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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

In this chapter, we completed the construction of your course and prepared it to be published. We began by exploring the various types of home page layouts available to you based on your needs, including the Course Activity Stream, the Pages Front Page layout, the Course Modules layout, the Assignment List layout, and the Syllabus layout. Next, we learned how to reorganize the appearance of your course by selecting which navigation links your students will see on the left Course Navigation Menu.

After that, we learned about the calendar feature as well as the Student View option to preview your course. We then learned about adding participants to the course and discussed the various roles participants can fulfill within your course: students, teachers, TAs, designers, and observers. We discussed managing participants and creating groups, then we ended with how to publish your course.

In Chapter 4, Teaching Your Canvas Course, we will explore the features of Canvas you...