Text Prepare to Teach in Canvas

The Canvas Start-of-Semester page serves as a general guide to prepare for the beginning of a CCC Canvas course. Please be sure to check in with your Lead Faculty, department(s), and dean for any department-specific tasks and information.

Items for Review

The content provided in this sections is intended to serve as a support for best practices and help you anticipate what can be done to create a successful course.

Canvas Course Development Options

Sandbox

Official course shells are available after registration opens. A sandbox allows for instructors to build course content before shells are made available for editing. A sandbox can be helpful to test out content development and Canvas tool functionality. After development is successful, this content is then copied into the official course shell.

A course sandbox is created by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) when requested by Lead Faculty or the instructor

Course Blueprint

Instructors might teach multiple sections of the same course. In this case, a blueprint course can help serve as the primary place of course development that then feeds the individuals sections when synched.

Reach out to the TLC if you need assistance with creation of a sandbox, blueprint, or official course shell

Learn to Use Canvas

CCC instructional support staff in the TLC have created online courses to help faculty get familiar with and master Canvas. Contact the TLC to enroll in the courses below.

- - Canvas Basics: A must for any new instructor to get orientated and navigate Canvas
  - Learning to Teach with Canvas: Learn more about Canvas functionality and how to use it with learning theory and instructional design in mind

TLC Email: distance.learning@coconino.edu

TLC Phone: 928-226-4368