Week 1 Overview

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We'll spend Week 1 of Learning Canvas for Teachers getting a hang of the LMS's most basic features: customizing user profiles; navigating the Dashboard and Courses; and customizing modules, the building blocks of all Canvas courses. We will also touch on creating and organizing assignments, customizing (or bypassing) the course syllabus page, and creating/editing rubrics!

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At the end of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Generate basic course and navigation settings.
  2. Construct an online course outline by creating and organizing course modules.
  3. Differentiate between items available to be added to modules.
  4. Generate and assign rubrics to course assessments.

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null  Week 1 Activities 

Below is an outline of the items for which you will be responsible this week. Activities are divided into three modules. Each module will require between 30 and 60 minutes to complete; we recommend you break up this workload over the course of a few days.)

Task Activity Due Date

Watch and Review

Videos & Tutorials: Review the how-to materials for modules 1-3. (Be certain that you complete the review quizzes for each Module.)

Due: Sunday 11:59 PM

Submit

Module Assignments: At the end of each module, you will be complete a series of tasks in your own Canvas work space and write a brief reflection detailing the work you have done.

 

Due: Sunday 11:59 PM

Get Additional Help

Week 1 Discussion (OPTIONAL): The Week 1 Discussion is a place for you to ask any questions that you might have about the material from Week 1 or suggesting features of Canvas related to those we have covered that you would like to learn more about.

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