Strategies for Teaching Very Large Course in Canvas

[johnpj]

Learn techniques for engaging students and managing learning activities at scale. Hear how one University of Michigan faculty member successfully taught 2,000 students in a face-to-face environment while using a single Canvas course. Find out how instructors, U-M staff and Instructure formed a strong partnership to support the course.

Presenter: John Johnston​ Brenda Gunderson​ - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Location Map & Room: KOKOPELLI 1

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[mjennings]

johnpj​ & Brenda Gunderson I would love to meet up and exchange some notes. Looks like we are offering similar sessions and the same time otherwise I would be at you session.

[johnpj]

 @mjennings ​ I would be happy to meet up to swap war stories. Brenda will not be attending in person (she will be there virtually through pre-recorded video). Let's coordinate over email.

[bkg]

Hello!

Indeed I will not be attending in person, but look forward to learning from you via John on any great ideas to share!

[johnpj]

Here is the GitHub site for the Section Management Tool we developed at the University of Michigan:

tl-its-umich-edu/sectionsUtilityTool · GitHub

[mjennings]

johnpj​ sorry we haven't been able to catch up. This conference gets so overwhelming. Hope the session went well and I look forward to watching the video when it is posted. If you would still like to meet up I am heading to GAME NIGHT (instcon15)​ around 8pm.

[sabsmith]

Thanks for posting the Github link. Is there are any additional materials (slides etc?) that you can share? Large course management is one of our big challenges but I wasn't able to attend this session. Too many great sessions in every time slot! 🙂 Thanks

[johnpj]

Hello Sarah.

Here is a link to the presentation slides:

instructirecon_large_courses_johnston.pptx - Box

It contains several video clips, so it quite large (543 MB). The session was also recorded, so hopefully that recording will be available soon.

[CommunityTeam]

This session video is now available at: ​

[johnpj]

I received a message from a Biology instructor today that is trying to get support for a feature in Canvas to be able to mute assignment grades by section:

https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/2949

This comment from her says it all:

"I think it wrong that GSIs with access to only 3 sections can mute and assignment for 37 sections. I think this is poor design on the part of CANVAS."

The voting closes today, so act soon.