Canvas LMS Course Design电子书

Canvas LMS Course Design

Table of Contents

Canvas LMS Course Design

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with Canvas

Types of Canvas accounts

Institution-specific Canvas accounts

Free for Teachers Canvas accounts

Accessing Canvas and creating your account

Accessing your institution's Canvas site

Creating a Free for Teachers account

Navigating Canvas – the dashboard

Adjusting your profile, settings, and notifications

Adjusting your profile

Adding a profile picture

Editing your profile

Adjusting your account settings

Adding a new e-mail address

Adding a cell phone number for SMS text notifications

Editing your general settings

Using registered services

Customizing your notification preferences

Creating your Canvas course

Joining a course created by your institution

Creating a new course with a Free for Teachers account

Summary

2. Building Your Canvas Course

Exploring the Course Setup Checklist

Planning your course – from syllabus to screen

Importing content from another course

Adding assignments and content

Creating an assignment

Editing an assignment

Using the Rich Content Editor

Basic formatting

Embedding content

The Insert/Edit Table feature

The Link to URL feature

The Unlink feature

The Embed Image feature

The Insert Math Equation feature

The Record/Upload Media feature

The Record Media tab

The Upload Media tab

Embedded services

The HTML Editor feature

Inserting content using the right-side menu

The Links tab

The Files tab

The Images tab

Editing an assignment – adding content

The grading type

The Submission Type drop-down menu

Group assignments

Peer reviews

Assignment availability

Updating and publishing an assignment

Creating different types of assignments

Assignment

Discussion

Quiz

Editing the settings for your quiz

Adding questions to your quiz

Managing question banks

External tools

Not Graded

Creating assignment groups

Weighting assignment groups

Summary

3. Getting Ready to Launch Your Course

Adding participants to the course

Managing users

Creating user groups

Selecting navigation links

Choosing a course home page layout

The Recent Activity Dashboard layout

The custom-designed content page layout

The Course Modules layout

The Assignment List layout

The Syllabus layout

Adding course calendar events

Testing your course with Student View

Publishing your course

Summary

4. Teaching Your Canvas Course

Communicating through Conversations

Learning the layout of Conversations

Composing and sending a message

Organizing conversations

Marking conversations as unread

Starring conversations

Viewing sent messages

Archiving and unarchiving conversations

Deleting conversations

Posting announcements

Using the Gradebook

Accessing the Gradebook and entering grades

Accessing and using a SpeedGrader

Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences

Creating a conference

Starting and facilitating your conference

Summary

5. Exploring Special Features

Using Canvas on your mobile devices

Downloading and configuring the mobile app

Using the features of the mobile app

Navigating your course within the mobile app

Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app

Using the To Do feature of the mobile app

Accessing your notifications within the mobile app

Viewing your profile within the mobile app

Finding help within the Canvas mobile app

Creating Collaborations

Editing or deleting Collaborations

Setting up Outcomes

Creating Outcomes

Creating Outcome Groups

Finding existing Outcomes to use

Creating Rubrics and using Outcomes

Adding Rubrics to Assignments

Using Rubrics for Assessment

Integrating outside apps into your course

Installing and integrating the YouTube app

Using Course Analytics and Course Statistics

Viewing Course Analytics

Viewing Course Statistics

Summary

6. Where to Go for Help

Finding help within Canvas

Exploring the Canvas Guides and Community Forums

Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides

Searching the Canvas Guides

Asking questions in the Community Forums

Responding to questions in the Community Forums

Reporting a problem

Creating a screencast using Jing

Obtaining Canvas pricing information

Requesting a feature

Finding help outside Canvas

Summary

7. Now You're Ready!

Exporting your course

Connecting Canvas to education in the 21st century

Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning

Core subjects and 21st century themes

Learning and innovation skills

Information, media, and technology skills

Life and career skills

Summary

A. References and Resources

Teaching and learning in the 21st century

Designing online learning environments

Conceptualizing online education

Other online course design resources

Index