About the Canvas Workshop Series

Open to UWM Faculty, Instructional Academic Staff, and Graduate Teaching Assistants.

The Canvas Workshop Series is a sequence of nine workshops that provide practical pedagogical recommendations and technical training for using Canvas. Each 60- to 90-minute online synchronous workshop focuses on how to effectively use one or more specific teaching and learning tools in Canvas. Although these workshops do not include time for hands-on application by participants, facilitators will provide a walkthrough and supporting documentation so that attendees can later practice in a Canvas course site, and facilitators will be available after the workshop to answer questions from participants. All sessions will be recorded.

About Canvas 7: Discussions and Groups

Canvas 7: Discussion and Groups  is one of nine workshops in the Canvas Workshop Series. Topics addressed in this workshop include:

• • • Overview of Canvas discussions and Canvas group sites
    • Structuring asynchronous online discussions to maximize student engagement
    • How-to steps for creating student groups in Canvas
    • How-to steps for creating a Canvas online discussion
    • Navigating Canvas group sites
    • Grading discussion posts efficiently
    • Key features of a Canvas group assignment

This workshop will take place take place online using the Zoom web conferencing tool. Shortly after you register, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to participate. Please join the session a few minutes prior to the start of the workshop to address any potential connection issues.