It started with an idea to provide high-quality professional learning experiences to our Canvas Family. After many years developing, writing, and testing the content, we were ready to launch the big idea this time last year. The Canvas Certified Educator program - six courses, tailored for K12 and HE - began on Monday, November 9, 2020.
Our first cohort - Cohort A - had 304 enrollees from K12 and Higher Ed, from all over the United States, and even a few international friends. Today, as we head into the start of our second year, we are currently offering Cohort I, and have 1100 participants at some stage of the program. We are proud to say that we have had 430 graduates so far, with more folks finishing and becoming Canvas Certified every day.
We are continually amazed at what the participants in the program have done to transform teaching and learning with Canvas. Every day, the facilitators and program managers of the Canvas Certified Educator program learn something new from the CCE participants, and we think that is an amazing gift.
Speaking of gifts...since it's our birthday, we think some gifts are in order. We have some special surprises for our CCE Grads, as well as the folks currently in the program (who we lovingly refer to as In Progress). And we want to include everyone who isn't yet in the program, but would like to be. So - here's what we're doing!
Everyone can earn chances to win our big prizes - the big prizes are scholarships to the CCE program. In total, we'll give away 10 full scholarships.
- For Graduates, the winners will select a friend or colleague to give the gift of the scholarship
- For In Progress, the winners can select a friend or colleague to give the gift of the scholarship, or, if they are paying for the program out of pocket, can apply the scholarship to their remaining program courses
- For New to the Program, winners will receive a full scholarship (all 6 courses) to the Canvas Certified Educator program
How can folks earn chances to win the prizes? By getting involved in sharing about the CCE program, or why they'd like to be involved in it. We have all of the info on our CCE Turns 1 website here. Check it out! We'll be posting CCE fun facts, stories, and videos all week on Twitter. You can follow along by following me (@MsKeefe) and/or the hashtags #CCETurns1, #CCEinProgress, and #CanvasCertified. We also have a social media wall for the birthday festivities here: CCE Turns 1 Social Media Wall.
For more information about the Canvas Certified Educator program, please visit our CCE Frequently Asked Questions site. You can also email us at cce@instructure.com.
