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The 2021 Canvas Virtual Summit was hosted online by ITS Teaching & Learning. The summit previewed several exciting new tools and features that are aimed to enhance teaching and learning on Canvas. The sessions were scheduled and grouped into three themes: Student-Centered Strategies, New Canvas Features, and Course Design/Engagement with Students.

Thursday, August 19, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

All sessions were recorded and are available on-demand below.

Student-Centered Strategies (12:00 pm - 1:20 pm sessions)

12:00 pm - Summit Welcome & New On-Demand Resources

In this welcome session we cover summit logistics as well as new on-demand Canvas resources that assist faculty/staff who are preparing for the fall 2021 term. This session will include information regarding Slack features and how you will soon be able to create a workspace for your courses in the new U-M Slack instance.

Presentation Slides

Summit Welcome Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Slack? See a full demonstration of Slack during the Getting Started with Slack Workshop on 8/27, 8/30, and 9/1.

12:20 pm - Listen & Learn Student names with NameCoach!

NameCoach is a tool integrated with Canvas, which allows faculty and students to record their name and phonetic pronunciation in the account profile (NameCoach Recorder). The recording will be available and visible to others in the Canvas course (NameCoach Roster) to playback names of peers in order to be inclusive.

(“A person's name is to them the sweetest, most important sound in any language.” — Dale Carnegie)

Presentation Slides

Presenters: Hema Shah, hemashah@umich.edu | Nargas Oskui, nargas@umich.edu

NameCoach Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of NameCoach? See a full demonstration of NameCoach during the Student Rapport & Communication in Online Environments Workshop on 8/25.

12:40 pm - Empower your students with data: Add My Learning Analytics to your Canvas course

Offering a set of 3 data visualizations, My Learning Analytics (MyLA) allows students to check their course performance and view progress towards their learning goals. MyLA shows students information about their engagement with course materials, assignments, and grades, and it supports learning by delivering actionable information. This session will introduce you to MyLA, the student-facing dashboard that can be added to any Canvas course.

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Jennifer Love, jennlove@umich.edu

MyLA Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of MyLA? See a full demonstration of MyLA during the Applied Learning Analytics for Teaching & Learning workshop on 9/2.

1:00 pm - Check your course for accessibility issues with UDOIT

You check your course site for spelling and grammar, and now you can check your course for accessibility with UDOIT. The Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool (UDOIT) in Canvas, provides an automated solution for ensuring that common accessibility pitfalls are caught, corrected, or simply avoided. This session demonstrates how easy it is to check and fix content accessibility issues.

Presentation Slides

Presenters: Nargas Oskui, nargas@umich.edu | Phil Deaton, pdeaton@umich.edu

UDOIT Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of UDOIT? See a full demonstration of UDOIT during the Canvas Accessibility and Supplemental Resources workshop on 8/24.

New Canvas Features (1:20 pm - 2:20 pm sessions)

1:20 pm - Spend Less Time Grading: Using Speedgrader’s Comment Library and Submissions Reassignment

Attention! If you're interested in spending less time grading student submissions this session is for you.

Speedgrader Comment Library allows instructors to save frequently used comments in SpeedGrader and reuse them across multiple students, assignments, and courses. A related function, Submissions Reassignment enables instructors to grant a new submission attempt to students right from Speedgrader. This session will present a live demo of these two time-saving Canvas features.

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Jeff Ziegler, ziegler@umich.edu

Speedgrader Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of the new Speedgrader features? See a full demonstration of the new Speedgrader features during the Managing Your Canvas Gradebook workshop on 8/20 and 9/3.

1:40 pm - Simplify Course Creation: Canvas Course Templates

Tired of the extra work involved in copying course content from one course into your new course? Learn how Course Templates instantly apply a consistent base of materials to each new course created within a sub-account. This session will provide a live demo on how to enable a Course Template, select the template in a sub-account, and how the template is applied to a newly created course.

Enable a course as a Course Template | Set a Course Template in a sub-account | Overview of Course Templates video

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Presenter: Kristine Towne, ktowne@umich.edu

Course Templates Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Course Templates? See a full demonstration of Course Templates during the Getting Started with Canvas workshop on 8/23.

2:00 pm - New Assignment Type! Student Annotation

Using the same tools instructors use in Speedgrader, students can annotate/label specific parts of an image or document with the new Student Annotation assignment type in Canvas. In this session we will demonstrate how easy it is for instructors to upload a document that students can then directly annotate on and submit as an assignment.

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Nichole Marbury, nmarbury@umich.edu

Student Annotation Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Student Annotation assignments? See a full demonstration of Student Annotation assignments during the Online Assessments Workshop on 8/27.

