Canvas Training & Workshops
Earn Badges
While Learning Everything About Canvas and Beyond…
Priming the Canvas
Start Here
Modules 1-3 will get you started with the Basics of Canvas and designing your course. Level Up and enhance your knowledge with new approaches while earning your Canvas Starter badge
Level Up
Modules 4-8 offers comprehensive information covering Active & Interactive Learning, Content & Structuring your course as well as UDL and Accessibility to earn your Canvas Cruiser badge
Take the Lead
Modules 9-12 highlights what instructors can do to help students through Usability, Visual Design, & Multimedia. Complete with information to stregnthen your Online Presence and Teaching in the Virtual Classroom to earn your final Canvas Legend badge
LAUNCH DAY WORKSHOP RESOURCES
Get First Day Ready!
Use the Prerequisite Prep Workbook & First Day Ready Launch Workshop Workbook
The guided workbooks will help you make decisions as you are learning more about Canvas, build a new or migrated course and provide you with resources.
Training Resources
- All things Canvas – canvasresources.wcu.edu
- General Information – Canvas
- Student Guide – Canvas
- Instructor Guide – Canvas
- Instructor Self-Paced Video Resources – Canvas
- Browser and Computer Requirements – Canvas
- Mobile App – Canvas
- Video Guides – Canvas
- Troubleshooting – Canvas
- Canvas Community
- Check Canvas’ Operational Status
- Canvas Release Notes
- WCU Canvas Blog
- Using a WCU Canvas Course Template/Framework
- Using Panopto in Canvas
- Quiz Assessments in Canvas
- Information for Migrating a Course – Exporting a Blackboard Course/Importing to Canvas
- Migrated Course Checklist
- Direct link to the Canvas Help
- Canvas Migration FAQsÂ
Humanizing Your Online Course
Part 2 of the Inclusive Pedagogy Series I started teaching online in 2003 for a for-profit institution. It was two years after receiving my M.Ed. in...
Getting the Most out of the Gradebook and SpeedGrader in Canvas
What’s Different about the Canvas Gradebook? The Gradebook in Canvas and the Grade Center in Blackboard are similar in many respects. The Grades...