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Canvas Content Management
Gradebook and Speedgrader
Overview of Canvas
Intro to New Quizzes In Canvas
Fundamentals of Canvas, Studio, Zoom and Respondus

Canvas Content Management

Need help to migrate, manage, and streamline your Canvas course content?

Do you find that as you move content from one semester to the next that your course gets congested with extra, unused content? Maybe you have wondered how to efficiently share a quiz or a module with a colleague quickly and easily. This session will answer those questions and help you to declutter and manage your course content as you move from semester to semester. We will explore the tools throughout Canvas that allow you to migrate, share, and repurpose content quickly and efficiently. Session participants will be equipped to do the following:

Copy past materials from single items to entire courses from one course to another
Reuse content from previous courses
Export course content for archival purposes
Share course content with other MSU faculty
Import and share course content with Canvas Commons

Presenters: Academic Applications Solutions and the Faculty Development Center

Gradebook and Speedgrader

Did you know that Canvas Gradebook has been redesigned and streamlined for better workflow?

This session, facilitated by Academic Applications Solutions and the Faculty Development Center; will equip participants to do the following:

Explore the new menus and color schemes/graphics
Review new terminologies and increased control of items such as muting grades and repositioning assignments
Examine new options for grouping assignments in the Gradebook
Explain the connection between assignments, Gradebook and Speedgrader

Overview of Canvas, Studio, Zoom and Respondus

This session will provide an overview of four primary academic applications supported at MSU: Canvas, Zoom, Studio, and Respondus. The session will include the basic functionality of each tool along with a demonstration on how to navigate each application's menus and features. Resources and information for receiving additional support for each application will be provided.

Presenters: Peter Terry, Academic Application Solutions

Cara Mooney, Academic Application Solutions

Willem Mathis, Academic Application Solutions

Firm Faith Watson, Director, Faculty Development Center

Blitz Week - January 6, 2025, Overview of Canvas, Studio, Zoom and Respondus

This session will provide an overview of four primary academic applications supported at MSU: Canvas,
Zoom, Studio, and Respondus. Join us to explore the basic functionality of each tool, including a
demonstration on how to navigate each application's menus and features. Resources and information
for receiving additional support for each application will be provided.

Intro To New Quizzes in Canvas March 28, 2023

Did you know that Canvas Quizzes offers a new quiz engine including brand new question types and improved workflow?
Meet New Quizzes!

In this session, we will explore new features exclusive to the New Quizzes quiz builder as well as discuss updates regarding the release of New Quizzes. We will demonstrate how to build and configure a New Quiz as well as discuss how to migrate Old Quizzes to New Quizzes.

This session will equip participants to do the following:

Explore the interface and menus of New Quizzes.
Review new terminologies and increased control of items such as muting grades and repositioning assignments
Build a New Quiz and migrate existing quizzes to the New Quiz environment
Use new question types exclusive to New Quizzes
Explain the connection between assignments, Gradebook and Speedgrader

Presenter: Academic Applications Solutions

Review Session Resources

Did you know that Canvas Quizzes is being redesigned and streamlined for better workflow, now known as New Quizzes!

New features are being systematically released as we move toward the 2024 New Quizzes transition date. In this session, we will explore designing, features, and settings in New Quizzes as well as discussing the timeline for the full release of New Quizzes. We will discuss the migration of Old Quizzes to New Quizzes.

This session, facilitated by Academic Applications Solutions, will equip participants to do the following:

Explore the new menus and color schemes/graphics
Review new terminologies and increased control of items such as muting grades and repositioning assignments
Examine new options for grouping assignments in the Gradebook
Explain the connection between assignments, Gradebook and Speedgrader

Presenter: Academic Applications Solutions

APRIL 12, 2022

Fundamentals of Canvas, Studio, Zoom, and Respondus - Blitz Week 2023

This session will provide an overview of Canvas and three primary academic applications integrated into Canvas: Zoom, Studio, and Respondus.

We will review the functionality of each tool, the main issues that students run into when using them, along with a
demonstration of how to navigate each. Resources and information for receiving
additional support for each application will be provided, and questions will be facilitated.

Presenters: Peter Terry, Cara Mooney, Willem Mathis, Academic Application Solutions; Firm Faith Watson, Director, Faculty Development Center

Review Session Resource