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Title of Unit
Curriculum Area
Developed By
Canvas: An Introduction
Technology Integration in all class levels and
subjects
Laramy Wells
Grade Level
Time Frame
Staff Development
Staff meeting: 45-60 minutes
Understandings
Essential Questions
What is Canvas?
How can Canvas be used an instructional tool?
How do would you plan to incorporate this into your
future instruction?
How do you create a course?
How do you upload and manage files?
What are the advantages of teachers and students using
Canvas?
Knowledge
Skills
Teachers will know what Canvas is, how to create a course, and how
to upload and manage files for student use.
Teachers will be introduced to Canvas as a tool for introducing content as well as a tool or assessing students.
They will view a video about the purpose of Canvas and discuss the best uses of Canvas in the classroom. They
will learn about uploading and managing files for student use.
Teacher, evaluator
Any level of learner
You will learn how to create a Canvas course. You will have the opportunity to create your own course and
upload files. You will be shown how to edit your profile and notification preferences as well as file permissions.
Other Evidence
1. Participate in an open discussion of Canvas and provide verbal feedback to the instructor.
2. Complete assignments and assessments at the end of each section to demonstrate understanding.
3. Complete a written evaluation on the workshop.
Conversations
Online vs. Hybrid Courses
Files
We start the presentation with a video that promotes Canvas. It is a parody of the classic
Apple Super Bowl commercial.
I will play another video featuring the CEO of Instructure about the philosophy of Canvas. We
will then discuss how Canvas can be the key to bridging student understanding and getting
the students involved in their education.
Steps on editing the Canvas user profile. A discussion on how this is the foundation of
communication through Canvas. The profile is how you will communicate with students and
how Canvas will contact you.
Learners will compare and contrast traditional email with Canvass conversation feature. We
will look into connecting Canvas to personal web services like personal email and Twitter.
Canvas can be utilized as a fully implemented course or in conjunction with an already
existing face-to-face course. We will discuss the importance of both and how Canvas can
assist in both decisions.
I will cover the steps for creating a course and all of the options associated with it. We will
discuss the differences between the various homepages and why an educator would choose
one over the other. We will also discuss keeping the course simple and how to adjust the
navigation of the course to aide the students with accessing what they need.
We will conclude with the process for uploading files so that students can access course
material from anywhere.
b. False
5) To customize the navigation, the instructor can use the Navigation tab located in
a. Files
b. People
c. Home
d. Settings
6) In the Navigation tab an instructor cannot drag and drop links to the bottom of the Navigation pane to
remove them from student view.
a. True
b. False
7) The option to enter Student View is located in
a. People
b. Home
c. Settings
d. Files
8) A key goal when customizing the Canvas interface for your class is
a. Simplicity
b. Building workarounds for the limited flexibility of the interface
c. Changing the colors of the navigation
d. Using every feature in Canvas
Evaluation Survey
1) Rate your satisfaction with the level of instruction during this professional learning.
a. Its Perfect
b. I learned a few things.
c. Neutral
d. It was boring.
e. Please make changes immediately!
2) Rate your satisfaction with the usefulness of content during this professional learning.
a. Its Perfect
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