If You Do Nothing Else in Canvas...
This page focuses on the most basic pedagogical elements in an online classroom environment. Whether you teach face-to-face, fully online, or anywhere in between, these are the three things every Canvas course should have to set your students up for success.
Students First!
Set a Home Page
Think of your Home page as how you welcome students into a course. It sets the tone for how they will interact in this online environment. You have several options for your Home page, so you can select the one that best fits with how you want your students to use the Canvas environment for your course.
The "If you do nothing else in Canvas..." video demonstrates how to choose your home page, or you can use these guides to walk you through the steps:
Post Your Syllabus
Posting your syllabus in Canvas makes it always available to students. Not only does this support students' self reliance, but it saves you time from emailing, copying, and managing students' access to the syllabus.
The "If you do nothing else in Canvas..." video demonstrates how to post your syllabus, or you can use these guides to walk you through the steps:
Provide a "Start Here" Module
Providing students with access to technical and support resources is a critical element of equity and inclusion.
You can create a module full of resources yourself, but IDD has gathered some of the most commonly used resources for you to use and customize.
You can download the Student Start Here module from Commons. Keywords: #UNCO_LE@RN #StartHere
Video: If you do nothing else in Canvas...
Reflection - Part II Complete
You should now be ready to go into your own Canvas account and try out these tasks for yourself while they are still fresh in your mind.
- Navigate throughout your course (Review: Your Canvas Course)
- Set a Home page and post your Syllabus (Review: current page)
- Know where to import a "Start Here" module (Review: current page)
When you are ready to move on, we will look at a specific Canvas course and how you can create and organize content and facilitate Student-Content engagement.