Training and Resources
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Getting Started with Canvas
Best Practices for the Start of the Semester
As you begin the semester with your Canvas course, take a look at these curated videos that answer some of the top questions we receive.| How to Edit Your Syllabus in Canvas | Building and Organizing Your Course in Canvas | Assessing in Canvas | Assignment Weights and Grading Schemes in Canvas |
Enhancing the Texas A&M Template in Canvas
The TAMU template is already in your live Canvas course! Engage with these videos to learn about how you can make good use of it and enhance it according to your needs.| Moving a Homepage and Syllabus to New Course | Adding and Editing Homepage Template Using HTML in Canvas | Adding Buttons to the Course Homepage in Canvas | Moving Content from Spring to Summer Courses in Canvas | TAMU Canvas Template Demo Syllabus Page | TAMU Canvas Template Demo Communities |
Canvas-Led Trainings
The Canvas-Led Training is for all course instructors, teaching assistants, and staff who support teaching and learning at Texas A&M University. This training led by Instructure, is designed to link best practices and innovative technology applications to the Canvas learning environment. Each session is intended to be inclusive of the status of where you might be in your migration to Canvas. We offer insights and ideas to meet you where you are, wherever you are, in preparing your Canvas migration.| New to Canvas: Canvas-Led Training | Advanced with Canvas: Canvas-Led Training |
ORCA
ORCA is a self-service tool that assists faculty in managing their course sections. Currently in ORCA faculty can create combined courses and add course associate roles.| ORCA Demo: Section Merging Feature | ORCA Demo: Member Management |
New to Canvas Live Training
Never used the Canvas LMS before? No worries, these sequential training sessions will help get you started.| Building and Organizing Your Course in Canvas | Assessing in Canvas | Grading in Canvas |
Advanced Canvas Live Training
Ready to take the next steps in building your courses in Canvas? This training series walks you through the next steps to innovating the digital learning environment in your classroom.| Course Design Best Practices | Canvas Course Design for Student Success | Assessment Options for Student Success |
Digital Learning Environment
Tools for Teaching Remotely
Administering a remote course is a different experience requiring a different design than a face-to-face course. Whether preparing to teach a future remote course or adjusting to circumstances which require you to switch to a remote course last minute, these videos can help you learn about and use applicable tools. All the tools mentioned have Canvas integrations.| Proctoring with Respondus Lockdown Browser in Canvas | How to Hold Office Hours in your Zoom Classroom | How to Take Attendance With Zoom | Mediasite for Canvas | Using Google Drive in Canvas |
Storage Options in Canvas
Content Storage in Canvas
Canvas has a one gig limit on storage for each shell, with that being said it may be advantageous to review additional storage options as you prepare content. This series reviews the different storage options available for content storage and organization.| Mediasite for Canvas | Using Office 365 in Canvas | Adding a Google Drive file to a Canvas module | Why use Google Drive? | Adding a Google Drive file to the Rich Content Editor | Authorizing Google Drive LTI 1.3 in Canvas |
Grading in Canvas
Gradebook in Canvas
This series demonstrates the gradebook process in Canvas from beginning to end, including how to set up, navigate and enhance the gradebook, enter grades, submit grades to Howdy.| Creating and Editing Assignment Groups | Assignment Group Rules | Late and Missing Policies in Canvas | Grade Schemes in Canvas | Posting Grades in Canvas | Enter Zeroes for Canvas Gradebook | Entering Zeroes in Excel for Canvas Gradebook | Total Grade Column in Canvas | Verifying the Unposted Grade Column in Canvas Gradebook | Overriding Grades in Canvas | Apply Score to Ungraded feature |
Assessing in Canvas
This series demonstrates different ways you can assess your students in Canvas through assignments, assignment feedback, and delivering exams.| Moving a Homepage and Syllabus to New Course | Adding and Editing Homepage Template Using HTML in Canvas | Adding Buttons to the Course Homepage in Canvas | Moving Content from Spring to Summer Courses in Canvas | TAMU Canvas Template Demo Syllabus Page | TAMU Canvas Template Demo Communities |
Group Work in Canvas
Groupwork in Canvas
It's All About Groupwork! Watch this series to learn more about how to set Canvas groups to organize students into groups for projects and assignments. Groups allows a seamless communication between students and can help students master the concepts of a course and learn from each other.| Adjusting An Individual Grade within a Group Graded Assignment | Applications for Groups in Canvas | Creating Self-Assign Groups | Creating Groups Automatically | Creating Groups Manually | Grading Group Work on a Group Basis | Grading Group work on an Individual Basis | Peer Review in Canvas |
Third-Party Tools
Third-Party Tools in Canvas
Within Texas A&M University Learning Management System, we have several third-party tools that optimize the teaching and learning experience for both course instructors and students. The trainings below highlight best practices when utilizing them.| Using Google Drive in Canvas | Google Apps in Canvas | Proctoring with Respondus Lockdown Browser in Canvas | Ally in Canvas | Mediasite for Canvas | Using Office 365 in Canvas | Using Turnitin in Canvas | Gradescope in Canvas |
Zoom Quick Tips
As you prepare to teach using Zoom, check out this playlist for helpful best practices for using Zoom.| How to Authenticate Students in Your Classroom | How to Mute Participants in Your Classroom | How to Take Attendance with Zoom | How to Create and Launch a Poll in Your Virtual Classroom | How to Hold Office Hours in Your Zoom Classroom |
New Quizzes
New Quizzes is a new assessment engine built to meet the assessment needs in your classroom today and in the future. Leveraging modern technologies, New Quizzes features include a series of feature enhancements and new item types, and bring workflow improvements to what is commonly encountered in Classic Quizzes.| How to Use New Quizzes in Canvas | Converting Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes | Quiz Moderation in New Quizzes | Reports and Regrade Options in New Quizzes |
Content Storage in Canvas
View this series of videos that showcase the storage options available to you within the Canvas learning management system.| Mediasite for Canvas | Using Office 365 in Canvas | Using Google Drive in Canvas |
Student Resources in Canvas
Student Perspective - Getting Started in Canvas
Texas A&M University is committed to serving our students with the highest quality instruction from our talented faculty. Below is a curated list of videos provided from Canvas to help students navigate getting started in their Canvas courses.| Canvas Overview | Calendar Overview | Canvas Student App | User Settings and Profile | User Notification Preferences |
Student Perspective - Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, Grades, & Files in Canvas
As we continue to innovate the digital learning environment at Texas A&M University, take a moment to view what the Canvas A&M template looks like in the student view for various frequently used tools.| Student Gradebook View | Using the What-if Calculator in Canvas | Reviewing Grade Details as a Student | Assignments Overview | Discussions Overview | Quizzes Overview | Files Overview |