Canvas: Online Training - Starting Point

A word about Canvas course shells

Explaining Canvas Course Shells

Before jumping into a lot of Canvas training, it will be wise to have a common understanding of a most fundamental element of the Canvas environment: namely, that of the Canvas course shell. Review this material for a solid foundation on course shells. 

Learning the basics in Canvas

Getting Started with Canvas

Learn the basics about the most common components of a Canvas course: files, pages, assignments, quizzes, discussions, modules and announcements. Whether you are building course content from scratch, or you are importing pre-existing materials and updating it, this training material is a great first step.

Be mindful: This section will be the most time-consuming portion of your learning curve in Canvas. Be patient with yourself and the process.

Managing your Canvas course

Introductory Course Management

The above sections of this page provide a foundation for building the basic components of your Canvas course. Now, we get to talk about some basic administration of your Canvas course:

    • Managing the tools that appear in the course toolbar
    • Publishing the course
    • Controlling the access dates for the course
    • And deciding various actions on several less-than-obvious options

Digging into advanced Canvas topics

Canvas: Advanced Topics

After becoming familiar with much of the content in the Getting Started with Canvas material (above), you may be interested in exploring more advanced Canvas functions and concepts. Canvas is a large program, that will keep us all busy for years to come.

Additional resources

 

Technical Support & Consultation Requests
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Additional Resources Online
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