Recent webinar recordings are also located under the *Panopto Video* tab (left course navigation) in date order, with the most recent presentation at the top.

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Find resources and recordings from past webinars below. Overview webinars are listed first or click a specific topic to jump down the page.

Assignments (including Instapoll)

Course Design

Discussions

Gradebook

Modules

Pages

Panopto

Peer Review

Quizzes

Rubrics

SpeedGrader

Zoom

Overview Webinars

Canvas Crash Course

New to Canvas? In less than an hour, learn some of the basics: uploading Files, organizing in Modules, creating Assignments (gradebook columns), and communicating with students (Announcements vs Inbox messages). We will wrap up with some helpful tips to save you time throughout the semester.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Build Your Course in Canvas

This webinar will focus on content creation and organization, it will NOT cover assignments or the gradebook.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Canvas for GRAs & TAs

Learn the ins and outs of Canvas from course set up to final grade submission. This workshop is designed to help Teaching Assistants create and maintain well-organized courses; communicate with students; provide feedback and grades using SpeedGrader; and explore new features such as Student Assignment Enhancements, Automated Late Policies, Grade Posting Policies, and Enhanced Gradebook Filters.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Assignments

Assignments & the Gradebook

This webinar will cover the workflow of online assignment creation, student submission, instructor grading and student’s view of feedback. We will discuss the advantages of using grading tools such as Rubrics and SpeedGrader and wrap up with an overview of the gradebook.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

That One Thing... Group Assignments

Learn how to make large multi-section courses more manageable or how to get your students collaborating and working together as a group. We will discuss how to create student groups, visit the group "space," and create Group Assignments.

Recording –

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-Group Assignments

Getting Started with UT Instapoll

Join us to learn more about the free classroom response system created here at UT Austin. UT Instapoll leverages a Canvas assignment, allowing instructors to pose multiple choice or text entry questions or polls to their students, thereby pushing performance and/or participation scores to the Canvas gradebook.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Course Design

Canvas Side of Course Design

This webinar will cover the relationship between your course Home Page, Modules, and Pages. The goal of this workshop is to provide you with a better understanding of how purposeful course design can enhance the online learning experience.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Build Your Course in Canvas

This webinar will focus on content creation and organization, it will NOT cover assignments or the gradebook.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Managing Large Multi-Section Courses

Many large courses are comprised of multiple unique number sections and sometimes require coordination between multiple instructors and/or TAs. If this is you and you’re interested in simplifying this process, we encourage you to join us. The goal of this workshop is introduce multiple avenues for managing large courses, from merging the sections together as one to using the Blueprint feature to manage all of them as separate sections. We will highlight each option, discuss advantages and disadvantages, and when to choose one over the other. In addition, we will also discuss ways to communicate with students in both scenarios. This workshop assumes that participants have basic knowledge of Canvas.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Discussions

That One Thing... Discussions

This webinar will introduce the Discussions feature in Canvas. Encourage students to engage in conversations outside of class time by creating graded or ungraded Discussions.

Recording –

PowerPoint Slides – TOT-Discussions

Resources – Generating and Facilitating Engaging and Effective Online Discussions and Building Community in Online Classrooms (Asynchronous & Synchronous Strategies); 15 Rules of Netiquette for Online Discussion Boards (infographic)

Creating an Online Community Using Canvas Discussions

Recording –

PowerPoint Slides – Online Community w-Discussions

Resources – 15 Rules of Netiquette for Online Discussion Boards (infographic)

Gradebook

That One Thing... Gradebook in Canvas

Curious about when students see feedback and grades? Want to add an automatic Late Policy to your gradebook? What are all of those options hiding under the three dots and what function does the Grade Detail Tray serve? Join us as we provide an overview of the Gradebook and help demystify the drop-downs and dots.

Recording -

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-Gradebook

Resources - Student Grade Visibility Infographic and Canvas Guides: How do I use posting policies in a course?

Assignments & the Gradebook

This webinar will cover the workflow of online assignment creation, student submission, instructor grading and student’s view of feedback. We will discuss the advantages of using grading tools such as Rubrics and SpeedGrader and wrap up with an overview of the gradebook.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Final Grade Submission

Is your gradebook ready to submit final grades? Do you have questions about weighting groups, dropping lowest scores, muting & unmuting assignments, and/or removing dashes? Do you know what the difference is between Current Score and Final Score? Come join us for a workshop where we dig deep into the gradebook, dispel any myths, and get you ready for Final Grade Submission time.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Modules

That One Thing... Modules in Canvas

Curious to learn more about Canvas' default Home page? Modules control the entire flow of your course and its content. Think of them as an interactive roadmap for your students! We will create new modules, add content to modules and discuss some of the "hidden" features behind those three dots.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Pages

That One Thing... Pages in Canvas

What are Pages in Canvas? These versatile "blank web pages" can be simple conveyors of text or engaging "file folders" filled with images, videos, and links to course materials. Bonus - learn how to add a Page to your students' To Do List!

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Panopto

Creating Content in Panopto

This webinar will introduce Panopto, a cloud-based video platform service that instructors can use to create asynchronous course materials. Learn how to use Panopto Capture to record lectures using your computer's web browser. We will cover how faculty can use the recording feature to create micro-lectures (with PowerPoint or Keynote), add captions, Smart Chapters (table of contents), and quizzes - either as an assignment or as a self-check mechanism.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Panopto - Advanced Training on New Features [vendor-led training]

Join us for a deep dive into Panopto’s most recent changes. In addition to looking at new headline features such as video tagging, Smart Chapters, and virtual backgrounds, we’ll also show you beta features and settings that you may not have noticed yet.

