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CSUSM uses Canvas as our learning management system.
See the FAQ page from IITS for additional details.
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):
The Faculty Center will be hosting a “Canvas Conference” the week of March 6-10, 2023, and we are looking for CSUSM faculty to share their experiences and examples with their colleagues. All participants who share resources or present will receive a digital certificate of participation suitable for inclusion as a WPAF artifact.
If you are a faculty member and have a tip, activity, or a sample exercise to share that you feel works well on Canvas please submit a proposal to be part of our conference!
- CSUSM Virtual TRC
Join the IDS Staff for Open Office Hours, Monday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm