Converting Paper Based Lab Assignment to Canvas

scottdennis

I was speaking with a high school metal shop teacher the other day.  He had what I thought as a neat way to use Canvas in his lab.  The students must demonstrate how to safely use various pieces of equipment throughout the semester.  When a student is ready to demonstrate a proficiency the following happens:

1. Student goes and gets teacher
2. Teacher has student login into Canvas on the teacher's iPad and hand the tablet back to the teacher
3. Teacher navigates to a quiz, for example; Demonstrate Knowledge of Safe Use of a Lathe
4. Teacher enters password to begin quiz
5. Quiz has questions like "Student wore appropriate safety goggles" [Yes/No].  As the student works through their demo, the teacher 'answers' the questions.

I thought this would be a great technique for nursing programs, lab classes or any course with a field component. 

kmeeusen

Here is another great way of accomplishing the same thing............

1. Instructor creates assignment placeholder in Canvas,
2. For the assignment the instructor creates a Canvas rubric with all the grading criteria for the demonstration,
3. When student is ready, instructor opens up the assignment in the SpeadGrader app in iPad,
4. As student demonstrates, instructor rates student on each criteria using the rubric, then submits student score,
5. Score and grading rubric are instantly available for student to review.

That's what I love about technology - there is always more than one way to skin a cat!