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Ed Tech Resources

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Canvas Trainings

Below are a variety of Canvas Specific trainings and documents created by our Educational Technology team.

For more in depth Canvas questions: Click here to schedule a 1:1 meeting with a member of the Educational Technology team. 

  • Canvas Overviews:
    • Course Readiness Checklist (Document)
    • Canvas Essentials
    • Canvas Intermediate
    • New Analytics: Instructor Basics Offering
    • End of Term Checklist (Document)
  • Canvas 2 Minute Deep Dives: 
    • Grading
      • Turnitin in Canvas
      • Canvas SpeedGrader
      • Canvas Rubrics
    • Student Outreach
      • Canvas Inbox
      • Customizing Notifications
    • Course Maintenance
      • Course Analytics
      • Canvas Accessibility
      • Canvas Quizzes
      • Canvas Pages Deep Dive
      • Dashboard Organization
Panopto Trainings
  • NEW! Panopto Deep Dive
  • NEW! Getting Started with Panopto
  • Recording of “Using Panopto in Canvas” Training
  • Recording of “Creator Training in BlackBoard for Intermediate Users” coming soon
  • Recording of “Creator Training: Getting Started in Panopto”
  • Pre-Recorded Webinars from Panopto
Additional Canvas Support

Below are resources provided by Canvas and curated by the Educational Technology Team for Instructors.

Creating in Canvas:

  • How to Upload a File (syllabus) to Canvas.
  • How to modify a page (like the template home page) in Canvas.
  • How to create an announcement in Canvas.
  • How to create an assignment in Canvas.
  • How to Create a Module.
  • How to Create a Page.
  • How to Create a Quiz
  • How to Create a Discussion
    • Deciding which type of Discussion to use.
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Grading:

  • How to use the Gradebook.
  • How to add a Rubric for a Course.
  • How to add Rubrics to Assignments. 
  • How to use the Canvas Speedgrader to add feedback to students.
  • How to use the Canvas Speedgrader to annotate student papers.

Course Accessibility:

  • How to Check Accessibility.
    • Additional Ally Resources. 
A.I. Resources

Below are resources provided by Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota for A.I. usage

A.I. Resources:

  • Promoting Ethical Student Use with A.I.
  • Useful A.I. Tools and Costs
  • A.I. Prompt Library
  • A.I. Resources from the Library
  • AI Resources from the Writing Center
LMS Retention Policy

Here is the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota LMS Retention Policy: Link

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