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Here are five Intermediate Tips to use and share. There are Beginner Tips in this series, as well. Intermediate, Part 1 Intermediate, Part 2 Intermediate, Part 3 Intermediate, Part 4 Intermediate, Part 5 Other infographics you might find helpful can be found at the links below: Beginner Essentials Intermediate Essentials…
Some challenges get in the way of teachers giving Canvas a go. A big one that we have noticed is when there are limited devices in classrooms. Here are some ideas that we have either used ourselves or seen teachers create. Timetables – if sharing devices with other classes is a challenge then excellent timetabling is…
Recently I attended Instructurecon 2019. Over the years I have used many different LMS...from Moodle and Fusion pages to D2L and Blackboard. What has made Canvas stand out is that it is exactly as its name would suggest; a blank slate for me to showcase my creativity. It should be no surprise then that the company is…
I am 3rd grade teacher. My students use Canvas classes in daily practice. Canvas helps me create differentiated assignments and support students with special needs. Kids love it. I believe that other teachers will use Canvas to engage and support their students! For example, I use 3tabs page for reading…
When our team first started traveling around the state demonstrating the whys and hows of Canvas we used power points to present. It didn’t take us long to realise how clunky this was. We had to rely on screen shots or toggle between the power point and Canvas to get far too many points across. It was a bit of a TTWADI…
Hey K-12 Users Group We are so excited to be meeting with you at InstructureCon 2019 in just over a week! We wanted to send along some talking points we plan to discuss in groups during this meet up. Please come prepared to share your thoughts, lessons learned or best practices around the following questions: 1. How are…
I couldn't think of a better title for these infographics. These are just small chunks of info for teachers to consider as they get their courses established. They sort of follow an order of operations, but I feel like the Essentials series does a better job of a good work-flow. The Essentials are a rebrand of these small…
Future Ready is a term that is being applied across the board in today’s educational universe and our high school is doing its part on several fronts. One of those pieces starts with our brand new LMS (Learning Management System), which is really a fancy way of saying virtual classroom space. Canvas LMS is vastly becoming…
You can probably tell, I like a series. Here is the Cool Things Series that includes some basic and not-so-basic uses for some of the great Canvas features. I've included these features so far: * Assignments * Grade book * Modules * Calendar * Quizzes * Discussions I'll add a few more as I think of them. I put these in my…
To complete the Essentials Series, I came up with two Phases for some Advanced tools instructors can use in their courses. I'm sure there are some other interesting Advanced tools out there I haven't thought of so I'd love to hear from some of you. I can compile them (giving you credit!) into a Phase 3. In these you'll…
Thanks to everyone who was able to join us during the Canvas Live event. Linked here is the recording from the session attached is the chat transcript from the session. We wanted to move the discussion, connections and conversations to the Engagement Space where you can start your own discussions, continue to post to this…
The following is a CanvasLive session presented on May 7, 2019 by Forney ISD. (view in My Videos)
Deciding what constitutes as "intermediate" essentials is such a gray area. I've come up with 24 items that I think may fit. There are three documents in this series and here is the list of what you'll find: * Add a File in a Content Page * Create a Hyperlink to a File * Use Auto-Inline Preview * Enable Attachments for…
After Year Five of our Canvas implementation, teachers are still reluctant to really dive in and use it to its fullest. These Beginner Essentials take a brand new user or one who has had it on the back shelf for years ...and years... and some more years.... from how to add a professional profile picture to using the…
Two weeks ago I went to Bett Asia in Kuala Lumpur. The presentation is half an hour, but if you have nothing better to do, here is the Callaghan College Wallsend journey! Apologies for the wobbly start - my husband was filming and people kept walking around him. Was a great conference if anyone gets a chance to attend.…