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  1. Canvas Success Checklist: Key Areas that Matter

    Canvas Practices Interactive Checklist These checklists group essential Canvas practices into four areas: communication, organization, assessment, and engagement. They’re intended as a quick reference as you design, review, or ...
  2. Canvas Start-of-Term Launch Checklist

    Canvas Start-of-Term Launch Checklist Clear, bite-sized steps to get your course ready for a new term. Follow the list, track your progress, and keep tuning your course toward excellence. Interactive Checklist Expa...
  3. Tips & Best Practices for Setting Up Online Exams

    Tips: Exam Preparation Tricks for Upping Your Exam Integrity in Canvas Exam Policies to Know Tips: Exam Preparation Communicate We recommend the use of Canvas Announcements to communi...
  4. Canvas Layouts

    What to know CHOOSE A LAYOUT from the options below for your new site SUBMIT A REQUEST Canvas request form to have your chosen layout applied CUSTOMIZE FREELY These layouts provide a starting ...
  5. Canvas Layouts

    For a new course site layout, choose one of the three below for your course site. Fill out a Canvas course site request and the layout you select will be applied to your course site. Remember: the three layouts just provide a basic foun...
  6. Canvas Template Gallery

    Options for Classroom Enhancements The options below provide templates that can be applied to your Canvas classroom for enhanced design and efficiency in presenting information.  As you consider whether any of the presented options would...
  7. Class Recordings and Opencast Videos in Canvas

    The OpenCast Self Edit Tool How to use the Unpublish and Self Edit features in OpenCast to control the recorded video content that your students see Watch Video (3:30) ...
  8. Class Recordings and Opencast Video in Canvas

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  9. TA Roles and Expectations: The TA’s Perspective

    TA Roles and Expectations: The TA's Perspective  Purpose:  This resource helps TAs understand their role in supporting instructors and students by outlining core responsibilities, encouraging proactive communication, and clarifying expec...
  10. On Campus

    On Campus Purpose: On-campus activities allow for student interaction, critical thinking, and engagement with course content. This resource helps instructors choose and implement strategies aligned with an in-person course format such as ...