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Canvas allows Northwestern instructors and students to deliver course materials, submit assignments and tests, view grades, and create learning activities.

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Introduction to Canvas for Graduate Instructors

Wednesday, June 18 | 1 - 2 p.m. | Online

For graduate students new to using Canvas as an instructor, this interactive workshop reviews needed features for functional and dynamic Canvas course sites. Graduate students may also register for the "Introduction to Canvas for Northwestern Instructors" workshop if they are unavailable when this workshop is offered.

During this session, participants will:

  • Learn how to navigate Canvas' most used features.
  • Develop a plan of action for creating and teaching content.Copy a template from Commons and customize the content.
  • Copy a template from Commons and customize the content.

Find more details and register.

Events

May
15
2025

Fixing the Most Common Canvas Accessibility Errors in Seconds

11:30 AM
Northwestern offers the Pope Tech Accessibility Dashboard and Pope Tech Accessibility Guide to help identify and fix acc...
May
15
2025

Stylish and Accessible - Using Divs to Format your Canvas Site

1:00 PM
One of the most challenging accessibility issues for people to address as part of the seven core skills is not using tab...
May
16
2025

Using Assistive Tech to Navigate a Canvas Course Site

10:00 AM
There has been a lot of talk about making course sites accessible. This session will demonstrate why it is vital to do s...