Canvas Training Dates

Faculty Training Registration

Currently, all Canvas training sessions will be online through Microsoft Teams. Links to training meeting will be emailed to registrants prior to the session.

If you have any questions related to Canvas training, please send an email to cdetraining@uta.edu.

 

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Ally Accessibility Tool in Canvas (60 minutes)

Ally is a tool in canvas that provides guidance and tips to make your content accessible by providing feedback on the accessibility of your content and step by step instructions to improve content accessibility. Ally also provides your students with alternative versions of your files that allow students to choose the type of file that best suits their needs.

  • September 13th @ 2:00 pm

Accessible Documents for Online Instruction (60 minutes)

Learn to Create Accessible Documents for your online students. This workshop prepares participants to create accessible documents using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Professional, along with how to add captions to Canvas Studio videos.

  • September 14th @ 2:00 pm

Canvas Gradebook (60 minutes)

The Canvas Grade book contains many tools that make grading and contacting students easier. Learn how to reorganize the grade book columns, email students from the grade book, automatically deduct points for late submissions, hide grades from students, and different grade book views and filters. We will also discuss using Canvas to calculate a final grade.

  • September 20th @ 2:00 pm

Studio Video in Canvas (60 minutes)

Studio is a communication tool that allows instructors and students to actively collaborate through video and audio media. This session will cover recording a video from your desktop or webcam, uploading a video from your computer or YouTube, adding Closed Captions to your recordings, and adding videos to your course.

  • September 21st @ 2:00 pm

Turnitin Plagiarism Tool in Canvas (60 minutes)

Turnitin is a plagiarism tool in Canvas used to verify the originality of student submissions. This session will help you add the Turnitin plagiarism tool to Canvas Assignments and understand the originality report it produces.

  • September 27th @ 2:00 pm

Respondus Lockdown Browser (60 minutes)

Add the Lockdown Browser to any Canvas quiz to add a layer of security to your exams. We will discuss the various lockdown browser settings, Respondus Monitor, and the new Instructor Live Proctoring feature.

  • September 28th @ 2:00 pm