Educational Technology: Backwards Design and Student Engagement

Backwards Design in Canvas

Instructure Guides

These guides from Instructure explain how to do tasks in Canvas that can help to facilitate and use backwards design principles, such as building modules to align with course objectives, using rubrics, and communicating about expectations with students.

• Adding requirements and prerequisites to Canvas modules
• Messaging students from the Grades page
• Creating rubrics and adding them to assignments

Outcomes

• “How to Track Student Progress in Canvas with Outcomes and the Learning Mastery Gradebook” from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Teaching and Learning

Relationship-Building Tools

• Columbia College Padlet (need to create a free account, more info here)
• Canva
• Flip

Using Discussions Effectively

• Annotation Basics on Hypothesis
• How to like a discussion once likes are enabled in Canvas

Hands-on Learning

• Tech Tips Tuesdays issue on interactive explainers

Authentic Assessment

• How to use Peer Review in Canvas

Innovative Teaching and Learning

• Edutopia articles on Technology Integration
• Ditch That Textbook