The GPS Online Learning Team is currently offering the following workshops. These will be hosted on Zoom and will provide practical strategies for your online courses, demonstrations of tools, and documentation afterward so you can implement when ready.  Learn more about current offerings and register below.

Please also visit our previous workshops page for recordings of past sessions.

 

Canvas Tips and Tricks: Grading and Feedback

Attendees will learn about practical Canvas features for streamlining grading tasks, improving consistency, and creating more engaging feedback for students.

Topics Covered:

  • Comment Library – Save and reuse frequently used feedback comments.
  • Video Feedback – Provide personalized video feedback that can increase student engagement and clarity.
  • Annotations –  Add comments, highlights, and shapes within a submitted document.
  • Message Students Who – Quickly send targeted messages to students based on submission status, grades, or missing work.
  • Dropping Grades – Automatically exclude the lowest scores based on course grading policies.
  • Bonus Points – Incorporate extra credit opportunities and understand how they affect grade calculations.

Date: Tuesday, November 3rd 11:00 - 11:30 AM

Zoom Link

Video-Based Activities with Canvas Studio

Participants will learn how to use Canvas Studio to create video quizzes that check understanding during lectures, facilitate video discussions that promote community building, and design assignments that allow students to submit video presentations. 

Date: Thursday, November 12th 1:00 - 1:30 PM

Zoom Link