New Student Registration Course in Canvas?

Discussion created by Jamie Ackley on Oct 26, 2017
Latest reply on Nov 3, 2017 by Kona Jones

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Good morning all,

I love this community and how we all help each other out. I'm just doing some research to other Higher Ed Canvas clients and whether you have examples of a new student registration course in Canvas. We currently have this in Moodle, but now that we are transitioning to Canvas, we'd like to duplicate, if possible.

In Moodle, we have modules about placement tests, financial aid, etc. Then we have pages for each major that provides information. Students must view their particular major page in order to move forward to the next module.

Also, in our Moodle data feeds, we have new students being enrolled and they are put into groups based on their major (this comes from SIS). Certain content is released to students based on that major. Once students view all the required pages in their major, we have data going back to SIS that the student completed the course. (there is not a quiz or anything, just viewing). Only at that time, can students register for courses through the SIS.

Questions: Does anyone do this in Canvas now? Are you able to get an auto data feed on majors from the SIS and get students into a particular group and release content only to that group? If not, do you just show all the majors to the students and then they select?

If anyone has a sample of this and willing to share, we would be so very appreciative. Or of not, do you have any suggestions/recommendations. Thank you in advance!!

Jamie Ackley

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Kristin Lundstrum

Oct 26, 2017 12:55 PM

Hi Jamie Ackley! Thanks for taking the time to post these great questions!! I also love how collaborative the Canvas Community can be. As a K-12'er, I'm going to share this post with a few Coaches who work in Higher Education, and I'm also going to tag the Higher Education group so your discussion gets some more views!! Since this post has questions that don't necessarily have a 'right or wrong' answer, I'm going to convert this thread to a discussion.

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Kona Jones

Oct 31, 2017 8:36 AM

Jamie, what we do isn't quite what you are wanting, but maybe you can take a look at our process and see if it provides some insight/help into what you are wanting to do - Mandatory Orientation Programming

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Eric Werth

Oct 31, 2017 11:21 AM

Hi Jamie. I have a quick question. Are you planning on copying your course from Moodle to Canvas? It sounds like a lot of the material from your Moodle course may be applicable in Canvas as well. We moved from a MoodleRooms-based system to Canvas and the courses exported/imported very well. Your question may relate more to the enrolling students in the course and the SIS data feeds than content, so I thought I would ask. We have an orientation course and are working toward a more comprehensive new student experience through this "class", but currently just enroll everyone in the course to complete what they would like to self-paced.

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Jamie Ackley @ Eric Werth on Nov 3, 2017 12:22 PM

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your input. We can get the SIS data feed to enroll the students into this Canvas course without a problem. My question is to also put them in a group and release some content to that group only. That is what I am looking for some guidance on.

Would you be willing to let me take a look at your orientation course? I'm just brainstorming some ideas.

Thanks again,

Jamie

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Kona Jones

@ Jamie Ackley on Nov 3, 2017 2:44 PM

If you are interested, we have our orientation course available in Commons - Canvas Instructor Training and Student Orientation

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Eric Werth

@ Jamie Ackley on Nov 3, 2017 7:47 PM

Hi Jamie. Kona has some great material. I will include a link to a Google Doc we are using to outline the orientation as it is developed. We started with the Canvas tutorial section as we switched to Canvas from another LMS this summer so needed this done before students arrived on campus in fall. We are progressing to elements for online students (in collaboration with the departments) and student support options. I don't feel as though it will take long to get other elements together as we will work with the various faculty and staff members knowledgeable in each area, and just continue to change things over time as we feel is beneficial.

At a previous institution where I worked, a number of F2F students began taking online classes and took an orientation developed for online programs. We often heard that they wished they had some type of orientation as freshman they could come back to when needed, similar to our Canvas "course". Our hope is that if all of this material is in one place, students will have an easier time finding it when they realize a need. If covered in first-year studies courses, students should be aware of this resource throughout their programs.

Hope this helps and I look forward to hearing how things go!

All Student Orientation Outline - Google Docs

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Kristin Lundstrum Oct 26, 2017 12:55 PM
Hi Jamie Ackley! Thanks for taking the time to post these great questions!! I also love how collaborative the Canvas Community can be. As a K-12'er, I'm going to share this post with a few Coaches who work in Higher Education, and I'm also going to tag the Higher Education group so your discussion gets some more views!! Since this post has questions that don't necessarily have a 'right or wrong' answer, I'm going to convert this thread to a discussion.
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Kona Jones Oct 31, 2017 8:36 AM
Jamie, what we do isn't quite what you are wanting, but maybe you can take a look at our process and see if it provides some insight/help into what you are wanting to do - Mandatory Orientation Programming
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Eric Werth Oct 31, 2017 11:21 AM
Hi Jamie. I have a quick question. Are you planning on copying your course from Moodle to Canvas? It sounds like a lot of the material from your Moodle course may be applicable in Canvas as well. We moved from a MoodleRooms-based system to Canvas and the courses exported/imported very well. Your question may relate more to the enrolling students in the course and the SIS data feeds than content, so I thought I would ask. We have an orientation course and are working toward a more comprehensive new student experience through this "class", but currently just enroll everyone in the course to complete what they would like to self-paced.
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- Jamie Ackley @ Eric Werth on Nov 3, 2017 12:22 PM
  Hi Eric,
  
  Thanks for your input. We can get the SIS data feed to enroll the students into this Canvas course without a problem. My question is to also put them in a group and release some content to that group only. That is what I am looking for some guidance on.
  
  Would you be willing to let me take a look at your orientation course? I'm just brainstorming some ideas.
  
  Thanks again,
  
  Jamie
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  - Kona Jones @ Jamie Ackley on Nov 3, 2017 2:44 PM
    If you are interested, we have our orientation course available in Commons - Canvas Instructor Training and Student Orientation
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  - Eric Werth @ Jamie Ackley on Nov 3, 2017 7:47 PM
    Hi Jamie. Kona has some great material. I will include a link to a Google Doc we are using to outline the orientation as it is developed. We started with the Canvas tutorial section as we switched to Canvas from another LMS this summer so needed this done before students arrived on campus in fall. We are progressing to elements for online students (in collaboration with the departments) and student support options. I don't feel as though it will take long to get other elements together as we will work with the various faculty and staff members knowledgeable in each area, and just continue to change things over time as we feel is beneficial.
    
    At a previous institution where I worked, a number of F2F students began taking online classes and took an orientation developed for online programs. We often heard that they wished they had some type of orientation as freshman they could come back to when needed, similar to our Canvas "course". Our hope is that if all of this material is in one place, students will have an easier time finding it when they realize a need. If covered in first-year studies courses, students should be aware of this resource throughout their programs.
    
    Hope this helps and I look forward to hearing how things go!
    
    All Student Orientation Outline - Google Docs
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