Getting Started
Getting Started
Explore the customized Canvas course template in this hands-on introductory session of our LMS.
Explore the customized Canvas course template in this hands-on introductory session of our LMS.
In the first class meeting it is important to set the stage for a productive, supportive, and inclusive learning environment. Strategies for making the most of the first class meeting will be shared.
This session will explore the options and use cases for the Assignment tool in Canvas, and review best practices when using rubrics for graded content in Canvas.
This session will provide a walkthrough of how to set up your gradebook to get you ready for the semester. Note: This session will look at grade book set up only. Grading in Canvas will be explored in a Speedgrader workshop in the future.
What does facilitating my classroom and how I teach have to do with each other? This session will explore how we humanize learning through our teaching style. We will examine the impact of the student profile, how we teach, how we learn and how we collaborate with our learners within our classroom.
This session will go through the steps needed to ensure that your Canvas course is ready to go on the first day of class.
In this hands-on session, participants will be equipped with key principles and strategies for creating a well-integrated curriculum through the development of a course delivery plan using backwards design.
This session will introduce faculty to the new course outline. A guided hands-on tutorial for working in the new course outline will be provided. We request that faculty bring a copy of their existing course outline(s) to follow along with the guided tutorial to transition to the new outline template.
In this hands-on session, participants are equipped with key principles and a strategy for creating well-constructed lesson plans and have the chance to work with their own course outlines to design a well-integrated curriculum.
This session will provide a walkthrough of how to create engaging content and productive flow within your courses using Canvas Pages and utilizing Modules.
Engaging and motivating students is always a challenging task faced, even by seasoned educators. In this session, Loyalist-supported digital learning tools, including H5P, Padlet, and Poll Everywhere, will be demonstrated to help you create interactive learning activities.
This hands-on session will explore the features of the speedgarder tool in canvas. Faculty will be provided with a demonstration of how to grade and annotate student submissions, and provide written, video, and/or audio feedback to learners.
A two-hour interactive online learning opportunity for faculty focused on decolonizing and Indigenizing pedagogy. This session provides faculty with essential tools and strategies to reshape their teaching practices through an Indigenous lens. Participants will explore the historical and contemporary context of colonization in education, learn about Indigenous ways of knowing and learning, and develop practical methods to integrate these perspectives […]
Learn how to make interactive and engaging course content with Canvas Studio video and audio media tool.