Canvas Resources for Faculty
Canvas Basics
- Access 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
- 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
- Spring 2019 – RCC to offer pilot courses in Canvas – Number TBD
Workshops conducted on multiple dates - Summer 2019 – All SU18 courses based in Canvas
Workshops continue
Faculty Workshops @ RCC
| Workshop Title | Date | Day | Time | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Introduction | 12/17/2018 | M | 2:00 PM | G/W157 | |
| Customization and Calendar – Glenns | 1/30/2018 | W | 12:20 PM | G157 | |
| Customization and Calendar – Warsaw | 2/1/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 | |
| Canvas Assignments – Glenns | 2/13/2018 | W | 12:20 PM | G157 | |
| Canvas Assignments – Warsaw | 2/15/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 | |
| Quizzing in Canvas – Glenns | 2/21/2018 | Th | 12:30 PM | G157 | |
| Quizzing in Canvas – Warsaw | 2/22/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 | |
| Canvas Gradebook – Glenns | 2/27/2018 | Th | 12:20 PM | G157 | |
| Canvas Gradebook – Warsaw | 3/1/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 | |
| Canvas Tools – what shows where – Glenns | 3/13/2018 | W | 12:20 PM | G157 | |
| Canvas Tools – what shows where – Warsaw | 3/15/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 | |
| Designing your Homepage – Glenns | 3/21/2018 | Th | 12:30 PM | G157 | |
| Designing your Homepage – Warsaw | 3/22/2018 | F | 10:00 AM | W154 |
Recorded Training Sessions
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).
Canvas Class Request Form – For the moment only if teaching in SP19
Migration Aids
Getting Set up for a New Semester
Video in Canvas
Arc – a built in video tool for instructors and students – Arc Guides
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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