2:20 pm-2:40 pm Break

Course Design/Engagement with Students - Part I (2:40 pm - 3:40 pm sessions)

2:40 pm - The NEW Google Assignments in Canvas!

Google Assignments and Canvas has expanded Google Docs Editors and Google Drive to be compatible with Canvas for file submissions. With Assignments, you can distribute and grade student work and use Google Docs and Drive with Canvas.

This session will preview the following features of the new Google Assignments tool:

File attachment to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and submit.
Students can submit Drive files to Canvas assignments, then instructors can grade in SpeedGrader.
Embed Drive files with the Canvas rich text editor.
Add Drive files to Canvas Modules.

Presentation Slides

Interested in using the new Google Assignments for Winter 2022? Please complete the opt in form and we will be in touch with you soon.

Presenter: Angela Marocco, amarocco@umich.edu

New Google Assignments Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of the New Google Assignments? See a full demonstration of the New Google assignments during the Online Assessments Workshop on 8/27.

3:00 pm - New and Improved! Canvas Discussion Redesigned

The Canvas Redesign Project aims to bring long-awaited improvements to the built-in Discussions tool. In this session we will demonstrate the latest redesign updates. New features we will explore include an updated user interface, improved accessibility, and sorting capabilities for replies. Join us to learn more!

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Cathy Crouch, crouch@umich.edu

Canvas Discussion Redesign Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of the redesigned Canvas discussion tool? See a full demonstration of new Canvas discussions during the Discussion Tools workshops on 8/20 and 9/1.

3:20 pm - Enhance your course with on-demand LinkedIn Learning content

LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand library of over 16,000 courses licensed by the University of Michigan that can improve student success in your Canvas course. We will demonstrate how you can easily add Linkedin Learning content as assignment prerequisites, graded or ungraded assignments in your Canvas courses, or as a recommendation for a deeper dive into a subject of interest.

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Presenter: Keila Walton, keilaw@umich.edu

LinkedIn Learning Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of LinkedIn Learning? See a full demonstration of LinkedIn Learning during the Integrating LinkedIn Learning in Canvas Courses workshop on 8/31.

Heartfulness Guided Meditation Break 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm

Learn Heartfulness meditation, a heart-based approach in three simple steps. Relaxation, Rejuvenation and Meditation relaxes the body, calms the mind and tunes into the heart's stillness. Please join us for this guided meditation session by an experienced Heartfulness trainer.

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Presenter: Namrata Rajeev, namratarajeev@hotmail.com

Interested in a deep dive demo of Heartfulness Meditation? Attend a full meditation session.

Course Design/Engagement with Students - Part II (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm sessions)

4:00 pm - Take your course discussions to the next level with Piazza

Piazza provides real-time, student-driven Q&A and discussion. Postings can be anonymous and instructors can endorse good questions and responses. Piazza is freely available to all U-M courses and is easy to enable on any Canvas course site. This session will provide a glimpse in how easy it is to get started with Piazza.

Piazza Video Guide | Piazza Support Guides

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Dan Burgess, burgessd@umich.edu | Nichole Marbury, nmarbury@umich.edu

Piazza Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Piazza? Attend an intro Piazza workshop on 8/24 or 9/2 or deeper dives on 8/26 or 8/31.

4:20 pm - Gradescope- Deliver and Grade Your Assessments Anywhere

Gradescope is now available on Canvas to all U-M instructors! Gradescope helps instructors seamlessly administer and grade all of their assessments, whether online or in-class. Gradescope is ideal for courses in Math, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, and Business, but can also be used in additional disciplines. This session will offer a brief demo and expand of the benefits of Gradescope:

Gradescope supports variable-length assignments (problem sets & projects) as well as fixed-template assignments (worksheets, quizzes, or exams).
Use Your Existing Assignments- No need to alter your assignments. Grade paper-based, digital, and code assignments in half the time.
See question and rubric-level statistics to better understand what your students know. Easily export grades and data.

Presentation Slides

Presenter: Katie Jager, kjager@turnitin.com

Gradescope Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Gradescope? See a full demonstration of Gradescope during the Gradescope Q&A Advanced Workshop on 8/23.

4:40 pm - Annoto: In-Video Discussion Tool

Turn your video content consumption from passive individual watching to active, social and collaborative experience using Annoto. Annoto provides innovative UX for threaded discussions on video and call to action tools.

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Presenter: Melinda Kraft, makraft@umich.edu

Annoto Summit Session Recording:

Interested in a deep dive demo of Annoto? See a full demonstration of Annoto during the Using Annoto with Video Content workshop on on 8/26 and 9/10.

Looking for even more? Join a Teaching Online with Canvas Workshop!