Canvas LMS course design : design, build, and teach your very own online course using the powerful tools of the Canvas Learning Management System / Ryan John.

Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed September 9, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Canvas; Types of Canvas accounts; Institution-specific Canvas accounts; Free for Teachers Canvas accounts; Accessing Canvas and creating your account; Accessing your institution's Canvas site; Creating a Free for Teachers account; Navigating Canvas -- the dashboard; Adjusting your profile, settings, and notifications; Adjusting your profile; Adding a profile picture; Editing your profile; Adjusting your account settings; Adding a new e-mail address

Adding a cell phone number for SMS text notificationsEditing your general settings; Using registered services; Customizing your notification preferences; Creating your Canvas course; Joining a course created by your institution; Creating a new course with a Free for Teachers account; Summary; Chapter 2: Building Your Canvas Course; Exploring the Course Setup Checklist; Planning your course -- from syllabus to screen; Importing content from another course; Adding assignments and content; Creating an assignment; Editing an assignment; Using the Rich Content Editor; Basic formatting

Embedding contentThe Insert/Edit Table feature; The Link to URL feature; The Unlink feature; The Embed Image feature; The Insert Math Equation feature; The Record/Upload Media feature; Embedded services; The HTML Editor feature; Inserting content using the right-side menu; The Links tab; The Files tab; The Images tab; Editing an assignment -- adding content; The grading type; The Submission Type drop-down menu; Group assignments; Peer reviews; Assignment availability; Updating and publishing an assignment; Creating different types of assignments; Assignment; Discussion; Quiz

Editing the settings for your quizAdding questions to your quiz; Managing question banks; External tools; Not Graded; Creating assignment groups; Weighting assignment groups; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Launch Your Course; Adding participants to the course; Managing users; Creating user groups; Selecting navigation links; Choosing a course home page layout; The Recent Activity Dashboard layout; The custom-designed content page layout; The Course Modules layout; The Assignment List layout; The Syllabus layout; Adding course calendar events; Testing your course with Student View

Publishing your courseSummary; Chapter 4: Teaching Your Canvas Course; Communicating through Conversations; Learning the layout of Conversations; Composing and sending a message; Organizing conversations; Marking conversations as unread; Starring conversations; Viewing sent messages; Archiving and unarchiving conversations; Deleting conversations; Posting announcements; Using the Gradebook; Accessing the Gradebook and entering grades; Accessing and using a SpeedGrader; Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences; Creating a conference; Starting and facilitating your conference; Summary

This book is intended for educators who want to use Canvas to enhance their teaching or for educators whose institution has adopted Canvas as its learning management system. Whether you are brand new to online learning or you are a seasoned expert, you will be able to master both the basic functions and the advanced features of Canvas with this book.

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