Canvas and Instructional Technology Sejal Vashi, MPH, MS Manager of Digital Learning

Instructional Technologies

Poll Everywhere

Audience Response System for Faculty Use

Canvas

Canvas is a learning management system by Instructure that has been adopted by all of the schools of Harvard University. Canvas provides tools for teaching staff to develop and administer course websites.

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Five Course Archetypes Characteristics Supplemental Content-heavy; low interaction Complementary One-way communication through content, announcements, and gradebook Social High peer-to-peer interaction through discussion board Evaluative Heavy use of assessments Holistic High LMS activity with balanced use of assessments, content, and discussion Whitmer, J. (2016, October 27). Patterns in course design: How instructors ACTUALLY use the LMS. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q186lqiYqk4

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Standard Template

Quick Guide for Canvas Set-Up http://bit.ly/quickguideforcanvas Access Calendar Files Notifications Syllabus People Page Content Communication Discussions and Assignments Publish

Potential TA Tasks

Turnitin

Turnitin is a software that compares students’ written work with other electronic texts (e.g., journal articles, books, and assignments submitted to Turnitin by other students). This tool can help students and faculty ensure academic integrity in their work.

Integration into Canvas Teaching staff creates the assignment Students submit online Teaching staff views the originality report

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Questions? Contact mets@hsph.harvard.edu