1. Student Orientation

What is it? The Home page, Start Here module, and welcome message are designed to help students anticipate the arc of the course, settle into their community of peers, and begin participating in the class. 

1.1. UO Faculty Examples (click to expand)

 

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Home Page 1

This home page includes an image relevant to the course content, simple buttons for high-priority pages, and the course description. Students know how to get started and where to go to het help.

 

Home Page 2

This home page includes the instructor's contact information, office location, and office hours to emphasize the importance of communication. 

Home Page 3

This home page includes an inviting image, clear instructions about how to address the instructor, and important information about the structure of the class.

Start Here Module 1

This start here module begins with a welcome message from the instructor and includes clear text headers and uses indentations to organize the pages.

 

Start Here Module 2

This start here module includes descriptive page titles so students can easily choose the page they need. It also includes several opportunities to start building community and ask questions.

Start Here Module 3

This start here includes separate pages about how to receive Canvas notifications and the instructor's expectations for using email. 

Start Here Module 4

This start here module uses a text header to designate a series of pages that explain how students are evaluated in their various assignments. 

Welcome Video 1

This welcome video includes a welcome from the instructor, an overview of the course goals and approach for the term, and a description of the activities, expectations, and supports.

Welcome Video 2

This welcome video also includes a short video in which the instructor reviews the syllabus and offers an overview of the Canvas course site.

 

1.2. Teaching Resources: Home Page, Start Here Module, Welcome Message (click to expand)

Home Page

Setting or Changing a Canvas Home Page

Creating and Using Canvas Pages

How-to-Guide: Show Class Announcements on Home Page

Start Here Module

Welcome Modules: Opening the Door to Your Canvas Course

Aligned Course Design

Learning Objectives and Backward Design

Welcome Message

How-to-Guide: Recording a Video with Panopto

How-to-Guide: Adding a Panopto Video in Canvas

How-to-Guide: Adding a Quiz Question to a Video

2.1. UO Faculty Examples (click to expand)

 

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Canvas Module 1

This module gives an overview of the week's learning activities, individual pages for the lecture and assignments, and a wrap-up to conclude the week. It also requires students to have completed the prior weeks assignments before moving on the week's materials. 

 

Canvas Module 2

The title of each page and activity includes the week number to help students navigate the modules page. All videos, readings, and other relevant links are grouped together on pages rather than linked out-of-context in the module. 

Canvas Module 3

This module uses text headers, indents, and consistent naming conventions to encourage clear and efficient progress through the week's activities.

Weekly Overview 1

This overview page tells students what to expect that week, what they need to do, when they need to do it, and includes all relevant links in one place. It also includes the week's learning objectives so students can self-regulate their own progress through the course. 

 

Weekly Overview 2

This overview page frames the week's content, identifies what will be reviewed, and anticipates common challenges that students tend to have had with the material.

Weekly Overview 3

This overview page uses headings to organize the page into clear sections so students know what is expected of them and then how to move from one activity to the next.

2.2. Teaching Resources: Navigation, Organization, and Accessibility (click to expand)

Navigation

How-to-Guide: Streamlining Your Canvas Course Navigation Bar

Organization

Providing a Clear Path Through Your Course

How-to-Guide: Schedule when a Page is Published

Accessibility

How-to-Guide: PopeTech Accessibility Guide

Preventing and Fixing Accessibility Issues

3.1. UO Faculty Examples (click to expand)

 

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Peer Introductions

This discussion prompts students to introduce themselves, make personal connections to the class content, and start developing a sense of communtiy with their classmates.

 

Hypothesis PDF Annotation

Students can work together in small groups to annotate, analyze, and critique a text using the Hypothesis tool.

Perusall Video Annotation

Students can work together in Perusall to annotate non-text materials, such as video, podcasts, and images.

3.2. Teaching Resources: Social Interaction, Social Annotation, Discussions (click to expand)

Social Interaction

Regular and Substantive Interaction in Online Classes

Creating a Community of Inquiry in Online Classes

How-to-Guide: Creating Groups in Canvas

Inclusion and Class Climate

 

Social Annotation

How-to-Guide: Hypothesis Basics

How-to-Guide: Perusall Basics

How-to-Guide: Creating Text-Based PDFs

Discussions

How-to-Guide: How to Create a Discussion

How-to-Guide: Grading a Discussion 

How-to-Guide: Rubrics for Discussions

4.1. UO Faculty Examples (click to expand)

 

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Transparent Assignment 1

This assignment prompt clearly articulates the purpose of the assignment, what the student must do to complete the assignment, and how they will be assessed.

 

Transparent Assignment 2

This assignment prompt includes a descriptive rubric for how students' work will be assessed.

Canvas Assignment Rubric

This rubric can be added to an assignment to make explicit to students how they will be assessed. Rubrics also allow instructor to enter grades quickly in SpeedGrader and include targeted feedback. 

4.2. Teaching Resources: Assignments, Assessment, and Academic Integrity (click to expand)

Assignments

Transparent Assignment Template

How-to-Guide: Creating an Assignment

How-to-Guide: Rubrics for Assignments

 

Assessment

How-to-Guide: Using the Canvas Gradebook

How-to-Guide: Using SpeedGrader

How-to-Guide: Anonymous Grading

How-to-Guide: Grading Schemes in Canvas

How-to-Guide: Weighted Grades and Assignment Groups

Academic Integrity

How-to-Guide: SimCheck - Originality Checker

Teaching and Generative AI

Academic Integrity at UO

5.1. UO Faculty Examples (click to expand)

 

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Technology Support Page

This page includes information for students to get direct help with their learning technology by connecting them with the relevant support resources at UO.

 

Email and Office Hours Page

This page encourages communication and explains the ways in which students can reach out to their instructor

UO Student Resources

This page includes more general UO student resources relating to mental health, study skills, accessibility, and more. 

5.2. Teaching Resources: Technology Support and Student Success (click to expand)

Technology Support

Student Canvas Guides

Panopto Basics for Students

UO Technology Desk

Student Success

UO Student Resources

Student Success Toolkit

Student Well-Being Toolkit

Other

UO Software and Apps

UO Libraries Video Tutorials

Library Services for Remote Learning

Technology Checkout for Students

Acknowledgements 

The examples of online teaching that animate this toolkit have been generously shared by your peers and colleagues in the UO teaching community. UO Online would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed materials for their generosity and commitment to collegiality.