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 @dtod ‌     Key technologies, fun with the API, lessons learned, community resources, and what I still don't get about Canvas as we have implemented Canvas over the past year. Will include some coding examples in PHP, Linux and Javascript, SIS integ...

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cfierro‌     Last year, Jared Stein shared about OER efforts in Washington, including news that Tacoma Community College has saved students over $5 million in textbook expenses. But the savings is only the first part of the story. Want to know how yo...

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 @wakimsu ‌     Merging the principles of Open Pedagogy and Online Course Design increases the efficacy of each. The principles of online course design can be used to embed Open Educational Resources (OER) seamlessly into our classes. Open Teaching P...

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vholcomb‌  @jjones2 ‌     Innovating teaching, Canvas and the iPad work together preparing students for success in a global society. See how an Apple Distinguished School with a modern house of higher education thinking using a retooled core curricul...

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edonathadmin‌  @jgriggs ‌ Amy Sullivan     Learn how Florida Institute of Technology wrapped the whole Canvas API in our PHP code base, allowing developers to make virtually any remote API call with streamlined efficiency. Apply the strategy at your ...

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 @stuart_freeman ‌  @emily_reese ‌     How Georgia Tech used Docker and Amazon's Elastic Container Service to quickly deploy a suite of LTI tools and integrations, including a SIS enroller, course roster tool, student feedback system, and more. We'll...

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 @RebeccaMoulder ‌     Regrading numerical quiz questions for a 500-student course at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was a real challenge in Canvas Quizzes. Learn how we’re piloting Quizzes.Next to take advantage of its regradin...

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 @dbodman   @sparkyfan ‌     Canvas provides unique ways that encourage student engagement and learning. It’s time to drop ineffective and tired discussion boards and integrate new ways of introducing, discussing, learning and engaging! Instead of lo...

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Ana Fiorella Dasso     There are some courses that are harder. And as teachers, we need to give our students the tools to success. With this in mind, in UTP (Universidad Tecnologica del Peru) we developed Self-sufficient on-line Workshops using the e...

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Managing multiple sections with required elements is an obvious use case for Blueprints, but how do you create an environment that leverages the power of Blueprints, respects academic freedom, and encourages creativity? Learn about how our First-Year...

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Angela Lam  @leanna_chow      Moving to Canvas? Don’t have a plan yet? We had a staggering 7000+ courses to migrate within one year. Come listen in on our strategy that leverages extensive data extraction and running scripts. In this presentation, wi...

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Jared Chapman     We often work to improve our content and pedagogy, but what about improving students' desire to engage and learn? That's where a Motivational Information System (MIS) comes in! MISs draw on principles of gamification, dashboard desi...

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 @jmunoz1 ‌     With an 83% student satisfaction rate, our department has taken great measures in assuring student retention by developing and implementing strategies that guarantee great learning experiences. These include: ID best practices, Studen...

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Canvas tools and Mastery Path are flexible and customizable. Combined, these tools create a new type of competency-based learning experience. See how we hacked ...

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 @straussi ‌ Jeff Ferner     Embry-Riddle works to sustain student participation and achievement with a network of strategies including attendance reporting through our student activity roster, early warning reports based on Canvas Data, and easy adv...

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 @rbagent ‌     Congratulations, you have a college degree…but what did you learn? Setting up badging for a degree program is easier than it sounds…sort of, and it clearly tells employers what students accomplished. Join me as we walk through EACH ST...

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Using analytics, heat maps, and a faculty driven approach, evaluate a Use Case on how to impact student success. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding how analytics can drive purposeful student resilience via social physiological approaches. Wal...

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 @bp2uc ‌  @jquarles2 ‌     See how a Student Affairs Professional utilizes Canvas to engage students in a dynamic virtual community; students, faculty, and staff share ideas and collaborate across all programs and majors! 95% of our online students ...

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kimhwrth‌ Kathy Mirzaei     Come take a deep dive into Canvas learning analytics. We’ll showcase our data pipeline and how we leveraged Canvas insights from our pilot work with faculty and staff to support data-informed decision making and to develop...

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The GIF game is booming right now. Short snippets of video to accomplish tasks goes hand in hand with how education is evolving. Think of it like a micro-learning opportunity. GIFs contain information in a short easy to absorb fashion that is engagin...

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 @mclark19 ‌  @abiller ‌ Megan Masters     In this presentation, we’ll update you on year two of our Canvas Data journey. We’ll talk about reading the waves (understanding the data), respecting the locals (working with other campus groups), staying l...

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With 5% higher success rates and more degree completions, the California Virtual Campus integrated with Canvas creates an “ecosystem” of learning, support and enrollment services which narrows equity and success gaps. Lessons learned will be shared a...

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misl0908‌  @tshek ‌     Since 2001, CalStateTEACH has credentialed California multiple subject teachers using a combination of online instruction and in person support. Our implementation of Canvas required custom LTI’s and the creation of dashboards...

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 @kona ‌--  Taking the Mystery out of Mastery Paths - Instructure Community   Taking the Mystery out of Mastery Paths - Instructure Community     Want an all-access Safari pass to the ins and outs of Mastery Paths? Come learn about the traditional u...

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In order to make academic writing more accessible and engaging in a required English course, I gamified it, using Badgr and MasteryPaths. Students became “interns” at an academic magazine, blending real-world experience with the acquisition of basic ...

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Christian Garrett   During this training we will answer important questions like “How does paying attention to my students impact retention?” And “What tools do I have at my disposal that will aid in retention?” We will also take a look at what resea...

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vanzandt‌     For a campus with a small local support team and over 36,000 users, the Canvas Support Tier1 service has been a life saver for UC Davis. We'll discuss pros and cons, share important considerations, and offer strategies for managing the ...

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 @christine_mckeo ‌ kerry_foley‌  @vashi ‌   In this session, panelists from three Harvard schools will discuss how they flipped the script on asynchronous courses to create dynamic online programs for working professionals. With an emphasis on commu...

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JS_Christopher Casey     Learn how we use nested sub-accounts, permissions, and some custom css/js to allow flexibility in certain areas while also following institutional policies and procedures for official courses and dividing support among our in...

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 @minette_henriks ‌     In Sweden we’re collaboration experts. Maybe a result of our long history of assembling Ikea furnitures… Beginning last year, 23 of the Swedish universities have been rolling out Canvas together – a journey based on the idea o...

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