Recording - Jan 27

Panopto - Advanced Video Editing [vendor-led training]

Join us for a discussion on the editing features in Panopto. We’ll show you how to trim your videos accurately, add captions, splice videos together, use the focus tool, and more!

Recording - Wed Aug 26

Peer Review

That One Thing... Peer Review

This webinar will help you create peer review assignments in Canvas. We will go over the Peer Review Dashboard, discuss best practices for integrating peer review into your course, and discuss strategies to maximize student success.

Recording –

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-Peer Review Assignments

Tutorial - How do I use the Peer Review Grading Tool in Canvas

Using Peer Review in Canvas

Join us to learn why you should incorporate peer review into your course, how to use peer review in Canvas, and see a demo of the Peer Review Grading tool. We will discuss best practices for integrating peer review into your course and discuss strategies to maximize student success.

Recording -

PowerPoint Slides - Using Peer Review in Canvas

Tutorial - How do I use the Peer Review Grading Tool in Canvas

Quizzes

Getting Started with New Quizzes

New Quizzes will become the only quiz option in Canvas at the end of Spring 2024. We will present an overview of New Quizzes, a comparison of "Classic" vs "New" Quizzes and when to make the switch (Comparison Document). For more information, please see the Timeline for New Quizzes and Instructor New Quizzes Readiness Checklist.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Options for Final Exams in Canvas

Join us for a conversation about what is possible using current tools in Canvas. This webinar will cover such topics as Canvas Quizzes (both Classic and New); using Proctorio vs Zoom; Gradescope (with a New! Proctorio integration), and Turnitin.

PowerPoint Slides - Keep Teaching - Final Exam Options

Rubrics

That One Thing... Rubrics in Canvas

Learn how to craft rubrics to improve efficiency and consistency in assessment grading. We will cover rubric creation, viewing rubrics in SpeedGrader, and leaving feedback on rubric criteria. Rubrics can be much more than ratings points!

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Simplify Grading using Rubrics and SpeedGrader

In this webinar, we will explore how to use Rubrics and SpeedGrader to improve efficiency and consistency of assignment grading in Canvas. We will cover rubric creation, viewing different assignment types in DocViewer, annotating on student submissions and how to leave feedback on rubric criteria and/or SpeedGrader.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

SpeedGrader

That One Thing... SpeedGrader in Canvas

SpeedGrader is Canvas' online annotation and grading tool. But you can use this powerhouse for much more than online file submission assignments. We will showcase how to use SpeedGrader for No Submission assignments (with a Rubric), Discussions, and Quiz attempts, in addition to the familiar Online File Upload assignment.

Recording -

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-SpeedGrader

Simplify Grading using Rubrics and SpeedGrader

In this webinar, we will explore how to use Rubrics and SpeedGrader to improve efficiency and consistency of assignment grading in Canvas. We will cover rubric creation, viewing different assignment types in DocViewer, annotating on student submissions and how to leave feedback on rubric criteria and/or SpeedGrader.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Zoom

Zoom Basics for Instructors

This webinar will cover accessing the UT Zoom portal, scheduling meetings, Host Meeting controls - including Breakout Rooms and Polling - and where to find resources and support. We will also discuss when to use the Canvas Zoom integration and when to use the Zoom web portal.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

Zoom and Panopto Integration

This workshop is intended for instructors interested in streamlining the process of moving Zoom recordings into Panopto. Instructors will learn when to use Panopto and/or Zoom, how to schedule and record meetings through Zoom, and how to have meetings automatically uploaded into their course’s Panopto folder. We will also demonstrate how to trim the recording in Panopto to provide the best recordings to students.

Learning Objectives, Resources and Recorded Sessions

That One Thing... Zoom Breakout Rooms

Join us to learn more about using Breakout Rooms in Zoom. We will discuss the two ways to create Breakout Rooms - manually and by importing a CSV.

Recording - 9/9/2021 9/9/2020

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-Zoom Breakout Rooms

Resources - Manually Creating Breakout Rooms in Zoom; and Zoom_Breakout_Room_template.csv and Zoom_emails_generater_template.xlsx (use this to combine "UTEID + @eid.utexas.edu" for the email column on the template CSV)

Miscellaneous

That One Thing... New Analytics

Canvas is making it easier for instructors to view and download how well students are doing in a particular course. Available analytics charts include course grade, weekly online activity, and communication. New Analytics provides downloadable CSV files for missing/late assignments, excused assignments, and course activity data. What is New Analytics?

Recordings –

PowerPoint Slides - TOT-New Analytics

Options for Final Exams in Canvas

Join us for a conversation about what is possible using the current tools in Canvas. This webinar will cover such topics as Canvas Quizzes (both Classic and New); using Proctorio vs Zoom; Gradescope (with a Proctorio integration), and Turnitin.

Recording -

PowerPoint Slides - TRT-Final Exam Options

Getting Started with UT Instapoll

Join us to learn more about the free classroom response system created here at UT Austin. UT Instapoll leverages a Canvas assignment, allowing instructors to pose multiple choice or text entry questions or polls to their students, thereby pushing performance and/or participation scores to the Canvas gradebook.

Recording - 9/27/2022 8/23/2021

PowerPoint Slides - Getting Started w-UT Instapoll.pdf