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The ETA staff offer a variety of technology workshops to faculty and staff on topics ranging from instructional pedagogy, Canvas and innovative uses of new technologies. Each semesters a series of workshops are offered to faculty in an informal setting allowing for faculty and instructional designers to discuss the appropriate uses of such technologies in coursework. Below you will find events from past semesters.

RSVP: eta@health.usf.edu and specify the name of the workshop, date/time you are interested in, and your department. Seats are limited, please register as soon as possible.

  • Canvas Basics Workshop

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    Technology is changing and so are we! Please join us to learn about the University’s new Learning Management System – Canvas by Instructure. This two hour session will provide an overview of the Canvas platform and will cover the following topics namely, why Canvas?, course structure and navigation, basic tasks such posting announcements, using grade book, content delivery, assessments and new learning tools that are now part of Canvas.

    1/15
    1/30
    2/12
    3/20
    4/9
    4/15
    4/24
    5/14
    5/28

    (1/15, 2/12, 4/9, 4/15 & 5/14):
    10:00AM – 12:00PM
    (1/30, 3/20, 4/24 & 5/28):
    2:00PM - 4:00PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Canvas Transition Workshops

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    Canvas Workshops will help those faculty teaching campus courses to quickly set up and transition their courses from Blackboard to the new learning management system. Participants should bring their Spring course syllabus, important dates, instructor information and grading scale. Instructional Designers will be available during this session to help walk you through the set up process. Prerequisite: Canvas Basics Workshop

    1/16
    2/13
    3/21
    4/10
    4/16
    4/25
    5/15
    5/29

    (3/21, 4/16, 4/25 & 5/29):
    10:00AM - 12:00PM
    (1/16, 2/13, 4/10 & 5/15):
    2:00PM – 4:00PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Advanced Training Session: Modules and Pages

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    Canvas offers a slew of new features for content delivery. If you need to rethink your course design strategies then join us to see how we can structure and deliver course modules in Canvas. Prerequisite: Canvas Basics Workshop

    1/31
    4/1

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Advanced Training Session: Student Interaction (groups, discussions)

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    Do you wish to increase student engagement in your online course? Canvas provides a host of communication and interaction tools to help you with this effort. Let’s explore how the groups feature and the discussion tools in Canvas can help you reach that goal.

    2/18
    4/18

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Advanced Training Session: Assessments & Evaluation (quizzes, papers, peer review, plagiarism)

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    It’s time to assess student learning in Canvas. Canvas offers a variety of assessment methods and tools that help you structure and grade assessments. Let’s examine how to build a quiz or have a student submit a paper that can also be evaluated by their peers.

    3/7
    5/6

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Advanced Training Session: Rubrics and the SpeedGrader

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    Grading can be a tedious process, however, Canvas has tailored a method to make grading easier than ever. Tools such as speed grader and grading rubrics have been some of the top faculty rated features in Canvas. Through the use of detailed rubrics, instructors are able to create consistent grading criteria across the board. These rubrics can then be used alongside the Canvas SpeedGrader that makes grading a breeze. In this workshop learn how to create effective rubrics and also how they can be used for quick, consistent grading.

    1/23
    5/23

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

  • Advanced Training Session: Grade book (weighted grades)

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    The grade book may be the only feature you use in Canvas. Therefore, it is important to understand what it can and cannot do. Join us for a session that will explore all the options available to make the grading process that much easier.

    1/23
    5/23

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    COPH Comp Lab B

View previous ETA Tech Workshops from 2007-2009.