Technology Training Opportunities

If you are new to Canvas, we have asynchronous online training for using Canvas<https://canvas.unl.edu/courses/38129> that is available 24/7! Live training opportunities, when available, are posted in this Canvas Training Calendar<https://events.unl.edu/Canvas/>. Asynchronous online training is also available for VidGrid<https://go.unl.edu/learnvidgrid>, Zoom<https://go.unl.edu/learnzoom>, and turnitin<https://go.unl.edu/learnturnitin>. Live training for VidGrid, Zoom, and turnitin is posted in the ITS Events Calendar<https://events.unl.edu/its>.

Canvas blueprint courses

Canvas has a feature called “Blueprint courses” that can simplify the process of sharing information from a template course (the “blueprint”) into related sections (the “associated” courses). At UNL, this feature is sometimes used by faculty leading teams of teaching assistants that teach similar, but uniquely tailored recitation sections as a means to quickly disseminate information from the faculty-managed copy of the course (the blueprint) to the TA-managed sections (the associated courses). Your instructional designer<https://teaching.unl.edu/contact-us/> can help you determine if a Blueprint course is right for your Canvas course management needs.

Canvas global announcements

Want to go back and view an old Canvas global announcement? This can easily be done by doing the following. Log into Canvas, click on your Account icon in the gray navigation bar on the left side of the page, select “Global Announcements”.  You will have the choice to view Current announcements or Recent announcements.

Canvas Sandbox

Need a place to “play” with features in Canvas without the risk of students seeing what you are doing? Request a Canvas Sandbox from ITS using the Canvas Support Request Form<https://its.unl.edu/services/canvas/canvas-support-request/>. In a sandbox, you can build content, add “students” (i.e. colleagues who will help you test out features), and explore Canvas features without running the risk of doing serious damage to courses containing real students.