Module : Communication Calendar: Adding An Event I Calendar: Adding An Event II Calendar: Editing An Event Host a Real-Time Conference I Host a Real-Time Conference II Host a Real-Time Conference III Make An Announcement I Make An Announcement II Collaboration: Start a New Collaboration I Collaboration: Start a New Collaboration II Start A Discussion People: View Students In Your Class
Calendar: Adding An Event I In Calendar, instructors and students can view the due date for all course events and assignments. Calendar will help instructors and students to keep track of upcoming activities, such as quizzes, exams, discussions, etc. In addition, instructors are able to change the assignment due date by dragging and dropping the activity to a different date. Canvas will send out notifications to notify students when the change has been made. 1 Click on the Calendar in the global navigation 2 3 Click on the arrow in the left top corner to navigate the month for your event Click on the date for your event, you will see an event pop-up window 3 2 5 After click Event tab and fill out the information Click on the More Option button 5
Calendar: Adding An Event II 6 Add information to the event and Click the Update Event button 7 You will see the event has been added to the Calendar.
Calendar: Editing An Event Step 1: Click on the event to edit, you will see a pop-up window with the event you are going to edit Step 2: Click on Edit button, you will see the Edit Event pop-up window Step 3: Click on the More Options button, you will be able to add information to the Calendar Event 1 2 3 Step : Use the Rich Content Editor to add information Step 5: Click Update Event to update the event information, you will see the update event calendar 5
Host a Real-Time Conference I In Conferences, instructors can host a remote office hours. They also can upload presentation files, share microphone/video/desktop, and use the whiteboard tools to annotate the presentation materials. The Java plug-in is required for screen sharing in Conferences. Some supported browsers may still state, "Your browser does not meet the minimum requirements for Canvas. Here s the link to Clear the browser cache: http://guides.instructure.com/s/220/m/21/c/307 Flash: 9, 10, 11. Flash is required if you would like to use the audio / video recording, upload files in Canvas The links to download the latest version: Flash 1: Log into Canvas 1 3: Click Make a New Conference in the top right corner to start your conference 2: Select the Course in the global navigation Menu 3: Select Conferences from the navigation menu 2 3
Host a Real-Time Conference II 5: After Step, the web conference will appear. In the Step 5, you will start a conference with your students and/or your group members. 5.1: Enter conference Name 5.2: Option to select the checkbox only if choosing the conference not to be closed automatically 5.3: Add the Duration time 5.: Add detail information and enter the start time in the Description box. For example, instructors can input the date/time of the office hour. 5.5: Option to invite all course members or decide who will be invited to attend the conference. For instructors: invite all members For students: invite group members After the conference is created, the attendees will receive a web conference invitation email from Instructure Canvas 5.6: Click on the Create Conference button, it will take you to another web page with Start it now button. 5.5 6: Click on Start it now button, It will direct you to the conference 7: Click on Allow to allow the camera and microphone access to your conference
Host a Real-Time Conference III Step 8: Overview 8.1.1: Click on the Share My Desktop icon to share desktop 8.1.2: Click on the Share My Webcam icon to share video 8.1.3:Click on the Share My Microphone icon to share audio 8.2.1: Click on the Switch Presenter and select the participants to be the presenter 8.2.2: Click on the Raise Hand icon to ask questions 8.3.1: Mute or unmute the listener 8.3.2: Click on the icon to keep mute or unmute 8.3.3: Click on the Mute button to mute yourself 8.3.: Click on the Mute All to mute everyone 8.: Share your webcam 8.5: Click on the Upload File icon to upload your files 8.6: Options to click on the Fit to Width icon or File to page icon 8.7: Click on the Whiteboard icon to annotate the tools 8.8.1: Click on the Chat icon to chat with others 8.8.2: Create another chat window by clicking the plus sign 8.8.3: Type message in the message box and send it 8.9: Click on Logout to leave the conference 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3 8.8.1 8.8.2 8.2.1 8.2.2 8.9 8.3.1 8.3.2 8.3.3 8.3. 8. 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8.3
Make an Announcement - I Making an announcement via Announcements will help enhancing the communication of instructors and students. Instructors can communicate with students by leaving a video/an audio message, inserting files, links, and images in the announcement message. For instance, Instructors can use Announcements to remind students the coming assignment or event. Students will receive the notification by the Notification Preference setting they choose, such as Facebook, email, text message, etc., from Settings. In addition, students can reply to your announcement. Step 1: Choose the course Step 2: Click the Announcements link Step 3: Click on the Make an Announcement button
Make an Announcement - II Step.1: Enter the title of the announcement Step.2: Add the content through the Rich Contend Edit Step.3: Hit Browse to attach a file Step.: Option to delay posting, post before seeing replies, or enable podcast feed Step.5: Insert content into Announcement page, you can pick from any of 3 tabs. Click on the link you wish to include. After an announcement has been made, you can edit the announcement..5.1.2.3.
Start A Discussion In Canvas, Discussions can be used as a graded or ungraded assignment. The use of Discussions will enhance students engagement with the course materials and their fellow peers. If a discussion is created as for grading in Assignments, the instructor will need a topic to be discussed and a rubric to be used to evaluate students participation and performance. Step 1: Select the Course Step 2: Click on the Discussions tab Step 3: Click on the Start a Discussion button Step : Enter the topic Step 5: Use the Rich Content Editor to format the content Step 6: Options to allow threaded replies, delay posting, users must post before seeing replies, enable podcast feed, and use for grading Step 7: Click on the Save button 2 1 3 5 6 7
Collaborations: Start a Collaboration I In Collaborations, group members can work together with EtherPad and/or Google Doc at the same time. Especially, students don t need to set up an account with EtherPad, they are still able to view the document Step 1: Select the Course in the global navigation menu Step 2: Click on the Collaborations tab in the left navigation menu Step : Choose the EtherPad to collaborate Step 5: Enter the description Step 6: Click on the People button to add the students as collaborators Step 7: Click on the student's name in the left-hand column, the student's name will be moved to the righthand column as collaborators Step 8: Click on the Start a Collaborating button, and it will bring you to the Create Pad page 1 2 6 5 Step 3: Click on Start a New Collaboration button to start a collaboration 3 7 8
Collaboration: Start a Collaboration II Step 9: Click on the Create Pad button, the public pad will open Step 10: Now you can edit the EtherPad Collaboration with your group members 10 9
People View Students In Your Class In People, you can view registered students in your class. Step 1: Select the Course from the global navigation Step 2: Click on People in the navigation menu. 1 2 Step 3: In the right-hand column, you can see the tabs of View User Groups, View Prior Enrollments, View Registered Services, and Manage Users. Click on the View User Groups to view Course Roster or make a New Set of Groups 2 3 Step : You can click on View Course Roster to view people in your course