Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership

Providing Updates for Instructors and Staff

INSTRUCTOR canvas CHECKLIST

Checklist

Pushed your new Canvas course?

Canvas

The Canvas Learning Management System

Bibliu Textbooks/Materials

Bibliu

E-book, OER, and Materials integration into courses

Hyflex

HYFLEX

Offering a variety of modalities for learning

Panopto

PANOPTO

Recording your course videos directly from Canvas Panopto

SIMPLE SYLLABUS

A consistent syllabus integrated directly into your course

Instructor Checklist for New Canvas Courses

Canvas Location

Steps

Instructions

Confirm all settings below for course modules:

1. Start Here Module Settings = Start-Up Activity Submission Requirement to Complete Module
2. All Other Course Modules = Prerequisite Set to Complete “Start Here” Module

How-to Guide: CLICK HERE

How-to Video: CLICK HERE

START HERE MODULE

Review for completeness and customize as needed
Do not change the “Course Description” or the “Getting Started” sections, except for adding the Census Date towards the bottom of the page.

Meet your instructor

Input instructor-specific information
Review “Instructor Response Time”: Should read “All inquiries will be responded to within 24 hours.”
Add a Picture

Course syllabus

Link to Simple Syllabus (optional)

Course schedule

Add assignment Overview (optional). Sans due dates.

Student activity

Create a student introduction activity (icebreaker) and/or replace/update the placeholder.

Start-Up Activity

Preview Start-Up Activity to confirm that questions populate. If not, ask for assistance from eLearning.
If needed, select “Edit” to adjust the number of questions and point value for each question item. NOTE: Click “Update Group” and “Save” after making changes (Changes will not save unless both are clicked).

Confirm if Start-up activity is populated how-to guide:

CLICK HERE

Simple Syllabus

Course Information
Syllabus Information
Course Schedule
Methods of Evaluation

Editing how-to guide:

CLICK HERE

BIBLIU Textbook/Materials

Authenticate
Link to Modules (optional)

Authentication how-to guide: CLICK HERE

Key Features of Bibliu

BibliU App How To Use the Reader, Annotate Texts, and Reference

MS Teams

Create class virtual calls

How-to guide:

CLICK HERE

Attendance and Census reporting

Set up Start-Up Activity Due Date
Review Census Reporting Process

NOTES:
Attendance should be taken daily from the first day of the course section through census and weekly after census until the end of the course section.
Attendance should be accurate and if students don’t attend, they should be contacted.
The Start-up activity needs to be used as the Census date activity.

Census Reporting Process Video guide:

CLICK HERE

Census Reporting Process how-to guide:

CLICK HERE

Student training and support

Embed videos and guides into modules to encourage student success.

Bibliu Authentication (required in each course)

Passport to Canvas (online course to learn Canvas)

Canvas Videos (short videos to explain specific Canvas concepts)

Canvas

Training and Support

Click here to find out more about Canvas Training for Instructors.

Instructor Canvas Training

START NOW!

Email Erika McDaniel (emcdaniel@spcc.edu) to request a “Sandbox” to practice Canvas.

Go to spcc.instructure.com and log in with your instructor credentials to access Canvas. Click on the “Growing with Canvas” course to participate in an online course to learn about Canvas. Email Erika McDaniel if you do not have access to this course.