It’s been a long time between catchups but I promise, it will be worth the wait!

It’s been a busy few months and with the end of the year as well as VELG approaching fast, we’re going to celebrate the recent product victories for the sector as well as reimagine what student engagement can look like for ongoing business success.

Vocational Education Training providers and their students are in for a good year. Why? Global education is trending towards the learning models we are accustomed to. Product enhancements and workflows are being delivered with these educators in mind...

On Friday, December 16th, we’re going to take stock of your year. The panel will be discussing your achievements, your learnings and your dreams. We’re then going to open a few “presents” that will assist in the evolution of your learners', trainers'...

Following on from our September Usergroup, we're going to explore ways your trainers and assessors can use Canvas to provide engaging feedback.

It’s good to be back. Following on from our most attended/watched user group EVER, the VE&T team is returning in both September and October for a two-part session focusing on Assessments.

In this User Group, Julian Ridden takes a seat to talk about having a Student Centric approach to Vocational Ed in Canvas. he will be leveraging of his recent work his team created in response to COVID19 pressures on education.

Welcome to 2021! This month we sit down with Kerri Buttery (VETNexus, partner) and discuss all things Assessment in Canvas.

Welcome to our final User group catch-up for 2020!

We're back (and we're organised).Damian and his incredible wit will be on deck to chair our September installment of the VET user group. We're looking forward to having you involved.

It's time for the latest installment of the VET User group. Happening this Thursday (11:00 am AEST), Damian Noud (MrWed) will be chairing with the assistance of Canvas Customer Success team members Ruth Thornton @rthornton  and Adam Ware @adamwarecx ...

Agenda: How RTO's build out their assessment tools, specifically projects. In relation to the rubric and marking guides for trainers, is it possible to house marking guides within Canvas and if so, where would be the best spot? How other institutions...

A new report on the adoption and use of online learning systems, tools and applications within the vocational education and training (VET) sector provides valuable insight into eLearning adoption.   The recently-released 3rd Annual Australian Vocatio...

Agenda:Roundtable discussion topicsCOVID-19 - 2 months on, how is your organisation going?Account Settings and Feature Options - how do you configure and manage these?Best practices for Release Notes and staying up to date with the platform Attendees...

Agenda:Roundtable discussion topicsCOVID-19 and You! Attendees:Sarah - StatusKerri - VETNexusNatacha and Aleisha - TocalAnneka - NCNZCasey - NCNZZo - Aspire2 Intl.Chris - Strawberry SolutionsRuth and Tori - Instructure Meeting Recording Link:March 20...

I was recently browsing Reddit (strike one) on company time (strike two) and came across a post by a user in /r/edtech who has uploaded their Emergency Remote Instruction course to Commons.For those of us who are in situations where schools may under...

Agenda: Roundtable discussion topicsManaging Content in Canvas - Blueprint, Commons, Import/Export, Course Duplicate, Direct Share3rd Party App and LTIs for Vocational Education Attendees:Sarah - StatusDamian - MRWEDKerri - VETNexusNatacha and Aleish...

Agenda:Review Top 10 Areas of Priority Roundtable discussion topicsPercentage scoring - Does this cause challenges for others?Conferences / webinar tools in CanvasQuality / version control of Course contentZo's Discussion Item - Barriers to Stakehold...

Agenda:Review Completed Institutional ProfilesDiscuss Top 10 Areas of PrioritySchedule December/January Meet-upRoundtable discussion topicsManaging a Rolling Intake ModelManaging Observations and Multiple AttemptsAttendees:TasTAFEStatus WorksNCNZAspi...

You may or may not have heard about Terms in Canvas. This feature allows for managing course access in bulk, so you can set specific parameters (can be unique for Trainers vs Learners etc) that can be applied to whole groupings of courses. More info...

Now that you've set up your instance with Sub-accounts and Courses, how can you manage your enrolments? In Vocational Education, many organisations work with rolling enrolments, where students start their unit and qualification work across the year. ...

Learning through practice and simulation is an essential aspect of the development of expertise in the workplace. Competency Based Training is designed to allow the learner to demonstrate their ability to do something as such; RTO’s need a way to ass...

How should you structure your Canvas Courses in your instance if you're in Vocational Education? There are already multiple guides outlining the hierarchical structure within Canvas (here) and information about Canvas Courses. The purpose of this bl...

There are already multiple guides outlining the hierarchical structure within Canvas (here). The purpose of this blog is to provide a VET perspective of how you could apply your system hierarchy in Canvas. How should you structure your Canvas Sub-ac...

There are multiple grading options in Canvas for Vocational Education and we’ve documented just a few that you may want to try out! Have a chat with your Customer Success Manager to determine which option may be best for your organisation. Option 1 -...

Online learning in Vocational Education is becoming a growing trend in the RTO Space. With the ever-growing demands being placed on RTO's to support quality student outcomes, we need to find betters ways to achieve this without being 100% reliant on ...