Canvas for Faculty
Canvas Resources
- Canvas Class Request Form
- Access through myRCC or URL: https://vccs.instructure.com
- Canvas Community – https://community.canvaslms.com. International community of Canvas users, great for discussions with colleagues, guides, and helpful information. Log In with your VCCS credentials.
- Community Instructor Guides – Generalized guides on how to use Canvas in your class.
- Community Live Webinar Training
- Canvas Subscription Training – starting the adoption journey
- Requires separate account set up – Instructions for Account & Webinar Setup.
- Live webinars – not recorded – MUST be logged in to see Webinar Schedule.
- RCC Online Training through Hoonuit
- Click here: https://learnit.hoonuit.com/1007974/learnit?cn=rcc
- You will need to log in with myRCC credentials.
Implementation Plan
- Fall 2018 – Initial training opportunities, all faculty receive accounts and sandbox course – Completed
- Spring 2019 – RCC to offer pilot courses in Canvas – In Process
Workshops conducted on multiple dates - Summer 2019 – All SU19 courses based in Canvas
Workshops continue
Future Faculty Workshops @ RCC
| Workshop Title | Date | Day | Time | Room | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customization and Calendar – Glenns | 1/29/2019 | T | 12:20 PM | G157 | Recording |
| Coffee with Canvas – via ZOOM | All Summer | W | 9:00 AM | Zoom | |
Recorded External Training Sessions
From the VCCS:
- Getting Started with Canvas – Click to Watch the Recording
- 5 Engaging Ways to use Arc videos in your Course – Click to Watch the Recording
- Modules, Pages and Content, Oh My! – Click to Watch the Recording
- Speedgrader / Gradebook / Feedback – Click to Watch the Recording
- Assignment Groups – Click to watch the Recording
- Alright Stop, Communicate, and Listen – Click to Watch the Recording
- Organizing your Course Files – Click to Watch the Recording
- Quizzes & Question Banks – Click to Watch the Recording
- Due, Due, what can my Syllabus DO? – Click to Watch the Recording
- Canvas Commons – Click to Watch the Recording
- Quizzes.Next – Click to Watch the Recording
- Global Navigation, Course Navigation, Best Practices – Click to Watch the Recording (Coming Soon)
Click on Title to View recording (will open in New Window or Tab) – May need to click recording once to start.
Course Migration from Blackboard
One advantage to moving to a new LMS is the opportunity to reevaluate how we engage with our students. This is an opportunity to examine course items to make sure that outcomes, assessments, and resources are appropriately aligned, and extraneous elements are removed. We have the following options to develop your course in Canvas:
- Rebuild the course in Canvas from scratch (recommended).
- Export the Blackboard course and bring certain elements into Canvas as you build your course (Very workable).
- Migrate the entire course from Blackboard to Canvas (not recommended, compatibility issues).
Migration Aids
- Blackboard to Canvas Migration Aid (From TCC) [pdf]
- Bring a single test from Blackboard to Canvas [pdf]
Getting Set up for a New Semester
- Course Copy Request form
- Add a new Announcement
- How to use the Announcements Page
- Put Announcements on your Home Page
Content in Canvas
- Adding Films on Demand videos [pdf]
- Adding Hoonuit Training videos [pdf]
Resource Documents
- Working with your Course Home Page
- Using the new Quizzes.Next tool
- Working with the Gradebook and SpeedGrader
Testing in Canvas
- Importing Question Banks [pdf]
- Quiz Setup and Options [pdf]
- Adding Quiz Questions
- Special Quiz Functions – Regrade and Accommodation [pdf]
- Switching Respondus 4.0 from Blackboard to Canvas [pdf]
- Respondus 4.0 Canvas Reference [pdf]
Video in Canvas
Arc – a built in video tool for instructors and students – Arc Guides
Resource Document – Learning with Video and ARC – Best Practices
For questions concerning Canvas, student enrollments, student usernames, etc., please contact the RCC Canvas Administrator, Timothy Hoffman or Kathy Vanlandingham via email, or call 804-333-6786.
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