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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

Summary

We started this chapter with a discussion of planning your course, and then we worked through how to import content from another course. Next, we dove into adding assignments and became acquainted with the Rich Content Editor. After this, we learned how to create discussions and quizzes. Finally, we explored how to create assignment groups and how to weight grades based on the assignment groups.

Now that we have learned how to add and edit content in Canvas, you can now work through the process of creating the content and building your course on your own. Once you've created your course content using the skills learned in this chapter, we will continue the journey of teaching your course in Chapter 3, Getting Ready to Launch Your Course. We will focus on the organization and presentation of your course, and then we will move on to adding students to the course and preparing your course to be published.