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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IN DESIGNING A COURSE IN CANVAS?

When designing a course in Canvas, let's reflect on the following:
  1. Who are my students? What are their learning characteristics, preferences, and resources?
  2. What are the course learning objectives/outcomes?
  3. What are the appropriate instructional strategies that I can implement in Canvas?
  4. How will I assess my students?
  5. Will I be collaborating with a colleague in designing the course?
  6. How will I present my course?

HOW TO LOGIN TO UPLB CANVAS

OPTION 1

  1. Go to https://uplb.instructure.com/login/canvas
  2. Click STAFF LOGIN HERE.
  3. Log in using your UP email and password.
OPTION 2:
  1. Log in to your UP email.
  2. Click the GOOGLE APPS icon on top right corner.
  3. Click CANVAS FOR UP LOS BANOS.
  4. Log in using your UP email and password.

If you still can't login, please fill out this form: https://bit.ly/uplbstudentcanvas

HOW TO RENAME YOUR CANVAS COURSE

  1. Go to your COURSE.
  2. Click SETTINGS on the bottom section of your COURSE NAVIGATION MENU.
  3. Go to the COURSE DETAILS tab.
  4. Change the COURSE NAME and COURSE CODE.
  5. Scroll down and click UPDATE COURSE DETAILS to save the changes.

HOW TO ADD STUDENTS IN A COURSE

This is how to ADD/ENROLL students in your course.

OPTION 1: To manually add students, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your course.
  2. On the Course Navigation Menu, click PEOPLE.
  3. On the TOP RIGHT SECTION of the page, click +PEOPLE (add people).
  4. Copy-paste your students'/colleagues' email addresses.
  5. Check their ROLE (eg STUDENT, TEACHER, TA) and SECTION. Click NEXT.
  6. If your students have a Canvas account already, they will be notified immediately. If they do not have an account yet, this notification will appear: once you add them: "We were unable to find matches below..." If this prompt appears, tell your students/colleagues to fill out this form

OPTION 2: To enable the SELF-ENROLL feature of Canvas, follow these steps:

  1. Open your course shell.
  2. Go to SETTINGS in the course navigation menu.
  3. Click COURSE DETAILS. Scroll down and click MORE OPTIONS.
  4. Check the items listed. Tick LET STUDENTS SELF-ENROLL BY SHARING WITH THEM A SECRET URL. You may also tick ADD A  "JOIN THIS COURSE" LINK TO HOMEPAGE.
  5. Click UPDATE COURSE DETAILS.
  6. After successfully updating the course details, copy the URL posted at the bottom section of the page. You may now email the URL to your students.

For questions and more discussions on Canvas, please join our discussion forum: FAQ for TEACHERS

HOW TO CREATE A LEARNING MATERIAL/PAGE IN CANVAS.

Pages serve as a customizable learning page for them for every topic that you are doing. Best is to create one per module/topic that you are having

  1. Go to PAGES
  2. EDIT the page
    • You may customize this accordingly. Include design, text, tables, graphics, etc.
    • Copy-paste works here so that you can easily use previous module page's content
  3. PUBLISH the content
  4. You can make this a landing page so that students will be able to see this immediately when they log-in your course. To do this, click VIEW ALL PAGES, click the three dot icon and select USE AS FRONT PAGE

HOW TO CREATE A QUIZ

Pages serve as a customizable learning page for them for every topic that you are doing. Best is to create one per module/topic that you are having

  1. Go to QUIZZES tab
  2. Click +QUIZ
  3. Provide quiz overview and instructions in the DETAILS tab
  4. Create (and Select) the Assignment Group (Can be Quiz, Long Exam, Etc)
  5. Select students to assign, default is EVERYONE
  6. Indicate
    • DUE DATES: Deadline of Quiz
    • AVAILABLE FROM: Start when quiz is viewable
    • UNTIL: Until when quiz is available (best to select end date of term for late takers)
  7. ADD QUESTIONS
    • Click +QUESTION
    • Type your Question
    • Select Type of Question (True or False, Multiple Choice, etc)
    • Type possible Answers and select answers
    • Add correct/incorrect display messages (use the blue dots if you want it displayed regardless if correct/incorrect, saves time)
  8. PUBLISH your Quiz

HOW TO CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT/ EXERCISE/ REQUIREMENT

  1. Go to ASSIGNMENT tab
  2. For first timers, create GROUPS first to segment your assessment (Exercise, Final Paper, Etc)
  3. Add Weights to your Assignment Group (For example: Long Exam: 30% Lab Exercise: 30% Quizzes: 20% Major Projects: 20%)
  4. Click +ASSIGNMENT
  5. Provide assignment overview and instructions
    • Which assignment group
    • Submission Type
  6. Select students to assign, default is EVERYONE
    • You may assign groups here to make it a group work (tick first this is a group assignment)
  7. Indicate
    • DUE DATES: Deadline of Assessment
    • AVAILABLE FROM: Start when Assessment is viewable
    • UNTIL: Until when Assessment is available (best to select end date of term for late takers)
  8. Publish

To learn more about how to modify your notification settings, click this resource

HOW TO ORGANIZE CONTENT PER MODULE

This is helpful if you segment and group per topic/module. Best to add one topic/module, then include the Page, Quiz, Assessment, and other materials.

  1. Go to MODULES
  2. Create MODULE (Best that this is per module)
  3. On the created module, select the PLUS sign to add contents
  4. Make sure that it is Checked (published/visible)

HOW TO GROUP STUDENTS

  1. Go to PEOPLE
  2. Select GROUPS tab
  3. +GROUP Set
  4. Provide details (Best to select I'll create groups later)
  5. Add GROUP
  6. Drag Students to their groups

HOW TO VIEW STUDENTS' PROGRESS

To view your students' progress, click this resource:

Take note of the following student progress indicators:

  • In Progress: the student has started but not finished the module
  • Locked: the module cannot yet be accessed by the student because of completion of prerequisite requirements
  • Completed: the student has completed the module, or the module has no completion requirements
  • Unlocked:  the student can access but has not yet started the module

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR CANVAS NOTIFICATION SETTINGS

To get rid of notifications that do not concern you, follow these simple steps:

  1. Check the Global Navigation Panel, click Account , and go to Notifications.
  2. By default, the Settings For dropdown menu displays the Account option. When you select this option, all settings will apply to all courses. If you want to receive course-specific notifications, you may select the course in the dropdown menu and select your notification frequency preference (eg. Notify Immediately, Daily Summary,  Weekly Summary, Notifications Off).
  3. You may also set the Push Notifications settings to get notifications in your mobile device.

To learn more about NOTIFICATIONS, please click to this resource:

 

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