Teaching & Student Engagement

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Canvas Training

Daily Canvas workshops to cover topics for those new to online teaching, as well as those who are looking to explore deeper-dive topics. See the upcoming schedule. Previous session recordings are also available. 

Deliver Instruction in Hybrid Environments

Communicate with Students Online

  • Announcements: Communicate timely information with students in your class using the Announcements tool in Canvas. Use this tool to send a written message, record and upload a video, and attach files or include links.

  • Classroom discussion: Use the Discussions tool in Canvas to allow students to interact and learn from each other online while facilitating the conversation.

    Use Piazza to efficiently manage class Q&A.

  • Remote office hours: For real-time interactions with your students, consider using the Chat tool in Canvas or scheduling meetings using Zoom. These tools are useful for scheduled office hours or quick Q&A sessions.

     

    Use the Remote Office Hours Queue to manage a group of students waiting to meet with you during your office hours. 

  • Email: If you need to email all of your students, and you don’t want to use Canvas, you can get a list of email addresses for all of your students in Wolverine Access.

  • General tips for communicating effectively with students online:
    • If you plan to use Canvas tools to communicate with your students, make sure your course is published.
    • Use NameCoach to help you and your students learn and correctly pronounce each other’s names.
    • Be consistent with the digital tool selected for online communications, and be sure to post this information in a prominent location, such as the Syllabus page in Canvas.
    • Set expectations for how students should engage in online communication, including how they should contact the instructor.
    • Set expectations with students for how quickly the instructor will respond to online communication.

Online Assessment

  • Assessments: If you need to collect written assignments, use the assignments tool in Canvas to create a place for students to submit their work. Make sure that you indicate the assignment will be submitted online, and choose the “file upload” option for the submission type.

  • Quizzes: If you need to administer an online quiz, there are two quizzing tools in Canvas:

     

     

    • For low-stakes assessment, consider allowing multiple attempts on quizzes, not including a time limit, and allowing students to see their quiz responses.

  • Exams: If you need to administer a high-stakes exam online, use a Quiz tool in Canvas and consider shuffling the answer options, using a strict time limit, hiding student quiz responses, and using question groups.

  • General tips for conducting online assessments:

    Consider providing extra time on quizzes and exams to students who ask for accommodations in using technology. See instructions for granting extra time to a classic quiz in Canvas. Here are instructions for adding accommodations for students in New Quizzes.

 

If you have feedback or suggestions for this guide, please let us know. For other questions or to get help with the services in this guide, please contact the ITS Service Center.