Canvas Training 资源

In summer 2021, Indiana State University officially launched our new LMS, Canvas. 到2022年春季, all ISU courses will use Canvas as the primary content delivery 和 management system. If you are new to Canvas or want to know more about how Indiana State’s Canvas instance functions, you are encouraged to access the following Canvas training resources:

• 用画布生长 (an instructor training course)
• Canvas Training Sessions offered via the FCTE
• Recordings of the FCTE Canvas Training Sessions
• Quick Tutorial Videos 从画布
• 1:1 Session with a Canvas Expert (Enroll in the 画布资源中心, click on the Book at 1:1 button, 和 follow the directions to sign up.
• Canvas Quick Start Checklist
• Blackboard to Canvas Transition: Feature-to-Feature Comparison
• Canvas Tips 和 Troubleshooting Articles from the Instructional Designers

Another great resource is the 帮助按钮 in the global navigation within Canvas. 你会发现:

• 画布指南(教练 和 学生)
• 国际支援小组服务台(812-237-2910 during regular office hours)
• Instructional Design 服务
• And other helpful tools

As Canvas is new to our campus 和 students, you are encouraged to communicate with learners about available Canvas student resources，例如

• Canvas Quick Start Guide for 学生
• Canvas Overview for 学生
• Canvas 学生 Guides
• Canvas Orientation for 学生
• Chat with Canvas (学生) (24/7 access)

沙箱网站

You may be familiar with development sites in Blackboard, a kind of playground to design 和 develop course shells. In Canvas these are referred to as 沙箱网站. A personal s和box is automatically created for all faculty 和 is a great place to explore new features or test out concepts. Course-specific s和boxes are used to build your actual course. 你可以 request a course-specific s和box site via OIT’s Knowledge Base. Once you have finished developing your course s和boxes, 你可以 then perform a course copy to add them to your live, student-populated site.

帆布模板

A 帆布模板 has been created to help guide the design of effective (和 legal) courses within our new LMS. While it provides the basic structure necessary for sound design, it also offers a lot of flexibility 和 allows for full customization by the faculty. 你可以 view the template via your Canvas Dashboard. If you would like to add the Template to your course (especially your course-specific s和box), 你可以 import it from the Commons.

Build a Canvas Course

As mentioned, it’s best practice to build your course within a course-specific s和box site. You may wish to use the 14天的工具包 to guide you through a course build. You are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the 帆布模板 described above to guide the design of your course.

Once you are finished with your course build, 你可以 copy your s和box site into your live Canvas course site.

Before you launch your live course, you may want to utilize Canvas Course Readiness Checklist, as this guides you through some of the final steps before publishing your course.