Best Practices for Teaching with Canvas

Issued by University of Colorado Boulder

This micro-credential develops educators’ skills in Canvas course design and management. Participants leverage Canvas features that center student success like rubrics, Canvas analytics and outcomes. Learners gain proficiency in efficiently managing Canvas course content and implementing design best practices. Earners demonstrate these skills by redesigning a current course and creating a video presentation discussing how their design choices contribute to a more positive learning experience.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Cost Free

Skills

Certification Criteria

Attend any two of OIT's Academic Technology trainings focusing on Canvas.
Complete a self-paced Canvas course and all included assignments, with the final project of creating a course tour of a current Canvas course that demonstrates proficiency in core Canvas functions: assignments and the grade book, use of advanced functions including rubrics and Canvas analytics, and an understanding of student-centered design practices in Canvas such as a week-to-week module structure and implementing digital accessibility practices.
Canvas Fundamentals for Educators Recognition Badge

Standards

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) international standard

Content relating to digital accessibility will be drawn from WCAG 2.0 standards: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/