Tips and Tricks for Creating Playlists and Choice Boards
Playlists and choice boards give students a say in how they learn. This post shares practical tips for designing both, and shows how to build them in Canvas.
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Practical guides, frameworks and free courses for people who design online learning, with plenty of Canvas along the way.
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A Minimum AI Learning Entitlement: What You Can Build in One Canvas Week
A HEPI guest post proposes a minimum AI learning entitlement for every student. Here is what you can realistically offer in one Canvas week,…
Using Active Learning Techniques in a Blended Course
How to use active learning in a blended course, from online preparation to in-class techniques and discussion between sessions.
Carpe Diem Learning Design by Gilly Salmon
Carpe Diem is Gilly Salmon’s team-based approach to learning design. See the six steps and how to use them to build a Canvas module.
Designing Task-Centred Learning with Merrill’s Principles
How to design a module that starts with a real-world task and moves through activation, demonstration, application and integration, with a Canvas walkthrough.
Gagné vs Merrill: Comparing Two Instructional Design Models
A clear comparison of Gagné's nine events and Merrill's First Principles of Instruction: where they overlap, where they differ, and how to use both…
Introduction to Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction
A short introduction to Merrill’s five First Principles of Instruction, with practical ideas for applying them to a Canvas module.
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Build Canvas Quizzes with the Quiz Builder
A free one-week course. Turn your questions into a file you can import into Canvas New Quizzes or an item bank, with a badge…
Build Canvas Pages with the Content Builder
A free one-week course. Build a clear, tidy Canvas page from ready-made components, choose how it looks, and paste it into Canvas, with a…
Creating Engaging Canvas Courses
A free four-week course on structuring, sequencing and pacing online weeks with PANDA, Merrill, Gagné, Bloom, Salmon, the Engagement Cycle, personalisation and accessibility.
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