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.”
Penn State's Canvas Learning Center serves as a gateway for faculty and support staff to get the most out of using Canvas for teaching and learning. The learning path is housed within a Canvas course and designed to be your one-stop-shop for learning how to use Canvas, whether you do so at your own pace or through live training!
This Canvas module introduces students to Canvas at Penn State. Learn ways to import and customize the module for any Canvas course in the Canvas Learning Center.
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.
This is a video presentation and demonstration on creating accessible content using the Adobe InDesign Software.
This document introduces some of the advanced features of the Digital Signage software and how to use them.
