Teaching with Canvas

Course Essentials

• WELCOME (HOME PAGE): Create and post your instructor welcome video to this page and introduce yourself, your course outcomes, syllabus, and how to navigate your course materials.

• SYLLABUS: Update the RTC syllabus template provided in your Canvas courses with your course information.

• MODULES: Add and organize your assignments.

• NAVIGATION: All RTC Canvas courses have a predefined navigation menu to provide more consistent experiences for our students. IMPORTANT: Never hide the course Syllabus, Grades, or Course Evaluations navigation links. These must always remain visible to your students.

• SUPPORT: Located in Canvas' global (top-level) navigation menu within the Help (icon), RTC Canvas users will find the following help links:

  • Canvas & eLearning (HELP)

  • 🐼 Canvas Student Guide, Answers to your questions

  • 🐼 Canvas Instructor Guide, Answers to your questions

  • Canvas for RTC Faculty, Canvas templates, checklists, and info

  • CITL Resources RTC's Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning

  • 🆕 Emergency Resources for Students, Have you been impacted COVID-19? Here are resources to help you!

  • 🆕 LRCC: Tutors, Computers, and Support, Learning Resource and Career Center - Building C

  • Counselor Connect, Contact an RTC advisor with student concerns.

  • Instructor Briefcase, Final Grade Input

  • OER Resources, Open Educational Resources for Faculty

  • RTC Canvas Course Guidelines, Course set-up basics

  • RTC Disability Resource Services, Special Needs and Disabilities Support: Contact drs@RTC.edu

  • RTC Library, Links and Services for the RTC Student

  • RTC Student Handbook, General Information for Students

  • RTC e-tutoring, Online tutoring for students

  • SATS for CCP, SATS Attendance Link

  • Training Services Portal, Access Canvas training videos and courses

  • COVID-19 Canvas Resources, Tips for teaching and learning online