Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops

 

Center for Teaching and Learning’s Canvas workshops focus on the nuts-and-bolts of working with different Canvas features.

Effective teaching practice frames our approach to how these tools are used and modeled but the primary outcome for these sessions is to improve your comfort using different components of Canvas on a technical level. We hope that by increasing your comfort with Canvas, you will be able to use its features in support of your pedagogical strategies.

Each session covers a specific set of features or functions in canvas, providing how-to demonstrations and guiding you to additional resources.

 

 

 

Workshop Format

 

Canvas workshops are synchronous, facilitated trainings. Canvas workshops are held on Zoom.

 

Accommodations

 

If you would like to request disability related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please notify Disability Services (ODS) at 503-838-8250 or ods@wou.edu at least three (3) business days in advance. For ASL interpreting, Typewell transcribing, or captioning services please complete the online request form.

For any questions related to programs and workshops, please email CTL@wou.edu.

 

 

 

Current Workshop Offerings:

 

Expand Your Options: External Tools & Canvas Commons

Learn more about the additional tools and resources you can add into your Canvas course! This workshop will:

    • Demonstrate how to add an external tool from the Canvas App Center
    • Provide an overview on what external tools are supported or recommended by CTL
    • Introduce you to Canvas Commons, a digital library of educational content where Canvas users can share materials, like course content or assignments.
    • Demonstrate how to share items from your course to Canvas Commons and how to import items from Canvas Commons into your course

Collaborating in Canvas

Canvas’ gradebook is a powerful tool for tracking your students’ progress and easily calculating your grades each term. This session will introduce you to the gradebook, how to configure it to meet your needs, and tips for using it productively.

Getting to Know Gradebook

Description: Canvas’ gradebook is a powerful tool for tracking your students’ progress and easily calculating your grades each term. This session will introduce you to the gradebook, how to configure it to meet your needs, and tips for using it productively.

Making the Most of Modules

Making the Most of Modules explores how Canvas uses modules to create structure in courses, as well as fundamentals of module organization, content, and settings.

Questions about Quizzes

Questions about Quizzes provides an overview of the differences between Classic and New quizzes in Canvas, as well as how to set up and administer both. Facilitators will go through different settings, quiz question types, grading, and setting up exceptions and accommodations.

Expand Your Options: External Tools & Canvas Commons

Expand Your Options: External Tools & Canvas Commons is will show you how to add an external tool or app to Canvas and introduce you to Canvas Commons, an open repository of learning objects and content created by other Canvas users.

Delving into Digication

Digication is an eportfolio and online learning platform centered around active learning and flexibility. It can be used to create anything from scaffolded assignments for new students to job interview-ready eportfolios for graduates. This workshop will cover basic Digication setup, settings options, how assignments look and function for students, as well as some basic assignment design ideas and techniques.