It is important to maximize communication within your course. One of the ways in which this can be done, is to utilize the conversations feature inside of Canvas. The conversations feature acts like a personal email address and folders. Once you have published your
- [Voiceover] One of the benefits…of a learning management system is the ability…to communicate with students in a protected platform.…Canvas has a variety of ways to communicate,…and one of them is Conversations.…In order to access your conversations,…on the left hand side in the global navigation bar,…we'll click on Inbox.…This brings us to our Conversations inbox.…Now, Conversations is essentially an email platform…within Canvas.…Since we haven't yet published the course,…there's nobody inside of the course…to have sent us a message.…If they did, in the pane on the left hand side…is where we'll see all the received messages,…and when you click on the message,…the details will appear in the right pane.…
As the class gets rolling and you have a lot of messages…coming in, you are able to filter them.…At the top, we can filter them by course.…Right now I only have one course,…but if I had multiple, it would be nice to filter them…by the course.…We can also filter them by unread, starred,…sent, and others.…We have the ability to reply or reply to all,…
Author
Oliver Schinkten
Released
7/19/2016- Setting up a teacher account and profile
- Creating the course and syllabus
- Adding a grading scheme
- Creating student groups
- Using group discussions
- Creating assignments and quizzes
- Building test question banks
- Exploring the grading tools (including SpeedGrader)
- Working with modules
- Publishing a course
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome29s
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1. Get Started with Canvas 2016
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Create a teacher account1m 2s
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2. Create a Course
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Create a new course2m 13s
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Set your course homepage1m 38s
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Customize course settings1m 49s
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Add your grading scheme1m 31s
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Add a course syllabus2m 25s
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Organize course files3m 4s
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3. Create Student Groups
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Add students to a course4m 6s
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Why use groups?1m 22s
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Create groups3m 40s
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Use group discussions6m 16s
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4. Add Assignments and Quizzes
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Create assignment groups3m 24s
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Create assignments5m 16s
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Create graded discussions5m 30s
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Create a quiz7m 31s
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Create test question banks4m 58s
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5. Explore the Grading Tools
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Set up the gradebook3m 17s
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Create course outcomes5m 37s
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Mastery Learning2m 2s
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Create rubrics4m 53s
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Use SpeedGrader4m 8s
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6. Course Management Tools
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Use the course calendar3m 24s
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Create pages3m 29s
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Create modules4m 7s
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Publish a course4m 4s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 12s
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