Canvas Training

This practical session will focus on how to facilitate a ‘live online’ session so as to foster engagement and interaction. We will look at simple and available tools that can be used to great effect in presenting to and interacting with students online. The session will demonstrate and provide simple, useful advice to make your virtual classes run as smoothly as possible.

This session will focus on how to create and maintain a social presence online highlighting some of the key Canvas tools such as; Discussion Forums, Announcements, Live Chat and Groups to help build that sense of community in your course. Practical advice will be given on how to set the scene, create, facilitate and engage your students, along with some top tips to help you get started.

This session will give an overview of the Blackboard Ally tool in Canvas, focusing on the Course Report Tool to understand your overall course accessibility and the Instructor Feedback Experience to help fix the issues. This session will be practical in nature and you will have the opportunity to try out features of BB Ally in your own courses to help get you started.

Are you new to Queens or is this your first time using Canvas? If so, this is the course for you. Get an overview of the basics to get you started on your Canvas journey. We will look at account settings, notifications, creating a page and using the rich content editor to create engaging learning content. We will finish with an overview of the other tools available if you would like to see what else if possible.