View Sample Courses

Below are three sample courses. Please take the time to look at each course to see some of the ways you can use Canvas to fit your needs.

• Sample Course 1: Introduction to Canvas Commons - You may have no interest in adding an online component to your teaching but that doesn't mean you can't still take advantage of Canvas. This sample course shows how Canvas can be a convenient way to disseminate information. You can put copies of class handouts online so if a student was absent or lost her handout, it's still right there. You can also share links to supplemental readings as well as videos. (Course originally created by Lisa Chamberlin of Walla Walla Community College).
  
  
• Sample Course 2: Business Communications - This course uses the modules page as its home page. As you will learn later in this orientation, there are several options for your home page. Modules and a Front Page (such as the one you saw for Sample Course 1) are two of the more popular options. The primary content here are assessments (quizzes, assignments, discussions). There is very little in terms of readings or lessons. This would be an ideal model for a hybrid course in which "instruction" happens in the classroom and assessments are done online. (Course originally created by Kari Guedea of Edmonds Community College).
  
  
• Sample Course 3: Film Appreciation - This is an online course. Since there is no direct teacher/student interaction, this course includes video lectures. All readings are also available online (as no textbooks are required for this course). In online courses, students generally appreciate any attempt to connect to the student, to make the instructor seem "human" as opposed to just a disembodied email address. One particularly effective strategy is to create audio or video messages rather than written ones.