Canvas Basics Trainings – Spring 2025

Join us for Wharton Canvas Basics Training!

What is Canvas Basics?

Are you a new Wharton Teaching Assistant (TA)*? Wharton University of Pennsylvania Canvas Basics Training
Or a faculty/staff member who would like a refresher on the basics of Canvas?

The Courseware Instructional Design team will be hosting six virtual Canvas Basics sessions for Spring 2025 for TAs*. The sessions will cover the following topics:  

  1. Canvas Overview: (Dec 18, 12-1:30 pm) This 1.5-hour session will be an overview of most of the other topics  
  2. Communicating with Students: (Jan 14, 12-12:30 pm) This 30-minute session will cover creating and sending announcements, email lists, and notification settings. 
  3. Managing Assignments: (Jan 17, 12-12:30 pm) This 30-minute session will cover creating and editing assignments, all things related to due dates and availability dates, and any questions you might have.  
  4. Groups and Group Assignments: (Jan 24, 12-12:30 pm) This 30-minute session will cover using groups in Canvas, how group assignments work, and troubleshooting common issues with group assignments before they occur
  5. Grading Assignments: (Jan 31, 12-12:30 pm) This 30-minute session will cover using SpeedGrader, understanding and working with the Canvas grade book, and touching on special use cases like anonymous grading and Turnitin. 
  6. Exams and Quizzes: (Feb 7, 12-12:30 pm) This 30-minute session will cover options for quiz formats, question types, and accommodations. 

 If you are interested in attending or would like to watch a session recording, please register for a session at least one business day before the session is scheduled.

 *This training is primarily intended for TAs, but we welcome faculty and staff, too! 

 

Now That You’ve Registered

Once registered, look out for a reminder email a business day before the session to include the Zoom link. Additionally, a business day before your training session, we will add you to a Canvas site created for your training session. This site will also include the Zoom link. This Canvas site is a space for you to practice using Canvas in the TA role. We encourage you to use it during and after the training!

After each session, we will upload the recording to the Canvas site for that session.

 

Questions about our Canvas Basics Sessions? Contact us at courseware@wharton.upenn.edu.