{"id":61628,"date":"2018-12-03T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/?p=61628"},"modified":"2018-12-03T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:45:56","slug":"ted-tips-issue-22-lessons-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2018\/12\/03\/ted-tips-issue-22-lessons-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"TED Tips \u2013 Issue 22: Lessons Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TED Tips \u2013 Issue 22: Lessons Learned from Canvas Peer Mentors<\/p>\n<p>Back in Issue 10 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2018\/09\/07\/ted-tips-issue-10-tips-and-faqs-from-a-peer-mentor\/\">Tips and FAQ\u2019s from a Peer Mentor<\/a>\u201d at the start of the semester, we introduced the LTC faculty peer mentors that are available for each college to assist with the Canvas Transition. Canvas 24\/7\/365 is still the place to go for Canvas questions, but the peer mentors can help by sharing what they have discovered and learned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61631\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61631\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61631\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"canvas lessons\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/12\/achievement.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lessons learned<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The peer mentors gather monthly to share notes and discuss what we\u2019ve learned. Now that we are approaching the end of the semester, I want to share some of the lessons learned this term in Canvas from our most recent Peer Mentor meeting. These are all Tips shared by the mentors on things they learned this semester while using Canvas. Hopefully they can help you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons Learned<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a link to the Canvas Student Training during the first module or week in class. Canvas Student Training link: http:\/\/go.uww.edu\/canvas-student-training<\/li>\n<li>Provide a bit of navigation and orientation to the class at the beginning of term. Show students where important things are located in Canvas. Review with them where they need to go and what they need to do. While Canvas is mostly new to us as faculty, it is also mostly new to students. Even thing like how to submit an assignment in Canvas can be really helpful. Providing that guide to where things are in your course can be really helpful to students.<\/li>\n<li>Setting up the Course Home page in Canvas is important. Organizing content by weeks or by topic helps a lot.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t underestimate the important of structure. Students have the tendency to click on the assignment tab \u2013 and they miss the rest of the weekly content, the readings, and other supporting activities. It is important to link back to those weekly modules from the assignments\u2026and remind students to check the content in each module each week.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a weekly checklist or \u201cTO DO\u201d list is very helpful to students. D2L could create those as you were creating content, Canvas does not do that. I create a checklist item for students and post it at the top of each module as a roadmap for the week. I can also physically hand out a notecard with that weekly checklist to students in class so they know where to go and what to do.<\/li>\n<li>Creating larger assignments with multiple parts is easier to set up in Canvas as a series of different assignment submissions. It is also easy to create these as multiple \u201czero\u201d point assignments. So, for example, if a student needs to submit a rough draft as a paper, create a separate assignment for that rough draft \u2013 you can then use speed grader, provide feedback, and return it to students. The FINAL paper or submission can be created as a separate assignment in Canvas.<\/li>\n<li>Setting up the gradebook to reflect more logical areas that corresponded with assignments makes providing feedback and grading much easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Canvas Peer Mentors The peer mentors are available to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help answer your transition questions.<\/li>\n<li>Provide you with training information and resources about the Canvas platform.<\/li>\n<li>Work with you to understand different ways that Canvas can be leveraged for enriching teaching and learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>College of Arts and Communication<br \/>\nJodi Galvan<br \/>\nBill Miller<\/p>\n<p>College of Business and Economics<br \/>\nKelly Delaney-Klinger<\/p>\n<p>College of Education and Professional Studies<br \/>\nCarmen Rivers<br \/>\nEileen Schroeder<\/p>\n<p>College of Letters and Sciences<br \/>\nKris Curran<br \/>\nDavid Reinhart<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Ted Witt<br \/>\nTeaching, Learning, and Technology Consultant<\/p>\n<p>RESOURCES:<br \/>\nCanvas Student Training link: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.uww.edu\/canvas-student-training\">http:\/\/go.uww.edu\/canvas-student-training<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LTC Peer Mentors: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/icit\/ltc\/canvas-portal\/peer-mentors\">http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/icit\/ltc\/canvas-portal\/peer-mentors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canvas Guides: great place to start for searching for information about Canvas: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/community\/answers\/guides\/\">https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/community\/answers\/guides\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to share some of the lessons learned this term in Canvas from our Canvas Peer Mentors. 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