IST & Canvas

IST Learning Design Ronda Reid Instructional Designer Primary Designer for IST Amy Garbrick Director Ravi Patel Assistant Director Primary Designer for EA Chris Gamrat Instructional Designer Primary Designer for IS & HLS Kent Matsueda Sr. Instructional Designer Primary Designer for SRA Laura Adams Instructional Productions Specialist Tisha Edor Instructional Productions Specialist

Fall 2015 Extended Pilot: 50 Sections of College of IST Courses Including: 26 World Campus sections (in 15 World Campus (WC) courses) 8 Resident (RI) UP sections 16 Resident (RI) non-UP sections

Differences between World Campus (WC) and Resident Instruction(RI) sections For WC: Master courses (MC) -- created and maintained “course-in-a-box” Faculty and course committee -- approve changes/updates Learning Design unit implements updates in MC then copies out to each section, each semester. Efforts to make courses more consistent across programs (e.g. naming conventions, navigation, order of items on the syllabus, etc.) – intended to help meet accessibility needs and student-centered learning For RI: MC is optional and will be available to easily use all or any part of the “course-in- a-box” shared via Canvas Commons

Terminology Differences between ANGEL and Canvas

How do I turn off the roll-over to Canvas? How do I turn on the roll-over to Canvas?

For your World Campus sections…it will be visible to students 1 week prior to first day of class. For your Resident Instruction sections… it will be visible to students when you “publish” it. When are the students able to view the section?

Comparison: The “Before” Course in ANGEL using Drupal content (opens within Frame of ANGEL)

Comparison: Topics in Drupal vs. Lessons in Canvas

: Comparison: Syllabus in Drupal vs. Syllabus in Canvas

Decision about and set up of generic syllabus with sections in yellow to be replaced in each MC.

Decision: Home page Recent Activity

Set up generic Welcome LetterDecision: settings for each course

Q: Why did we decide to put all of our content in Canvas? And copy over the html page-by-page from Drupal to Canvas? A: To avoid the frame-in-a-frame display of the content in a browser and to avoid any display issues in mobile. To avoid having: two systems and two log-ins. We saw Drupal as a “work- around” because ANGEL did not meet our needs.

Tip: Use Notifications -- Click on Account > Settings > Add Contact Method then Select Notifications You and your students can decide how and when you are notified, including text messages You and your students can decide how and when you are notified, including text messages.

Tip: Calendar – Monthly, Weekly, & Agenda – Use Agenda to replace Syllabus Schedule Table

Tip: You might want to “hide” some of the left navigation for your students. Hide by going to Settings > Navigation Assignments, Pages, Files, Quizzes can be available under Modules.

Tip: Conferences -- BigBlueButton (BBB) is an integrated online meeting tool like Bb Collaborate or Adobe Connect. You can easily meet with your students synchronously with audio and video. Teams have their own meeting spaces – they can create, schedule, and record themselves.

Tip: Use Student View to see what the student sees

Tip: When you create Teams (called Groups), then each Group has it’s own mini-Canvas

Process: Copied Shell into Master Courses (MC). Set up MC. Copied MC to PSU course via Export/Import.

Tip: Speedgrader It will save you time - No need to download student submissions. You can provide feedback and mark-up in-line like Google Docs. For Team Assignments, all team members can see what was uploaded by their teammates. You can grade Team Assignments once – all the team members can see the grade and feedback. You can Mute assignments until you are finished grading them. Students can not see the grades and feedback until you Un-mute them.

Surprises: Student Feedback -- Green Checkmarks under To Do and Recent Feedback

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

If you want a copy of the IST Shell, then go to Commons and search for IST. Then import into a Master Course or a Sandbox. Then make changes as you want.

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

Create a Master Course and call it your Shell (e.g. IST_Shell) Set up Shell with a template including your design decisions (you can copy the IST Shell from Commons if you want a starting place) Create Master Courses for each course (e.g. IST_110_MC) Copy your Shell into the course Master Courses Create assignments, pages, etc. in Canvas and Copy content from ANGEL Process for Sp16

Mobile App

Opportunities for Research FA15 and SP16: Planning Canvas UX Testing and Surveys Purpose: Assess design decisions and revise design decisions as appropriate

If you are wondering….Where do I start? Create your own Sandbox or Master Course space: Training: Lynda.com on Canvas – (self-paced; you can use a Sandbox space to follow along using the Exercise files) Training: Canvas has extensive online training including Guides and Videos for Instructors

If you are wondering… How do I get help? Feel free to Amy or One-on-one drop-in help and scheduled help sessions from IST Learning Design group Search the Canvas Community: Contact ITS Canvas Support: PSU Canvas info: PSU Yammer – Canvas Pilot Group:

Top Ten Things You May Like About Canvas 1.Canvas is intuitive. Items are located where you think they should be. 2.Save time and clicks -- in ANGEL it took 4 clicks and in Canvas it takes 1 (to do multiples). 3.Speedgrader will save you time. No need to download student submissions. You can provide feedback and mark-up in-line like Google Docs. 4.In the Speedgrader, you can Mute assignments until you are finished grading them. Students can’t see the grades and feedback you entered until you Unmute. 5.Mobile App will be convenient. If you want, you can respond to students anytime/anywhere. Your students will like using the App. 6.Notifications - you and your students can decide how and when you are notified, including text messages. 7.Team Space (called Groups in Canvas) -- teams can coordinate and work together with file space, online meeting and collaboration tools, messages, and forums. 8.Online Meeting space (called Conferences)-- you can easily meet with your students synchronously where they can see and hear. 9.You can put in Announcements and decided when you want them to be displayed later for the students to see using Delayed Posting. 10.You can see what the students see with Student View

Questions?