Wiki Page, GOTT Clover II: Design & Develop Your Online Course In Canvas

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2016-08-14T21:37:16-06:00

Where to start? The Canvas Community!

To adapt your course for use as online learning in Canvas, you will need to contemplate the differences between designing a face-to-face learning experience and an online learning experience. The Canvas Community (at https://community.canvaslms.com) offers a place to watch video tutorials, find answers, share ideas, join a Canvas user groups. You will find excellent insight into the central decisions you will make to design online learning materials, as well as an overview of available features to develop an online course in Canvas.

Frequently Asked Questions: Canvas Guides

By searching the Canvas Guides within the Canvas Community, you can find answers to common questions about Canvas and see step-by-step instructions on how to use features and tools in Canvas. In the following video (4:44 minutes), you will learn how to access and use the Canvas Guides as a valuable help resource about Canvas.

Design & Development Help: Instructor Guide

When you are ready to design & develop your lesson in Canvas, begin your review of the Canvas Community and Guides with the Canvas Instructor Guide (highlighted in yellow in the figure below). Like all of the Canvas Guides, the Instructor Guide is frequently updated online, and covers the key features you will use as you design and develop your course in Canvas.

The following pages in the Instructor Guide are some of the most popular, and a good place to start your review:

How does Canvas work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?

How do I start a new course?

How do I embed a lesson inside a Canvas course?

How do I create an assignment?

How do I create a discussion as an instructor?