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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Collaborating with Students to Create: Mayan Genius Bar The integration of technology in education requires training, but resources are limited. So, why not use our best asset: students! Ses...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Orchestrating Instructional Design at the System LevelWhat are the sweet notes that make a school orchestrate melodically when starting Canvas? Hear how Joplin Schools gained vertical alignm...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Supporting Students with Supplemental CoursesWe're helping students stay on the path to graduation by changing how the school day works. We're implementing supplemental courses during summer...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Taming a Tangle of Learning Management Systems - Canvas as a Tool to Unify Your Online SchoolIn 2012-2013, Pasco eSchool, the second largest district virtual program in Florida used digital ...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: I’m So Tired: Managing Fatigue with Canvas As an administrator, how do you know which teachers are experiencing fatigue? As a teacher, how do you know which students are fatiguing? How do yo...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Supporting a 1:1 Initiative with Canvas In December 2014, McKinney Independent School District deployed more than 2,000 MacBooks to all high school freshmen. In this session, participants wi...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: An Integration TaleThis is the story of what happens when you try to roll out Canvas to more than 300,000 students. We'll address the questions you need to...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: What I’ve Been Looking For! LOR’s and the Commons Searching for free digital lessons and content to support and motivate learners? Look no further than Learning Object Repositories. Join us ...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Using Canvas to Connect Your Disconnected Digital ContentIn the $8 billion PK-12 software market, schools are still faced with disconnected softwarerequiring massive amounts of time to set u...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: From Backstage to the Main Stage - Strategies for Content DevelopmentLearn how HCPSS implemented an ambitious district-wide content development project as part of its Canvas implementation. ...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Kids are the Heart: Moving from a Lab Model to 1:1 Learn about our professional learning program that supports teachers moving from a computer lab-model to 1:1. Find out how we use Canvas to...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Canvas LMS Templates - Don't Recreate the WheelThis session will embark upon a journey to get courses designed using instructional design principles without having to be an instructional des...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Eat Your Own Dog Food That’s our motto at Delaware City Schools. Not only do our students experience blended learning in Canvas, so do our staff. Come see how we “blend” our staff developmen...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Canvas Communication Strategies for Large ClassesHow do I reach individual students when there are so many? Come see how UCF implemented four simple engagement strategies using built-in Canv...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Fully Online TutoringWe will look at how San Juan College designed tutoring for its Spanish language program. This tutoring allows students to practice reading, writing, and speaking Spanish...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: The Golden Ticket to eCommunication: Google Hangouts In a world of pure imagination, ponder using Google Hangouts for student support services like advising, virtual office hours, and tutori...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Ditching a Textbook: A Learning ExperienceFrustrated with the high cost of textbooks, this instructor ditched them in favor of open onlineeducational resources and technology. Was it worth i...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Herding Fish: Encouraging Faculty to Use Subaccount-Generated Outcomes and RubricsDo you want to know how to create rubrics, assignments, and other useful tools in a subaccount to share with...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Sharing Stories: Student Blogging, Journaling, and WikisWant to increase participation, deepen learning, and encourage a personal connection to course material? Try using student blogging, j...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Non-Traditional Student-Centered Learning in CanvasMany institutions are embracing competency-based learning and more flexible learning models (such as open-entry open-exit courses). These l...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Using Canvas ePortfolios to Plan and Pursue Career ObjectivesSimon Fraser University’s APEX professional development program focuses on a learner-centered process of self-reflection and disc...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Community 2.0: Meet the All-New Canvas CommunityOn April 15th, we relaunched the Canvas Community on an all-new, full-featured community platform. Join us for a guided tour!Presenter: Scott ...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Implementing Captioning with Kaltura and CanvasLearn how USU implemented media management strategies to facilitate the captioning and distribution of course content using Kaltura and Canvas....

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Lil Shop of Horrors: Tracking Groups with the APIAn instructor needed a way to easily view group activity from several courses for a research project. With little API experience, we used Pyt...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: The Muse-k Man “Trouble in Park City” — From the producer of KennethWare comes the heartwarming and inspiring tale of the benefits of having a programmer in your design community. See how ha...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Canvas Product VisionWant to know the future of Canvas? Come learn about our roadmap, Commons, Analytics, CBE and all the innovations that our product teams have been up to. We will share ho...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Customizing Banner Integration to Canvas Having trouble getting the right information from Banner to Canvas? We modified the standard Banner feed to fit our needs. Session highlights include...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Building a Better Canvas for Your InstitutionRunning a base software package makes it very difficult to gain a competitive advantage. At Penn State, we’ve always sought to add more to our LM...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Canvas and Razuna: A Sweet DuetSotheby's Institute of Art is developing a tool to allow content from Razuna to be easily embedded in Canvas via the rich content editor. Come learn more about...

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To join the conversation or see additional resources visit: Hammer of the Gods: Content Distribution for Non-Coders Are you afraid of pushing course content in bulk to a group of courses? You should be! In this session, we’ll share some techniques an...

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