Keep on Teaching with Canvas
ARC’s Keep on Teaching with Canvas helps you to prepare for teaching online through activities designed to help you build on your skills to use Canvas. Working with one of your ARC colleagues who is an experienced online instructor, you will learn to engage your online students with your course content using practices to get the most out of our Canvas teaching and learning platform.
Learning Outcomes
During the Keep on Teaching with Canvas experience, you will be:
- Enhancing your Canvas familiarity
- Developing Online communication and Regular Effective Contact strategies
- Learning about applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Accessibility principles
- Working with Canvas Grades/Assessment/Rubrics tools
- Learning about using Media to further engage your students
Schedule
You control the pace. You will be assigned to mentor who will meet with you and help you develop your plan of action. You will be enrolled in a Canvas course to access a wealth of information on getting set up in Canvas and at the same time, learning the best methods for online teaching and learning. And, there is no homework! Your mentor who will be your personal guide through it all, will help you achieve your goals. You can start May 1, 2020 or any time before the summer session begins. Your mentor will be assigned to work with you into the summer session if needed.
Activities include:
- Creating a comprehensive Home Page
- Creating and populating a Module
- Creating Pages to present content and educational resources
- Creating assessment items including Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions
- Adding and updating accessible text, images, and materials
- Adding an Announcement
- Developing a Gradebook
- Using SpeedGrader
- And much more!
Additional Notes
Priority will be given to ARC faculty who are scheduled to teach online at ARC Summer 2020.
(Flex Credit is available. This activity meets ARC Strategic Goal 3 Exemplary Teaching, Learning, and Working Environment and Goal 4 Vibrancy and Resiliency; ARC ISLOs 1, 2, & 5; and State PD Guidelines A, B, & C)
Registration
For Registration, please visit the ARC Keep On Teaching with Canvas event page.
Questions?
Please contact ITCTraining@arc.losrios.edu if you have any questions.