Canvas Teaching Essentials: tips, strategies, and best practices for delivering digital content

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No matter where you teach, all COCC faculty use Canvas! This series of three rotating workshops will focus on critical components of delivering content in Canvas that are relevant to every COCC instructor: 1) Ensuring course materials are digitally accessible; 2) Facilitating robust communication and course interactions; and 3) Making the most out of Rubrics to streamline grading and assessment.

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MODULE TOPICS & OUTCOMES
Digital Accessibility 101 – Ten practical tips for digital content This module will dig in to some practical steps you can take to improve the accessibility of your course content. Step-by-step guidance for using Panorama, Microsoft and Adobe Accessibility checkers is included as well as tutorials for document and captioning updates. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Recognize common pitfalls for document accessibility Use standard computer software to make adjustments in digital content Navigate Panorama in Canvas to assess and adjust documents on the fly ⭐ Digital Accessibility Module
Demystifying Interactions - Using Canvas a communication tool Did you know? Student success and retention is strongly correlated to the degree of Instructor Presence in digital course spaces! This workshop will focus on how to build and facilitate Regular and Substantive Interactions (RSI) in your course using the Canvas tools you already know and love: Announcements, Discussions, the Inbox, and SpeedGrader. ⭐ Communication and RSI Module
Rubrics Rule! Your all-in-one guide to streamlining assessment If grading has got you down, rubrics may be your solution! This module will cover how to use rubrics to assess student performance efficiently and effectively while also giving you flexibility for including differentiated feedback. Beyond use in individual courses, strategic use of rubrics can help standardize the student experience across courses in a program, and makes institutional assessment a breeze. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Describe the benefits of using rubrics in Canvas for both grading and feedback Create and customize an rubric in Canvas and attach it to an assignment Leverage IgniteAI features to streamline the rubric creation process Apply best practices for accessible, inclusive rubric design ⭐ Rubrics Rule Module