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This course provides video tutorials and text guides to lead you through creating your course in Canvas. You can earn the Canvas Artist badge by meeting the requirements outlined below. For Professional Growth Hours or Salary Advancement, you can submit 6 hours once you've earned the Artist badge.

Course Design

Create a course layout that is appealing with appropriate use of colors, fonts and images.

Provide resources in a variety of formats (text, video, audio, slideshows, etc), that are accessible by all learners.

Provide a logical organization of content in manageable chunks.

Consistently use meaningful resource and activity titles.

Provide navigation options with visual clues to guide the student through the content.

Comply with copyright laws.

Tutorials

1. Use this guide, Canvas: Starting Your Course, to start adding and organizing content in your course.

2. Use the videos and guides organized in the modules in this course as a reference while constructing your course.

Canvas Artist Badge

Below is a list the required elements for your course and a list from which you will need to select just 2 additional elements in order to earn your Canvas Artist Badge. Once you have completed your course, you can complete the Canvas Artist Badge assignment in which you submit the URL of your course to apply for your badge.

All of These Elements are Required

1. Profile: Picture uploaded.

2. Syllabus: Created and available as PDF file to students.

3. Modules: Content is well organized and chunked into modules by topic, textbook chapters, time frame, steps in a process, etc.

4. Assignment: An assignment(s) is created that requires students to digitally submit their work.

5. Calendar: Important dates entered.

6. Rubrics: A rubic(s) has been created to provide feedback on discussion participation or another assignment.

7. Discussion: A discussion(s) is created in the course with a well defined prompt that will invite responses, questions, conversation, and reflection.

8. Announcement: Post an announcement(s) to remind students of an upcoming quiz, assignment due date, etc.

9. External Website Link: Content and resources are provided as a link to an external website.

10. Files: Content and resources are provided as an uploaded file (PDF, PowerPoint, Word File, etc.)

11. Page: Content and resources are provided by creating a Page. This could be a homepage, or other pages.

12. Quiz: A quiz is created to be used as a formative assessment or study tool.

13. Original Media: Record a video introduction, mini lesson, directions, etc. using the Record/Upload Media Comment button in the Rich Text Editor.

14. Images: Included an image(s) somewhere in the course (homepage, announcement, quiz question, page, syllabus, discussion prompt, etc) to serve a purpose (add visual appeal to course, explain concept, a diagram to label, screen capture explanation, etc.).

15. Course Published: Access the Settings for the course and publish it to make it accessible to users.

Pick Any 2 of These Elements

1. External App: Use an External App (KhanAcademy, Youtube, Educreations, SlideShare, Trello, etc) somewhere in your course.

2. Help Discussion: Provide a discussion in which students can ask questions and assist each other.

3. Social Discussion: Provide a discussion to foster a sense of community in which students can participate.

4. Outcomes #1: Outcomes have been set up for the course.

5. Outcomes #2: Link outcomes to a rubric.

6. Outcomes #3: Link an outcome to a quiz bank. Use the questions in the quiz bank in a quiz in the course.

7. Public Course: Set your course as publicly visible and share the link on your eChalk profile. This will allow visitors to view the content of your course without having a Canvas login, but they won’t be able to participate in any activities or view any student information.

8. Scheduler: Use the scheduler to set up tutoring or parent/teacher conference, etc.

9. Quiz: Use the Quiz tool to create a student survey to be used midway through your course to gather feedback and make adjustments in your course as needed. Example questions: What’s working so far? How could your learning experience be improved? What do you want or need help with? What are the top 2 understandings you have learned so far?