Canvas Training- Basics

Canvas Transition- Hot Topics!

Overview

Use the links at the top of this page to navigate through resources and gain experience using Canvas.

- TRAINING TOPICS- descriptions, tutorials, and practice tasks regarding the basic elements of Canvas. Optional: Complete the Canvas Basics Badge
- FAQ- Information regarding the Canvas transition
- RESOURCES- more information and links

Many details on facets of the Canvas transition, end-of-Blackboard, and building courses in Canvas are included throughout this training course. The topics and items within these tabs are particularly important and timely. Navigate through each of these tabs to learn more regarding some of the most important transition details.

Canvas- importing content, copying Canvas courses, building new Canvas courses
Turnitin- originality checker that integrates within Canvas assignments
Kaltura- media creation and streaming service
Honorlock- online proctoring services and replaces Examity, ProctorU, and Respndus LockDown Browser/Monitor.
CIDI Tools- content authoring for creating great Canvas content

Canvas

The following are curated topics for most common and timely items in Canvas.

Start of Semester- publish course, weighted grades, etc.
Course Build- import quizzes, course copy, etc.
More- workshops, resources, etc.

Start of Semester/Teach in Canvas

Blank Grade Column- To create a blank grade column, start with a 'no submission' assignment which in turn will create a column in the grade center where you may enter grades manually.

Canvas Curiosities- Good, bad, or otherwise, Canvas has a few interesting features and processes. Review this list for important details which may make the Canvas experience better.

Course Availability- The best way to control course availability is by the Canvas option of Publish/Unpublish (in Bb = Make Available). Maintain a Canvas course as Unpublished until it is ready for students.

Delete (add) a Quiz Attempt- Canvas does not have an option for deleting a quiz attempt. However, you can always add more attempts for specific students. This may be done in Moderate Quiz or in Grades under the specific student's quiz results.

Inactive Students (People)- In Canvas, 'People' is the course roster. The list in Canvas may vary from the Banner roster due to processing time differences between the systems. Inactive (ex- when a student has dropped) students are noted in 'People'.

Integrations and Apps (Third Party Tools)- McGraw-Hill, Pearson My Labs, Cengage and other integrations are also available in Canvas. Online@JSU reviews each integration before allowing it to be used on the new Canvas system. If a needed integration is not available in a course, please contact Online@JSU to request an integration.

Merged Courses- Because of FERPA concerns, this spring, we will implement a process that simply notifies students of course merges in Canvas when registering for classes but will still allow for most types of typical merges just as has been done in the past.

Student Information- Consider sending this information via email to students and/or including in the syllabus or other course materials.

Quiz or Test or Exam- Canvas uses the term "quiz" for all assessments where a student answers given questions (like a multiple choice quiz). You can still name 'quizzes' as test or exams as best fits a course.

Weight Grades- Looking in 'Grades' to weight grades? Try 'Assignments' instead. In Canvas, weight grades using 'Assignment Groups'.

Course Build

Bb to Canvas Terminology Comparison- Many of the tools in Canvas are similar in terminology and usage as those in Blackboard. Other tools use different terminology and function in unique Canvas-style ways.

Course Shells- Instructors have access to many course shells in Canvas. Some of these shells are for development. Fall 2019 course shells are 'live' and will be used with students in Fall 2019.

Canvas Curiosities- Good, bad, or otherwise, Canvas has a few interesting features and processes. Review this list for important details which may make the Canvas experience better.

Copy a Canvas Course- Whether copying a DEV course to a 'live' Canvas course shell or copying from one semester to another, the Canvas Course Copy process is straight forward.

Importing Blackboard Export File- A Bb Export File is a specific computer-only readable file. The Bb Export File includes Tests, Pools, Rubrics, and Files for importing into Canvas. This file is different from the zipped file created by exporting files in the Bb Content Collection. The content collection zipped file must be imported from the Files tool and not with the Import Course Content tool.

Importing Blackboard Tests, Pools, Rubrics, and Files- Import these Bb elements by importing the Bb Export File.

Rebuilding a Blackboard in Canvas- A step-by-step tutorial from exporting Blackboard (Bb) content for Canvas import and rebuilding a course in Canvas.

Share a Canvas Course (content)- Canvas features an easy way to share a course or any course element to a colleague or Canvas user across the World. Using this method, courses may be shared without being enrolled in a course or requesting assistance from Online@JSU.

Uploading Blackboard Content Collection- If a zipped file was created from the Bb Content Collection, the file must be uploaded in Canvas Files. Trying to upload this zipped file using the Canvas Import Course Content process will result in an error.

Canvas Training-

Workshops

Webinars

Canvas Guides

Turnitin

New in fall 2019
Turnitin is an excellent tool for helping students excel in writing and proper citations.
Turnitin works both in conjunction with Canvas Assignments but also offers other features.

More Information

Kaltura

Kaltura is JSU's new video creating and streaming service. Using Kaltura has many advantages over over services (YouTube, Screencast-O-Matic, etc.) with no storage restrictions, better security, no account creation, and students can use it too.

Create video lectures (Kaltura Personal Capture)
Use Interactive Video Quizzes including video viewing analytics
Integrated in Canvas
Video based assignments

Honorlock

Honorlock is JSU's new online proctoring service and replaces Examity, ProctorU, and Respndus LockDown Browser/Monitor. Honorlock integrates well with Canvas and provides a smooth workflow for instructors and students.

Teams Web-Con

Teams is the current web-conferencing tool. All faculty, staff, and students have access to using Teams (as an app or within a web browser) as part of Office 365. Teams offers many useful tools for online class meetings, office hours, and other needs. Teams features include:

- Presentations
- Screen Share
- Whiteboard
- Polls
- Video
- Chat
- More

CIDI Tools

DesignPLUS is a set of excellent content creation tools within Canvas. CIDI Design Tools include:

Content Editor Toolbox
Multi-Tool
Upload/Embed Image Tool

More Information

Canvas Basics Self-Paced Training