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5/4/2023 - Announcing the Canvas Summer Institute for Faculty

Dear Colleagues,

As we wrap up the spring semester and begin looking toward the summer and the July 1 “go live” date for Canvas, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and A-State Online (AOS) would like to announce our upcoming Canvas Summer Institute. The goal of the Institute is to provide flexible, hands-on instruction and support for creating new courses and updating courses that have been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas.

While all of the resources that were prepared and recorded during the spring semester will still be available for your viewing through Kaltura Canvas Training Resources, we will be featuring a detailed, hands-on, in-person workshop, with AOS and CETL trainers on hand to help you prepare your Canvas courses. The workshop will take place in the CETL and will be repeated throughout the summer on the following dates:

May 15-19*

June 12-16

June 26-30

July 10-14

*Registration priority for the May workshop is given to those teaching full summer term classes using Canvas that start in June.

CETL and AOS trainers will provide information for each step in the process twice a day, and workshop participants may then stay in the CETL and work on their course shells, with hands-on assistance provided by the trainers.

The weekly schedule for the workshop will be:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday (optional)
9:00-10:00	Instruction about designing courses using modules	Instruction about pages and files	Instruction about assignments and grade categories	Instruction about setting dates, grading, and announcements	Instruction on recording videos using the studio and lightboard
10:00-12:00	Work and practice time with trainer assistance
1:00-2:00	Instruction about designing courses using modules (repeated)	Instruction about pages and files (repeated)	Instruction about assignments and grade categories (repeated)	Instruction about setting dates, grading, and announcements (repeated)	Instruction on recording videos using the studio and lightboard (repeated)
2:00-4:00	Work and practice time with trainer assistance

In addition to the hands-on workshops, there will also be two new 90-minute Zoom workshops led by a representative from Canvas. The workshop Canvas for Different Delivery Modalities will be held on Tuesday, June 6, at 2:00 pm, and Grading & Feedback will be held on Wednesday, June 21, at 2:00 pm. For details about the content of workshops and to register and get the Zoom link, see the CETL Calendar.

Finally, faculty members may always schedule individual or group live Canvas help through the CETL or AOS. For additional help sessions, call the CETL at 870-972-2334 or email cetl@astate.edu, or call AOS at 870-680-8464 or email aos@astate.edu.

We hope that you will take advantage of these opportunities to gain comfort using Canvas and to get your upcoming Canvas courses ready. Everyone in the CETL and at AOS looks forward to seeing you this summer!

If you have technical questions or need more information on training, contact Chris Boothman, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Campus, at cboothman@AState.edu or (870) 680-4830.

Ruth Owens, CETL Director

4/1/2023 - April Canvas Training Schedule

The full listing and descriptions of Canvas training activities for the month is now available. Throughout the coming weeks, we will offer workshops for faculty to learn more about specific features in Canvas. These trainings will be delivered both in-person and via Zoom, and recordings made available through Kaltura Canvas Training Resources for asynchronous viewing later. Opportunities will also be provided for drop-in sessions both in-person (in the CETL Master Classroom in Suite 301 of the library) and virtually via Zoom (led by A-State Online Faculty Support).

In addition to the scheduled in person sessions, A-State Online has also created an asynchronous training course that is now available for all faculty use. This course presents information on online learning best practices, how to use Canvas, and is a great way for faculty to learn basics about Canvas navigation and functionality. Please complete this short form to be added to the course: AState Faculty - Canvas Training.

If you have technical questions or need more information on training, Chris Boothman, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Campus, is your resource. We encourage you to contact him at cboothman@AState.edu or (870) 680-4830.
2/22/2023 - March Canvas Training Schedule

The full listing and descriptions of Canvas training activities for the month of March is now available. There will be a variety of in-person and Zoom workshops and help sessions. All group Foundations and Canvas-led sessions will be recorded and all recordings for Canvas training are available through Kaltura Canvas Training Resources for viewing at any time.
2/10/2023 - ChatGPT: A Portal to a New Vision for Higher Ed (Updated 2/28/2023)

Update: The Recording of this session is now available in our Video Archive.
1/30/2023 - Upcoming Canvas Training Opportunities

We are delighted to announce a series of training opportunities that will be available starting Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, and will run through the remainder of the spring 2023 term.

We will be collaborating with the A-State Online Faculty Support office to offer both synchronous and asynchronous training workshops throughout this semester. We encourage you to review our Canvas training schedule for details of the events scheduled in February 2023. Information on this schedule can also be viewed on our online calendar.

Throughout the coming weeks, we will offer workshops for faculty to learn more about specific features in Canvas. These trainings will be delivered both in-person and via Zoom, and recordings made available through Kaltura Canvas Training Resources for asynchronous viewing later. Opportunities will be provided for drop-in sessions both in-person (in the CETL Master Classroom in Suite 301 of the library) and virtually via Zoom (led by A-State Online Faculty Support).

We are also excited to announce that we will have a series of sessions throughout the spring term led by Canvas trainers, with the first one scheduled for Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. CST via Zoom (Join via Zoom) on the topic of “Content Creation in Canvas.”

A-State Online has also created an asynchronous training course that is now available for all faculty use. This course presents information on online learning best practices, how to use Canvas, and is a great way for faculty to learn basics about Canvas navigation and functionality. Please complete this short form to be added to the course: AState Faculty - Canvas Training.

Our focus is to provide support to all faculty across campus and we will use feedback provided during the February workshops to determine the series of workshops in March and beyond. However, faculty that are unable to attend any of the scheduled training sessions will be given opportunities to attend alternative dates/times later in the spring term.

If you have technical questions or need more information on training, Chris Boothman, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Campus, is your resource. We encourage you to contact him at cboothman@AState.edu or (870) 680-4830.
1/13/2023 - GTA Effective Teaching Practices Institute
1/13/2023 - Digital Humanities Research Group
1/12/2023 - Leveraging Learning Centers on Campus