Canvas Support Resources
Recorded Training Sessions (Asynchronous)
Below is a list of recordings for key training sessions delivered over the past year. Dates of recordings have been noted as some sessions were delivered to support staff at a particular point of the pandemic. These asynchronous resources can be accessed at a place and time that suits your schedule. We hope the recordings will serve as a useful resource to refer back to throughout the academic year.
  ‘Blackboard Ally in Canvas’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 17.06.2021 – (Jennifer Reid & Jen McParland)
  ‘Canvas Assignments’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 30.04.2021 – (Aaron Crozier)
  ‘Marking & Exporting’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 07.05.2021 – (Aaron Crozier)
  ‘Canvas Quizzes’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 28.04.2021 – (Jennifer Reid)
  ‘Enhancing Learning Through Assessment’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 09.09.2020 – (Aaron Crozier)
  ‘Designing Feedback Opportunities into Online Learning’ – delivered as part of the CED Connected Learning Seminar Series on 01.07.20 – (Dr Naomi Winstone, University of Surrey)
  ‘Building Your Course in Canvas’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 07.09.2020 – (Jennifer Reid)
  ‘Creating A Learner Journey with Requirements and Prerequisites’– delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 04.09.2020 – (Aaron Crozier)
  ‘Using the ABC Learning Design to Plan for Online and Blended Teaching’ – delivered by AHSS Digital Learning Team on 24.06.20 – (Emma McAllister)
  ‘Building Inclusive Online Learning Communities’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 22.10.2020 – (Jennifer Reid)
  ‘How To Facilitate an Online Session‘ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 17.08.2020- (Aaron Crozier)
  ‘Teaching with Video’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 12.08.2020 – (Jen McParland)
  ‘Alternative Approaches For Teaching & Learning’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 22.09.2020 – (Jen McParland)
  ‘Getting HyFlex ready through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)’ – delivered by CED & QUB Colleagues on 12.08.2020 – ( Tracy Galvin, Dr Maryam Malekigorji & Jason Bunting)
  ‘Enhancing Student Engagement Using Digital Tools’ – delivered by various QUB Teams on 26.08.20 – (Jen McParland, Emma McAllister, Michael Kelly)
  ‘Creating Effective Discussion Forums’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team and CED on 17.08.2020 – (Jennifer Reid & Tracy Galvin)
  ‘Building Inclusive Online Learning Communities’ – delivered by VLE Pedagogy Support Team on 22.10.2020 – (Jennifer Reid)
  ‘Beat the Pivot Panic: Proactive Design for Online Engagement’ – delivered as part of the CED Connected Learning Seminar Series on 19.08.20 – (Dr Orna Farrell, Dublin City University)
  ‘ePortfolios using OneNote’ – delivered by AHSS Digital Learning Team on 28.08.20 – (Emma McAllister)
  ‘Collaboration Online: Using Kialo and Padlet to Engage Students’ – delivered by AHSS Digital Learning Team on 11.09.20 – (Laura Farling)
  ‘Teaching Room Induction’ – delivered by Information Services on 02.09.20 – (David Robinson )
Recorded Training Sessions (Asynchronous)
Canvas Assignments
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This session focuses on the application of the Canvas Assignment checklist to ensure any potential pit-falls are avoided during examination period. Practical advice is provided on how to prepare for assessment in Canvas with set-up and administration of assignments and an introduction to marking of submissions.
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Canvas Quizzes
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If you are intending to use Canvas Quizzes as the method of assessment for high stakes summative assessment, then this practical session is relevant to you. The session covers the set-up of quizzes as well as the potential problems that may occur and how to avoid them to ensure your quizzes run as smoothly as possible!
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Marking and Exporting in Canvas
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This short session focuses on the use of Canvas Gradebook and Speedgrader to mark student submissions. It includes guidance on the key settings that must be enabled to prevent the unintentional posting of grades to students. Also covered is the extraction of the marks once marking is completed.
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Blackboard Ally
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This practical session will give you hands-on experience of Blackboard Ally tool in Canvas, focusing on the Course Report Tool to understand overall course accessibility and the Instructor Feedback Experience to help fix any issues. The session will also provide support for any queries or accessibility issues you may have.
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Online Training Courses
Connected Learning
‘Connected Learning at Queen’s’ is an online, self-paced Canvas course, designed to support you in the development and delivery of your Canvas course during AY2020/21. The course includes tailored online guidance materials, short how-to type videos supported by a range of virtual training activities to guide you in your Connected Learning Journey.
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Small Group Teaching
This self-paced online course is intended for anyone new to teaching, including postgraduate teaching assistants and lab demonstrators. The course will introduce teaching fundamentals when supporting small groups, both face-to-face and online, with particular focus on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), accessibility and inclusive teaching activities.  Link to “Small Group Teaching” courseÂ
Accessibility Toolkit
This online course has been designed to inform you about accessibility, advise on how to create accessible content for learner variability, provide examples of good/bad practice, highlight tools which you can use to fix accessibility issues (e.g. Canvas Accessibility Checker, Blackboard Ally) and to signpost to monthly Training & Accessibility Drop-In Clinics.  Link to “Accessibility Toolkit” courseÂ