Canvas Training & Reference Course

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About this course

Welcome to the Canvas Training & Reference Course! I'm Andrew Taylor, Wabash's Educational Technologist, and I'm excited to show you some of the great features of our learning management system. This course is designed to serve two purposes:

For those new to Canvas, this course will provide you with training on a wide variety of popular Canvas features that you can utilize to both create engaging courses and to more effectively facilitate instruction.
For those with some familiarity with Canvas, this course will provide a reference point for features and options within Canvas that you can return to again and again for a refresher.

Before we begin, I want to give you a bit of an overview of how you'll progress through the course so you know what to expect. If you prefer to watch this overview, play the video embedded above. If you prefer to read, you can skip over the video and read the content below. Both cover the same material.

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Course Layout

The Canvas Training & Reference Course is divided into the following Modules:

Canvas Essentials - This module gives you a high-level overview of Canvas, including how a course functions and the key features of the system.
Basic Course Construction - This module provides information on how to adjust course materials you've inherited, as well as how to build course content from scratch.
Teaching with Canvas - This module will introduce the various teaching tools available to you once your course begins, such as communicating with students, grading, and providing feedback.

Module Layout

Each module in this course is structured as a self-paced tour of Canvas's features and how to effectively use them. Throughout each module, you will be provided with activity prompts to help you practice what you've learned. I recommend completing these tasks in the Sandbox course you were assigned. At the end of each module, you will find an optional quiz you can utilize as recall practice to help you better retain what you learned. Please keep in mind that you will not be graded or evaluated in this course; this purely serves as a training resource for you to utilize as you wish. However, please don't hesitate to reach out to your course facilitator for assistance by using the Inbox feature of Canvas or by submitting a Help Desk ticket (helpdesk@wabash.edu). I will be happy to assist you as you go through the modules!

About your Facilitator

Andrew Taylor - Educational Technologist

Andrew joined Wabash College in the summer of 2022. Previously, he served as the Instructional Technologist at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he also previously taught English & Communication courses. He provides technology training to students, staff, and faculty at Wabash, administers the Canvas learning management system, and manages the Educational Technology Center in the Lilly Library. He is always happy to assist anyone with technology, from the simplest questions to the most complex. When he's not wrangling wild technology gremlins, he enjoys cooking, board games, video games, music, and wrangling his own two gremlins at home... err... spending time with his two lovely boys and lovely wife.

Questions?

If you have questions at any time, feel free to post in our Canvas Q&A Discussion and a facilitator will answer you promptly. Or, you can send your facilitator a message through the Canvas Inbox, or send us an email at helpdesk@wabash.edu. We will be happy to help!

Once you are ready to begin the course, head over to the Modules to begin.