As I have begun to design a course in Canvas for
my Technology based Learning Environments master’s course, I feel that I have been
at a slight advantage over my classmates. This year, our school district purchased
the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) for all teachers and staff to use.
Although I never received any formal training, I have learned to use the system
through the built in videos and documentation in Canvas. As a result, I have
been training teachers on how to use the system for several months now.
With that said, as I worked on my instructional
design document, I already had a fairly clear picture of what the Canvas LMS
had to offer. I knew the structure of Canvas and how I could use the different pieces
in the design of this course. Additionally, I have been able to share some of
my knowledge with classmates for this course since the LMS was new to them.
Although I do not know everything there is to know about Canvas, I know enough
to create a course. Additionally, I learned a couple of things while conducting
the peer review for my classmate. I did not realize that there are built in
templates that can be used to get a course started. Knowing this will help me
with teachers in my district that have a tough time figuring out the organization
for their course.
The design model of Canvas is working great for
me. I am dividing my course up into Modules that the participants will work
through. I have set up the modules with pre-requisites so that students must
work through them in sequential order. However, students can always go back to
previous modules to review content if needed. Since this course will be offered
to my teachers over a 10 week period, this will help me in facilitating the
course while it is in progress.
Canvas is a very user friendly atmosphere for
both the designer and the student. Additionally, the Help documentation and
videos are easy to access and understand. If I have any questions at all, I can
quickly find answers to them. The only thing I have found so far that I would
like to see enhancements made is in the rubrics. First, the rubric does not
align the rating columns as you add additional ratings to the rubric. It really
bothers me that they do not line up. However, the interactivity while grading
student assignments makes it easier for me to forgive this issue. Furthermore,
the rubrics cannot be shared with other teachers or colleagues through the Commons
area. This has been a major frustration for our teachers. They would like to be
able to share these rubrics with each other. I have sent in an enhancement
request to Canvas. I hope they receive enough requests to make this a top
priority for future upgrades.
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