should consider adding requirements to your modules so that the content of the modules show up in your students’ to-do list when they log in.This is a quick guide: How to add requirements to Canvas modules
- Got questions? Ask an IDS expert via Zoom Monday - Friday 10 am to 4 pm
Join the IDS Staff for Open Office Hours, Monday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Missed the Flipped Canvas Boot Camp sessions from August 2022 or want to watch it
again? Watch the recorded sessions via the Zoom links below (please be logged into
the Zoom desktop app to access):