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eLearning is offering introductory and advanced workshops throughout 2012 and beyond to help you use the Canvas learning management system effectively to support instruction.

Workshops for the next two weeks are listed below. To register, send an email to elearning@mtu.edu with the topic, date and time of each session that you would like to attend. Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck will lead these eLearning sessions in the Library’s instruction rooms, located on the second floor behind the elevator near the skyway to Rehki Hall.

Each workshop will include approximately 45 minutes of instruction with time afterwards for additional questions. Also, for course specific questions, you are welcome to contact eLearning staff for assistance at elearning@mtu.edu or 487-3000.

CANVAS 101: INTRODUCTION TO CANVAS

Monday, May 14, 2 -3 pm
Thursday, May 17, 10 -11 am
Monday, May 21, 2-3 pm
Tuesday, May 22, 10-11 am

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Log into Canvas and set profile and notifications
• Navigate Canvas interface
• Set home page, upload a file and post a syllabus
• Create a basic page, module and assignment

HANDS-ON COURSE MIGRATION LAB: BLACKBOARD TO CANVAS

Tuesday, May 15, 2-3 pm
Wed., May 23, 10-11 am

Participants, attending this lab, will receive step-by-step guidance from eLearning staff to do the following:

• Copy content from a Blackboard course into their Canvas course
• Learn how to copy content from one Canvas course to another

Note: For more information and instructions, refer to the Manual Course Migration: Blackboard/WebCT to Canvas Step-by-Step Guide.

During the time remaining at the end of the lab, eLearning’s staff will be available to help participants work with their courses. eLearning staff recommends that participants attend the Canvas 101: Introduction to Building within Canvas workshop, either before or after attending this lab.

PAGES, MODULES AND FILES IN CANVAS

Wednesday, May 23, 2-3 pm

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Build a course structure using pages and/or modules
• Build modules and different kinds of pages
• Upload and organize files

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE BOOK IN CANVAS

Tuesday, May 15, 10-11 am

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Build the grade book by building assignments
• Establish assignment group structure
• Build basic assignments
• Use Canvas grading features

BASIC QUIZZES IN CANVAS

Wednesday, May 16, 2-3 pm
Thursday, May 24, 10-11 am

After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Build basic graded and ungraded quizzes and surveys
• Create different types of basic questions
• Add questions from question banks
• Use question groups and question banks to customize quizzes

Please email us at elearning@mtu.edu to register.

eLearning is offering introductory and advanced workshops throughout 2012 and beyond to help you use the Canvas learning management system effectively to support instruction.

Workshops for the next two weeks are listed below. To register, send an email to elearning@mtu.edu with the topic, date and time of each session that you would like to attend. Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck will lead these eLearning sessions in the Library’s instruction rooms, located on the second floor behind the elevator near the skyway to Rehki Hall.

CANVAS 101: INTRODUCTION TO CANVAS

Monday, April 30, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9, 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 10, 10 a.m.

HANDS-ON COURSE MIGRATION LAB: BLACKBOARD TO CANVAS

Tuesday, May 1, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 9, 2 p.m.

NOTE: For additional information and instructions, refer to the Manual Course Migration: Blackboard/WebCT to Canvas Step-by-step guide.

PAGES, MODULES AND FILES IN CANVAS

Wednesday, May 2, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 8, 10 a.m.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE BOOK IN CANVAS

Monday, May 7, 2 p.m.

BASIC QUIZZES IN CANVAS

Thursday, May 3, 10 a.m.

eLearning is offering introductory and advanced workshops throughout 2012 and beyond to help you use the Canvas learning management system effectively to support instruction.

Workshops for the next two weeks are listed below. To register, send an email to elearning@mtu.edu with the topic, date and time of each session that you would like to attend. Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck will lead these eLearning sessions in the Library’s instruction rooms, located on the second floor behind the elevator near the skyway to Rehki Hall.

CANVAS 101: INTRODUCTION TO CANVAS

Tuesday, April 24, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 25, 10 a.m.
Monday, April 30, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1, 2 p.m.

HANDS-ON COURSE MIGRATION LAB: BLACKBOARD TO CANVAS

Wednesday, April 25, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1, 10 a.m.

PAGES, MODULES AND FILES IN CANVAS

Thursday, April 26, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 2, 10 a.m.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE BOOK IN CANVAS

Monday, April 23, 2 p.m.

BASIC QUIZZES IN CANVAS

Thursday, May 3, 10 a.m.

eLearning is offering introductory and advanced workshops throughout 2012 and beyond to help you use the Canvas learning management system effectively to support instruction.

Workshops for the next two weeks are listed below.

CANVAS 101: INTRODUCTION TO CANVAS

Tuesday, April 17, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 25, 10 a.m.

HANDS-ON COURSE MIGRATION LAB: BLACKBOARD TO CANVAS

Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 25, 2 p.m.

