development session

canvas

session aim

To ensure that all courses due to run in September are set up in Canvas to an agreed minimum administrative level.

What You Will Achieve:

• Completed Home Template
• Basic Module Structure
• Min. 3 Pages
• Organised Navigation
• Evidence of Using Canvas
• Creation of at least 1 Formative and  1 Summative assessment

intro: Course homepage

STEP 1: SET the modules link

Shouldn't Do:

Do not remove the Modules List button or remove any other parts from the top navigation bar.

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Click 'Edit' then select the text that says 'Module List' then press Course Navigation on the right hand side and press the                      Modules List

button to complete.

Step 2: sET THE syllabus LINK

Shouldn't Do:

Do not remove the Course Syllabus button or remove any other parts from the top navigation bar.

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Select the text that says 'Course Syllabus' then press Course Navigation on the right hand side and press the 

Course Syllabus button to complete.

STEP 3: set the navigation

Should Do:

Feel free to add side links using the Redirect Tool - an addon that lets you add custom navigation links!

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Click 'Settings', 'Navigation', click the        icon then hit Disable.

Your navigation bar should consist of: Home, Announcements, Syllabus and Modules.

STEP 4: Creating modules

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Click 'Modules' then press the                  button in the top right corner. Give it a name then use the lock function depending on whether or not you want to lock your content to a specific date/time.

Should Do:

All courses will be using Modules! So, use this to build your structure.

STEP 5: creating pages

Should Do:

Experiment with Pages - you can embed YouTube, Prezi, BlendSpace and plenty of other web services.

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Click 'Pages' then press the                      button (top left) press              button (top right then start building your content.

You can then link your pages to your modules.

sUPPORT

When building content for Canvas if you ever get stuck you can always ask for help.

Simply press the Help button (bottom left corner)

If you find that something is buggy or broken click 'Report a Problem'. To arrange to speak to someone about Canvas, simply press 'BSDC Canvas Support'

Review process

All staff are expected to engage effectively with Canvas and this will be audited by the Quality, Performance and Improvement team via the LTADR review process.