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All training on using Canvas is voluntary. There will be Canvas training throughout the academic year. If you prefer, you can always set up one-on-one Canvas training. All training will be held in VINI 107. All Canvas Basics training sessions will be hands-on. I will be demonstrating how to do things in Canvas, then giving you time to try them. With that in mind, please bring a flash drive loaded with the following materials to the training sessions:

• Your current syllabus (or a recent one if you have not yet updated it) saved as a Word file
• A photograph (saved as a jpeg file), a photo of you or of something else
• A short PowerPoint (this can be just a couple of slide with some text)
• A PDF of an article (any article)

• A Word document
• A Rubric if you have one
• Some quiz questions:
  • 1 multiple choice
  • 1 true or false
  • 1 fill in the blank
  • 1 short answer
• You may also want to bring a pen and paper for notes.

As seating is limited to 15 per session, please reserve you spot by e-mailing me at ssadare@niagara.edu. If the scheduled times for training are not convenient for you, just e-mail me at ssadare@niagara.edu and we can schedule sessions that are convenient for you after the fall semester begins.

Voluntary Canvas Basics Part 2

Monday, Aug. 8 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. FULL

Wednesday, Aug. 10 – 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 11 – 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 12 – 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Canvas Basics Part 2 will cover:

Going deeper into Pages, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes

Adding useful apps to your Rich Content Editor and how to use the apps

Using Rubrics

The Canvas Gradebook and SpeedGrader

Creating Assignment Groups and Weighted Grading

What, why, and how you should hide items from students

Why you should use Canvas in your face-to-face classes

Voluntary Canvas Basics Part 3

Tuesday, Aug. 16 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17 – 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 18 – 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 19 – 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Canvas Basics Part 3 will cover:

Establishing your user profile and Canvas Notification settings

Announcements and E-mail through Canvas

Creating student group assignments

Using the Collaborations tool

Conferences (Canvas’s version of “Classroom Anywhere” or “Google Hangouts”)

Chat

Adding Outcomes to Assignments and the Learning Mastery Gradebook

Managing the course roster

Voluntary Condensed Canvas Basics Training, in which we cover the highlights of Canvas Basics Parts 1 and 2, will be held on:

Monday, Aug. 22 – 2 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 23 – 1 to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 24 – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 25 – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 26 – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Voluntary Condensed Canvas Basics Training for Monday, Aug. 29; Tuesday, Aug. 30; Wednesday, Aug. 31; Thursday, Sept. 1; and Friday, Sept. 2. Times to be Announced.

Voluntary Condensed Canvas Basics Training, in which we cover the highlights of Canvas Basics Parts 1 and 2, will be held on:

Wednesday, Sept. 7 – 1 to 3 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 8 – 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 9 – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

More Voluntary September Canvas Training TBA

Also voluntary, for faculty who have been using Classroom Anywhere, we will be discontinuing it as Canvas has a similar situation already embedded in it—Canvas Conferences. I will be holding training specifically on using Canvas Conferences on the dates and times listed below. As seating is limited to 15 per session, please reserve you spot by e-mailing me at ssadare@niagara.edu. If you are interested in Canvas Conferences training but cannot make until after the fall semester begin, you can always set up one-on-one Canvas training. Just e-mail me at ssadare@niagara.edu and we can schedule sessions that are convenient for you after the fall semester starts.

Voluntary Canvas Conferences Training

Monday, Aug. 22 – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 25 – 1 to 3 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 26 – 2 to 4 p.m.