This series of 1-hour demonstration sessions are scheduled online during a typical lunch hour. They deal with a variety of advanced topics in Canvas such as large enrollment classes, rubrics, and integrations. To view the upcoming session topics and course descriptions, visit the Learning Resource Network and search for “Canvas Brown Bag.”
Are you looking for a basic overview of Canvas (Penn State’s Learning Management System)? This 1-hour demonstration session will introduce you to the fundamentals of Canvas at Penn State. You will walk away with best practices and resources for using Canvas to facilitate teaching and learning.
This course can be delivered online via Zoom or in-person as a 1 hour demonstration session.
Do you want to use multiple methods to measure students' mastery of your course content? This 2.5-hour hands-on session will prepare you to design and deliver a variety of assessments in Canvas. You will walk through the steps for creating assignments and quizzes and explore quiz settings that determine how students interact with questions and review and receive feedback.
Every Canvas course should be built on a solid foundation of well-organized content. During this 2.5-hour hands-on session, you will begin constructing that foundation for one of your Canvas courses. Specifically, you will build a course structure with Modules, add Pages, upload files, and explore options for building a Course Home Page and Syllabus.
This hands-on session prepares Canvas users to optimize content for accessibility. Participants learn to identify accessibility issues within content, use the Rich Content Editor, create extended deadlines for quiz and assignment submissions, and use recommended guidelines for accessible quizzes.
Are you looking for ways to speed up your grading processes? Would you like to quickly provide feedback or message students about a specific assignment? During this 2.5-hour hands-on session, you will learn to use the Canvas Gradebook for grade management and reporting. Explore how to organize and view grades, utilize SpeedGrader for grading and feedback, and pull grades from Canvas into LionPATH.
Snow day? Are you or your students sick? Students missing prerequisite skills? With Kaltura and Zoom, you can breathe easy knowing you can recover lost class time. In this session, participants will learn strategies to keep students engaged and accountable for missed material. Create reusable lectures with automatic chapters and slides allowing students to find exactly what they need, when they need it. Learn to use Kaltura Capture to create picture-in-picture videos giving students the flexibility to personalize the viewing experience. Create Video Quizzes to ensure that students are engaged and interacting with your lecture recordings.
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This online demonstration session will show you how to use Outlook's most important email and calendar features on the Web.
Ready to use Zoom, but not sure how to get started? Join us for this demonstration session to get up and running with Zoom basics. Explore the differences between meeting and webinar, and learn how to choose the best options for your sessions. Discover important information about meeting and account settings, and a few key host tools that can help you conduct effective meetings and webinars.
Learn to use breakout rooms and other interactive tools to increase collaboration in Zoom. Participants will experience options for having their meeting attendees interact using tools such as chat, annotation tools, and breakout rooms. Participants will also develop ideas for setting up and using these tools to get meeting attendees working together in their own online sessions.
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