Transitioning Courses Online

FL Tech IT's guide for instructors moving face-to-face courses online.
This guide is a work in progress, and questions can be directed to Eric Donath (edonath@fit.edu).

Enroll yourself in this Canvas course created by IT that will orient you on using and teaching with Canvas. This course contains videos and step-by-step tutorials to help you quickly and easily set up and run a course through Canvas.

You must enroll in the Canvas course above to access this resource. This page contains useful tips from FL Tech Instructional Technologies on what to do first when moving your courses online.
This page is in Canvas and will require your TRACKS login to access.

View this recording of IT's workshop on using Canvas and Panopto to get your courses online. This workshop was offered live on 3/17/20.

Watch short help videos on many different aspects of using Canvas, created by Canvas.

Browse through this comprehensive help guide from Canvas for explanations and step-by-step help.

Canvas offers many notification options to instructors, all of which are fully customizable. View this help page for details on how to set your preferences.

Get help and recommendations with setting up your syllabus in Canvas.

Watch this video for an overview of the various assignment features in Canvas.

Watch this video for an overview of the Canvas Gradebook.

Confused with how to manage your course content in Canvas? What's the difference between a page and a module?
Review this helpful handout from the University of San Francisco's Education Technology Services workshop on Canvas Essentials.