51社区

51社区 will be hosting several workshops for instructors in the coming weeks to support the transition to Canvas, OHIO鈥檚 new preferred learning management system.

Representatives from Canvas will be leading various workshops May 8-9, 2024. Participants can attend remotely or onsite at the Athens campus in Walter Hall 253, and sessions will be recorded for later access.

Various workshops will be available for both faculty and sub-account administrators. Workshops topics were selected based on faculty feedback and educational interests. Please note, GivePulse requires your OHIO email and password to log in

Faculty Sessions

• May 8, 1-2:30 p.m. 
• May 8, 2:30-4 p.m. 
• May 9, 9-10:30 a.m.  
• May 9, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.  
• May 9, 1-2:30 p.m. 
• May 9, 2:30-4 p.m.

Sub-Account Admin Sessions

• May 8, 9-10:30 a.m. 
• May 8, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

To view full session details or to register for the trainings, visit the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment鈥檚 In order to fully participate in the trainings, please when you register so you have a 鈥渢est鈥� course you can use during the session.

Additionally, the Office of Instructional Design offers departmental and group workshops to support instructors migrating their courses to Canvas.

If you鈥檇 like to get started with Canvas on your own

1. Request a鈥� These courses are not term-based and can be used to learn how to use Canvas, test out its features, and build content that can be copied to your future courses. You can request up to 5 manually created courses per ticket.  
2. Log in to Canvas at
3. Review the OHIO course templates and using Canvas Commons. 
4. Build new material, , and set up your The best way to learn this new system is to experiment with your manually created course. 
5. Ask for help. 24/7 support is available within In the global navigation menu on the left, select 鈥淕et Help鈥� for help via phone or chat.

To learn more about Canvas, visit the Canvas Faculty Hub.