Attend or View a Training Webinar
There are several ways to access Canvas training opportunities:
Upcoming Training Webinars
Canvas trainings can be viewed and registered for using the University of Pittsburgh Event Calendar Links to an external site.. These trainings provide what faculty and staff users need to know to get started using all of Canvas's most common functions and features, in the form of either a single three-hour session, or a series of three one-hour sessions. Please register in advance for these sessions, as space is limited.
Organize a Group Training for Your Department or School
Would you like a Canvas training workshop to be delivered for a group at your department, school or campus? Trainers are available to deliver sessions upon request for groups of 10 or more. We will work with you to determine an appropriate session length and agenda, starting with your completion of this form Links to an external site.. Upon submission, a trainer will be in touch to confirm a date, time, location and agenda.
Recorded Webinars
All recorded webinars include closed captions. The Q&A section at the end of each webinar has been removed from these recordings for privacy reasons.
Introduction to Canvas Series
- Introduction to Canvas: Foundations. This self-paced course replaces and enhances the former "Part 1" live training sessions. Parts 2 and 3 (now called 1 and 2) are still done live.
- Introduction to Canvas Part 1: Getting Started Links to an external site.
- Introduction to Canvas Part 2: Pages, Modules and Files Links to an external site.
- Introduction to Canvas Part 3: Assignments, Quizzes and Grading Links to an external site.
- Canvas for Remote Instruction Links to an external site.
- Canvas Refresher: Building Your Course
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- This is a quick, condensed review of much of the content of the 3-part Intro series, intended as a refresher for those who are building courses again for a new semester and experienced Canvas before.
- What's New in Canvas?
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- A half hour update about what's new in Canvas, Fall 2020-August 2021.
Intermediate Canvas Series
- Annotation Assignments Feature Highlight
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- Annotation Assignments Notes (click Join this Course to try activities).
- Intermediate Canvas: Sharing and Collaborating Links to an external site.
- Intermediate Canvas: Tests and Quizzes Links to an external site.
- Intermediate Canvas: Tracking Student Progress Links to an external site.
- Canvas Refresher: Speedgrader and the Gradebook Links to an external site.
Other Technology Webinars
- Better Grading and Feedback with Gradescope Links to an external site.
- Active Learning with Top Hat Links to an external site.
- Blackboard Retirement: What You Need to Know Links to an external site.
- Using Flipgrid for Video Discussions Links to an external site.
- Instructional Multimedia: Panopto Links to an external site. - This webinar recording is older but retained for those who prefer the format; some information may be out of date due to software updates and policy changes.. Consider the self-paced course link below.
Self-Paced Training Courses
- Teaching with Panopto. Enroll in this self-paced training course developed at Pitt to learn how to use Panopto with your teaching.
- Growing with Canvas is a self-paced, self-evaluated online course with video tutorials that is also available for teachers to learn how to use Canvas. Enroll in with this link: https://pittsburgh.instructure.com/enroll/NFDTAA . You'll also get a hands-on demonstration of how Canvas can look and feel.