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Canvas LMS Course Design - Second Edition

By : Ryan John
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Canvas LMS Course Design - Second Edition

By: Ryan John

Overview of this book

Canvas is an online learning management system (LMS) and one of the most powerful teaching tools that educational institutions worldwide have adopted thanks to its streamlined functionality, intuitive user interface, and robust features. This revised second edition of Canvas LMS Course Design will show you how to design, create, and teach engaging classes in online, hybrid, or fusion settings using the Canvas LMS. The book will guide you through the steps of setting up your Canvas account, creating activities and assignments, designing and customizing the course layout, and teaching your course. Whether you're using an institutional or Free-for-Teacher account, you'll be able to use Canvas for grading, feedback, and communication with and between students. As you progress, you'll learn how to integrate external apps and services with Canvas. Finally, the book features an exclusive section detailing how you can use Canvas' built-in resources as well as other resources to tackle challenges while working with the LMS. Throughout, this book will give you the technical knowledge you need to create unique learning experiences for students. By the end of this Canvas LMS Course Design, you'll be able to successfully teach online with the help of logical descriptions and step-by-step screenshots that clearly explain how to build a phenomenal course.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Section 1: Designing and Creating Your Course
5
Section 2: Teaching and Enhancing Your Course
9
Section 3: Practical Ideas and Resources

Looking to the future

As you work to help your students excel in the content area of your course and develop useful life skills, consider how modeling behavior in a live classroom can be one of the most powerful tools in a teacher's set of resources. Transfer this idea to teaching with Canvas; as you strive to master the technology of Canvas and as you interact with your students, think about how you are demonstrating and modeling the skills you would like to see in your students.

Consider how your electronic communication reflects on your overall communication skills; do you seem like a different person online than you do in person? How does your leadership style relate to the traits you would like to see develop in your students? Do your assignments reflect the creative and unique nature of the responses you hope to receive from your students?

The list goes on and on, so as you continue to improve your teaching, try to demonstrate the attitudes and behaviors you would...