Energize your class with Student-Centered Course Design

[kona]

Here are resources, video, and PowerPoint file (attached) for my InstructureCon 2018 session - "Energize your class with Student-Centered Course Design." If you have any questions please let me know!

Session Description

Want to create the greatest student-centered course on earth? Come experience how to energize a course through increased teacher presence, better utilization of Canvas features, and creative uses of the different assignment types. Leave with the information needed to make students feel more connected and motivated to succeed. 

Resources

Below are some of the resources and guides discussed during the presentation. To see all Instructor guides see the following page - Canvas Instructor Guide - Table of Contents 

Before Class Starts

Discussions 

• How do I create a group discussion in a course? 
• Better Group Discussion Navigation 
• How do I use peer review discussions in a course? 
• Discussion Questions for Statistics 

Assignments

• How do I use peer review assignments in a course? 
• How do I create a cloud assignment with a Google Drive file? 
• How do I create a cloud assignment with a Microsoft Office 365 file? 

Quizzes

• Quiz Settings to Maximize Security
• What quiz types can I create in a course? ‌

Rubrics

• How do I add a rubric in a course? 
• Importing Rubrics from a Spreadsheet 
• How to Reorder Rubric Criteria 

Modules

• How do I duplicate a module? 
• How do I duplicate a module item? 
• How do I add prerequisites to a module?  
• How do I add requirements to a module? 
• Help Students Monitor their Course Progress ‌
• How do I use modules to view the progress of students in a course? 
• How do I use MasteryPaths in course modules? 
• Hacking Mastery Paths‌

Additional Resources

• How do I validate links in a course?  
• How do I edit my profile in my user account as an instructor? 
• How do I add a profile picture in my user account as an instructor? 

After Class Starts

• How do I use the Notes column in the Gradebook? 
• How do I send a message to my students from the Gradebook? 
• How do I view a context card for a student in a course? 
• How do I sort columns in the Gradebook? 
• How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader? 
• How do I view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader? (Verify Student Annotation Views)
• Obtaining and using Access Report data for an entire course 

Canvancements

Canvancements are enhancements to Canvas that allow Canvas to do things it doesn't current do, but a lot of people wish it would. For the full list of Canvancements see the following page - Canvancements - Canvas Enhancements  

Student Guides

These are guides that I provide to my students at the beginning of the semester to make sure students know how to access and view the feedback I provide for them. To see all Student Guides see the following page - Canvas Student Guide - Table of Contents 

Viewing grades and feedback

• How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment? 
• How do I view assignment comments from my instructor? 
• How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission? 
• How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission? 

Video

If you missed it above, here is the link to the video of this presentation - Energize Your Class with Student-Centered Course Design

I really enjoyed putting on my "teacher" hat on for this presentation and I hope you find the resources and information useful! Until next year!!

[Bobby2]

Gratefully bookmarked this gem thanks kona@richland.edu