Part 5: Spring 2017 Labs
66 Canvas Syllabus/Calendar with Charles Dill — 03.31.2017
The March 31, 2017 Active Teaching Lab explored the syllabus and calendar tools in Canvas. 
Charles Dill shared how he links all aspects of the course — activities, assignments, quizzes — directly in the syllabus and calendar, so students need only go to one or two places to access everything in the course.
Takeaways
- His aha moment was realizing the benefits of removing the extraneous options in the Navigation menu.
- He distinguishes between general assignments for all and assignments that only the Comm B students need to do with the prefixes GA and CB
- He links to separate syllabi for General students and Comm B students
- Students can get to the assignments from the Calendar or from Modules
- He also has a separate course schedule Page that links to the assignments, readings, videos, etc. in more context
- The multiple “wayfinding paths” to get to the content is a good example of Universal Design for Learning
- View the session’s activity sheet for additional support materials
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Watch Charles’s Story:
Watch the discussion that followed:
Get Started with Syllabus and Calendar in Canvas: