InstructureCon 2011

Christopher Bennell OCADU cbennell@faculty.ocad.ca

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Canvas New Features: Gradebook

Redesigned, comprehensive gradebook Faster, easier Keyboard Navigation HTML5

Canvas New Features: Inbox

Group conversations Threads, archiving Includes prole picture for easier identication Auto-complete by user, course

Canvas New Features: Quizzes

Limit access by IP Realtime moderation

Other new features

Podcast feed for discussion topics SIS IDs in API Become User for support sta iPhone app for students (cloud only)

Roadmap
Canvas as a platform Mobile development Student participation Tools for faculty User driven Cloud Native, continuous integation

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Backwards Design Approach Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, U of Utah

Design based on learning objectives One year from now, my students should be able to... Align teaching activities, assessment, feedback with LOs Quality Elements: Objectives, Organization, Activities, Media, Community, Feedback

Distance Education at a Global Scale Troy Hahn, Auburn U

World leading program for Aquaculture Suckered into doing program online Extensive video, continual updating Migrated 1000s of les: drag and drop Minimal support requirements LMS helped to sell program to new students

Measuring Student Satisfaction Ben Adams, U of Pennsylvania

Bake-O: WebCaf (legacy) vs. BB, Canvas 8 faculty, 300 students Surveyed use of BB, Canvas. 80% recommended switch to Canvas Zero student training. Faculty build course content Lack of consistency with Canvas course design. IT planning to provide more guidelines

Enchancing Online Learning with Canvas Media Michael Griths, Bringham Young

Extensive use of video by instructor, students Early on there was no decent technology for video Video assignments, students form relationships even when geographically distant Individual, one-on-one contact between instructor and every student

Designed for Uptime Benji Edwards, Instructure

Focus on availability, security Amazon WebServices On-demand, automated provisioning with Puppet Extensive monitoring

How Canvas gets Updated Zach Wily, Instructure

11 Engineers, Agile / Scrum Tickets get prioritized, assigned to engineer Unit, integration tests Peer code review 2 week release cycle on GitHub Still guring out how to incorporate OS issues into queue

API 101 Jon Jensen, Instructure

Developed for mobile app. Mobile drives API dev JSON, REST OAuth2

SIS Imports + You! JT Olds, Instructure

Data structure: Account, Terms, Courses, Sections, Enrollment CSV upload, Canvas looks only at CSV headers, not lename Supports live events Grade export published to SIS endpoint

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