About this course

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Hi! I'm going to guide you through some of the core features of Canvas that every instructor should know about. I won't cover ALL of the amazing things you can do in a Canvas course, but I will get you started and show you where to go to learn more.

This course is designed to walk you through the process of building your first Canvas course, step by step. By the time you have finished you will have learned:

        • How to navigate the Canvas interface and adjust your Notification Preferences
        • How to customize the Course Navigation and Course Home Page
        • How to add events and Assignments to the Calendar
        • How to invite students and publish your course so they can access it
        • How to add Announcements and Discussions
        • How to evaluate student work in SpeedGrader™ and the gradebook
        • How to embed media in a content Page
        • How to edit the Syllabus Description
        • How to create a simple Module
        • How to find answers to your questions in Canvas Guides and the Canvas Community
        • How to import course content

       That's a lot of material! Ready to begin?

 

IMPORTANT

There are several ways you can approach this course, depending on your previous experience with Canvas and your learning preferences:

  1. One approach is to walk through each of the pages in each of the modules in sequential order, taking the time to complete all of the suggested tasks inside of an empty Canvas course shell.
  2. Another approach is to skim through each of the 25 steps and see if you have any questions. If you do, read the help articles that follow and then move on. 
  3. Finally, if you've had previous experiences with Canvas, consider skipping directly to the assessments and activities. Go directly to the "Check your understanding " and "Try It Yourself" activities at the end of each module. You may be able to complete most of the tasks already and simply reference the lesson material when needed.


Export Package and Project Files

Here are the materials you can download to explore and recreate the Freshman Writing Seminar course on your own:

  1. Click here to download the .imscc export of the Freshman Writing Seminar:
    freshman-writing-seminar-export.imscc     Download freshman-writing-seminar-export.imscc
  2. Click here to download a .zip file containing the CNVS 101 Project Files
    CNVS 101 Project Files.zip Download CNVS 101 Project Files.zip

About CNVS 101

Getting Started with Canvas is an open-enrollment class that walks new users through the basics of setting up a new course in Canvas. This is a self-study experience, still in pilot phase, designed to help adjunct faculty and other instructors who do not have access to live training at their institution. There is no formal facilitator, but students who enroll are able to create their own study groups. Colleagues from the same institution may wish to join the same group and share their discoveries as they build their first course in Canvas.

To enroll, simply click on the "Join this course" button on the Course Home Page.

If you have any suggestions to share that will help us improve the CNVS 101 experience, please let us know! Email training@instructure.com

View the project course

Before we get started with Step 1, CLICK HERE to view the project course that we will be building together. The course will open in a new tab so that you can refer to it as you work through each step.