Asif Sami Haque, Educational Consultant within Arts ISIT, facilitating a Canvas workshop to Arts instructors and teaching assistants.
In preparation for the new year, please have a look through this checklist to ensure that your courses are ready for September 2024.
Pre-course setup
Check to see if you have a Canvas site set up for each of your courses
When you log into Canvas, your course(s) should display as Course Card(s) on your Dashboard or in the “All Courses” list in the Courses tab.
Merge courses and copy course content as needed
Contact us for assistance with cross-listing/merging courses or to copy over content from a previous course.
Prepare your course readings
It is best to merge Canvas courses before setting up Library Online Course Reserves (LOCR). If LOCR have already been requested for the original courses, resubmit your LOCR request with the newly merged course(s).
Prepare for your course delivery
As UBC provides an expanded range of course delivery modes, prepare for your course delivery by reading our Course Delivery Modes & Teaching Approaches resource. If you need more help, please contact us.
Preparing to teach
Check that your TA(s) have been added
Once your department timetable representative (T-Rep) has entered your Teaching Assistant(s) (TA) into the SIS system, they will automatically have access by September 3, 2024. (Note: TA(s) cannot be added to courses before their appointment start date).
Go to the “People” tab in your Course Navigation menu within Canvas. If you do not see your TA(s) listed after September 3, 2024, please contact your T-Rep.
To help your TA(s) get ready to support your classes, encourage them to self-enrol to our Arts Teaching Assistant Training course in Canvas.
Create a UBC-registered Zoom account for hybrid, multi-access, and online courses
If you are teaching hybrid, multi-access, or online courses, we recommend having a UBC-registered Zoom account. This request may be made by contacting av.helpdesk@ubc.ca.
Set up recording and streaming in the classroom (optional)
In order to assist instructors with recording and sharing their lectures online, Arts ISIT offers support for classrooms with built-in lecture capture equipment, as well as portable AV equipment for classrooms that do not have recording and streaming equipment. Make a lecture capture request on UBC’s Recording and Streaming in the Classroom page.
Book a computer lab (optional)
Arts ISIT has Windows and Mac computer labs available to book for instructor use, which also includes one-off reservations to host digital assessments.
Canvas courses checklist
Ensure your courses are ready for the term by reviewing the following details:
- Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions have the correct availability and due dates.
- Modules and content pages have been published (made visible to students).
- By default, grades are released automatically. You may want to set the Grade Posting Policy to Manually Post Grades to ensure grading activity is hidden from students.
- Publish your Canvas course so that students can access it on September 3rd, 2024.