PAGES, MODULES AND FILES IN CANVAS

Thursday, April 26, 10 a.m.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE BOOK IN CANVAS

Thursday, April 19, 2 p.m.
Monday, April 23, 2 p.m.

BASIC QUIZZES IN CANVAS

Monday, April 16, 2 p.m.

Canvas will replace Blackboard/WebCT as the university’s learning management system beginning track A of summer semester. eLearning is offering this hands-on lab, as well as workshops, to help instructors build courses in the Canvas learning management system.

Participants, attending this lab, will use classroom computers and receive step-by-step guidance from eLearning staff to do the following:

• Create a new, blank course in Canvas
• Copy content from a Blackboard course into their Canvas course
• Learn how to copy content from one Canvas course to another

During the time remaining at the end of the lab,  eLearning’s staff will be available to help participants work with their courses.

Manual Course Migration: Blackboard/WebCT to Canvas Step-by-step guide

We recommend that participants attend one of eLearning’s Canvas 101: Introduction to Building within Canvas workshops, either before or after attending this lab. Upcoming dates and times for the hands-on lab and Canvas 101 workshop are provided below:

Canvas 101 – Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m.
Canvas 101 – Wednesday, April 11, 2 p.m.
Hands-on Course Migration Lab: Blackboard to Canvas – Thursday, April 12, 10 a.m.
Canvas 101 – Tuesday, April 17, 2 p.m.
Hands-on Course Migration Lab: Blackboard to Canvas – Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m.

Additional lab sessions will be scheduled soon. To register for a session, send an email to elearning@mtu.edu with your name as well as the lab/workshop name, date and time for each session that you would like to attend. These eLearning sessions are held in the Library’s instruction rooms, located on the second floor behind the elevator near the skyway to Rehki Hall.

Refer to this eLearning Blog for news and information about other Canvas workshops to be offered.

eLearning is offering introductory and advanced workshops to help instructors build courses in the Canvas learning management system. Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck will lead the following eLearning sessions in the Library’s instruction rooms, located on the second floor behind the elevator near the skyway to Rehki Hall.

To register, send an email to elearning@mtu.edu with the topic, date and time of each session that you would like to attend.

CANVAS 101: INTRODUCTION TO CANVAS

Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 11, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 2 p.m.

PAGES, MODULES AND FILES IN CANVAS

Monday, April 9, 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 26, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 2, 10 a.m.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE BOOK IN CANVAS

Wednesday, April 11, 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 19, 2 p.m.

BASIC QUIZZES IN CANVAS

Monday, April 16, 2 p.m.
Thursday, May 3, 10 a.m.

eLearning is offering additional introductory and new advanced Canvas workshops which will be taught by Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck and are held in the Library’s instruction rooms (second floor, near the bridge).

Please find below the upcoming schedule and workshop descriptions. All workshops are taught by Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck and are held in the library’s Instruction Rooms (second floor, near bridge). Additional workshops will be announced later.

To register or for further information, please contact eLearning staff at elearning@mtu.edu.

Upcoming Workshops:

Canvas 101: Introduction to Canvas          Thursday, Feb. 23 at 10:00 a.m.
Canvas 101: Introduction to Canvas          Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Assignments & Grade Book in Canvas      Tuesday, Mar. 13 at 2:00 p.m.
Pages, Modules and Files in Canvas         Wednesday, Mar. 14 at 2:00 p.m.
Basic Quizzes in Canvas                            Wednesday, Mar. 21 at 10:00 a.m.
Canvas 101: Introduction to Canvas          Thursday, Mar. 22 at 10:00 a.m.
Assignments & Grade Book in Canvas      Wednesday, Mar. 28 at 10:00 a.m.
Pages, Modules and Files in Canvas          Thursday, Mar. 29 at 10:00 a.m.
Canvas 101: Introduction to Canvas          Wednesday, Apr. 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Basic Quizzes in Canvas                             Tuesday, Apr. 3 at 2:00 p.m.

eLearning Offers Canvas 101: Introduction to the Canvas LMS

Canvas has been selected as the university’s learning management system (LMS). eLearning is offering introductory training workshops to provide instructors, and others who support instruction, with the essential information necessary to begin building their Canvas courses.

The one-hour sessions will run from 5 minutes after the hour until 5 minutes before the next hour. After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Log into Canvas
• Set Profile and Notifications
• Navigate Canvas Interface
• Upload a File
• Create a Basic Page, Module and Assignment
• Post Syllabus
• Set Home Page Layout

eLearning instructors Tom Freeman, Jeff Toorongian and Jeannie DeClerck will lead the training sessions in the Van Pelt and Opie Library instructional classrooms #242 and #244, behind the second floor elevator near the Skyway to Rehki Hall.

Upcoming Canvas 101 session dates, times, and locations:

• Canvas 101 – Thursday, Feb. 23 at 10am, Library Instruction Room 242
• Canvas 101 – Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 2pm, Library Instruction Room 244

Additional training sessions will be announced later. Contact eLearning at elearning@mtu.edu to register for one of these workshops.