Academic Technology Workshops
Training Sessions
In addition to sessions on the basics of Canvas, the Academic Technology team offers workshops on special Canvas topics, such as Online Quizzes, Rubrics, Gradebook, Discussion Forums and others, as well as workshops on using Qualtircs and Office 365.
Faculty may register for these free sessions on our Academic Technology Trainings and Workshops Sharepoint site.
If you have questions regarding logistics and specifics of the training session content, dates, and times, please contact Academic Technology canvaslms@colum.edu.
Utilizing Canvas
The robust features of Canvas enhance teaching and learning beyond the physical classroom, and include a superior suite of tools, advanced easy-to-use interface, improved collaboration and the ability to easily integrate with many external tools for future enhancements.
Canvas allows instructors to be truly aspirational in two areas, especially:
1) Boosting student engagement
Canvas features an easy-to-use, learner-centered, content-focused design with:
- A consistent interface for students across courses
- A single, connected, multi-course calendar
- Sophisticated rich content editor for embedding video content, math formulas, and other rich media
- Dynamic syllabus which includes assignments by due date
- Mobile apps that provide content for people on-the-go
Canvas encourages students to learn from each other through:
- Intuitive assignment and grading options
- Group collaboration workspaces including built-in conferencing tool
- Easy peer review functionality
- Office 365 integration for collaborative projects
2) Providing better feedback
Canvas makes it easy to provide effective feedback to enhance student learning by offering:
- The ability to map student participation to grading feedback
- Simple grading with timely feedback options (SpeedGrader)
- Rich, multimedia feedback options (including text, audio and video commenting in messages, assignments, course discussions, graded work and grade submissions) without downloading and re-uploading files
Faculty who have already received training can refer to the Canvas training guide for additional assistance.