The following resources are available on this page:
- Canvas Guides
- Training Services Portal
- Canvas Commons – Shared Template
- Live Sessions with Canvas Conferences
Canvas Guides:
Training Services Portal
The Canvas Training Services Portal, available via Canvas Help menu, allows instructors to access self-paced training resources on a variety of topics. To access the training:
- Login to Canvas at https://canvas.morainevalley.edu.
- Click the Help icon on the Global Navigation menu.
- Click the Training Services Portal link.
Note: If prompted to authorize access to your account, click the Authorize button. Additionally, a training portal tutorial may launch to acclimate you to the training site.
We strongly encourage first time users to self-enroll and review the resources available in the “Higher Education: First Day Ready” Learning Pathway, which can be accessed in the Learning Library. This training is comprised of following four mini courses:
- Opening Canvas
- Creating a Canvas Course
Note: “Official” Canvas course shells will be automatically generated for each course section a few weeks before the semester begins. As an instructor, Canvas will also allow you to create a new course by clicking the “Start a New Course” button, available on the Dashboard. You may want to create a course for practice and training purposes or to create a course “Master” course template. Content can be copied from these sites to your other course sites in Canvas. - Getting Started with Assignments and Assessments
- Grading and Feedback
They also provide a learning pathway titled, “Canvas Teacher App Overview“, that may be helpful for faculty wanting to access Canvas from an Android or iOS device.
Canvas Commons – Shared Templates
For first-time Canvas users:
We encourage you to utilize our “MVCC Basic Course Template” that can be downloaded from Canvas Commons. This resource includes:
- Course home page template.
- Syllabus page template.
- Sample module:
- Lesson plan template
- Sample assignment with student “how-to” instructions
- Sample discussion with student “how-to” instructions
- Sample quiz with student “how-to” instructions
- Course links to Home, Syllabus, Modules, Grades, Announcements, Discussions, Conferences, and UDOIT.
To access Canvas Commons and import the “MVCC Basic Course Template”:
- Login to Canvas at https://canvas.morainevalley.edu.
- Click the Commons icon on the Global Navigation menu.
- Search “MVCC Basic Course Template”.
- Import the resource in your course.
For existing Canvas users:
We encourage you to utilize our “MVCC Sample Module” that can be downloaded from Canvas Commons. This resource includes:
- Sample module with:
- Lesson plan template.
- Sample assignment with student “how-to” instructions.
- Sample discussion with student “how-to” instructions.
- Sample quiz with student “how-to” instructions.
To access Canvas Commons and import the “MVCC Sample Module”:
- Login to Canvas at https://canvas.morainevalley.edu.
- Click the Commons icon on the Global Navigation menu.
- Search “MVCC Sample Module”.
- Import the resource in your course.
Live Sessions with Canvas Conferences
The Canvas Conferences tool will allow instructors to hold live, synchronous sessions with a single student or the entire class. The following video provides an overview of the Conferences tool.
Please see Canvas Guides – Conferences for step-by-step instructions.
Please also view our Best Practices for Web Conferences post for additional strategies and suggestions to consider when hosting a live meeting.