Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) now used at many community colleges and universities in the United States and particularly in Louisiana. Canvas gives access to online, hybrid, and web enhanced courses. Canvas use by an instructor can be as uncomplicated as posting just a few things for a class such as syllabus and assignments, or as intricate as a totally online course with discussion boards, online chats, online tests and group collaborations, Canvas is used in conjunction with numerous software tools such as ProctorU, SmarterID, Smarter Proctoring, Online Meetings, Turnitin, Echo 360, and others to provide a seamlessly integrated delivery system for effective teaching and learning in web-based environments. The Canvas LMS offers many features to assist online faculty with delivering instruction to students in a hybrid/online environment. The overall goal is to provide virtual training on how to use the LMS and other tools for online learning. Online faculty will have, as examples, a fully online training course, and course models to aid as blueprints to guide them in buttonology along with step by step usage of external learning software. By the end of the course, faculty will be able to create an online course in the Learning Management System (LMS) and be able to demonstrate the use of external software (SmarterID, SmarterProctoring, TurnItIn, Echo 360) in the online course.
- Teacher: Eldrie Hamilton