Welcome to Fast Five with the Digital Learning Team where we will be looking at some bite-sized training and goals for your path to conquering your Canvas Courses.

Show Notes:

Tip #1: Accessing Sections

  • Large course with 120 kids?
  • Use sections

    • Go to settings in Course Navigation
    • Open sections
    • Open the Course Section
    • Resource: Canvas Guides Post on Sections

Tip #2: Assign to Specific students

  • Go to Assignments
  • In the assignment settings, remove “everyone” and look at “Assign to”
  • Resource: Canvas Guides post on assigning to specific students

Tip #3: Google Assignments LTI

  • Just like any good “second trilogy” we are going to redo “recon” some of the first trilogy. Since our first three episodes Google and Canvas released an updated LTI.
  • The old Google Drive Cloud Assignments will disappear eventually, so starting this transition now will help you!
  • Students will register their Drive with Canvas
  • View in Speed Grader
  • Resource: Google and Canvas Blog
  • Resource: Video walkthrough

Tip #4: Flipping the Camera with Flipgrid Shorts

  • Resource: Getting started with Flipgrid
  • Resource: Upload Media to Studio
  • Resource: Add media from Studio

Tip #5: Integrating Flipgrid

Resource: Integration from Flipgrid