Upcoming Workshops


Canvas Quickstart

New to Canvas or need a refresher? Learn the basics of Canvas to run your course from a distance. We’ll cover:

  • Canvas interface & navigation
  • Course settings
  • Creating course content and sharing files with students
  • Creating assignments and managing grades
Canvas Quizzes & Exams

Wondering how you’re going to test your students online? We’ll give you the basics, including creating multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions.

Exam Security in Canvas

Ready to take your Canvas exams to the next level in security? We’ll cover best practices for promoting academic integrity, including:

  • Question banks
  • Randomized exams
  • Using Respondus Monitor for remote proctoring
Prerecording Lectures with Mediasite

This video hosting platform Mediasite fully integrates with Canvas. You can use Mediasite to upload videos to your course and make them available only to your course members. You can also use it to narrate PowerPoint presentations and save them as videos right within Canvas!

Accessibility in Canvas

Ally makes course content more accessible for students. Learn how Ally can check the accessibility of your course content and get tips on how to improve accessibility where needed. Students can also use the Ally integration to access course content in alternative formats, including audio and electronic braille.

Engaging Students with Embedded Media

Give your students direct and seamless access by embedding online media into your Canvas course. This workshop will help you learn how to embed engaging media content into your course using the Canvas Rich Content Editor. Learn the steps to embed images, animated gifs, YouTube videos, Mediasite videos, PowerPoints, and more.

Lightboards: Prerecording and HyFlex Class Meetings

Faculty conducts Zoom meeting using lightboard

Faculty can use lightboards to prerecord virtual lecture content or to deliver a live course. Write on a glass pane and the recorded video image is reversed for students! Use these to develop lecture material with straightforward writing or to annotate PowerPoints.


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