703: New Canvas Tools to Enhance Your Teaching

Session Location: This session will be held virtually via Zoom

Date: Thursday, August 15 

Time: 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Presenters: Shilpa Das Gupta (Manager, E-Learning Support Services, University Library)

Session Description:

This workshop is designed to introduce you to some of the newly integrated tools of Canvas that will help in enhancing the overall learning experience to a great extent. These tools are Photo Roster, NameCoach, Course Reserve, and LibGuides. Photo Roster tool provides instructors access to the photos of their enrolled students with many other key information. NameCoach is a great tool to learn how to correctly pronounce your students’ name. Both these tools are greatly effective to know your students better. On the other hand, with the integration of Course Reserve you can easily add items on the library’s course reserve system. And with LibGuide, you can seamlessly integrate A-Z library database and other key library resources into your Canvas courses. This workshop provides an overview of these tools and how to use them within Canvas.

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