Updated 9/7/2021

Canvas Tutorials 

Most of these tutorials are from the NEA Alaska Training with Anchorage School District middle school teachers Dawn Anderson and Kevin Klott 8/18/20. Thank you!

The Basics

• Canvas Basics (5:52)
• Cross-listing Classes (6:23)
• Canvas Settings (3:16)
• Authorizing Google Drive to connect to your Canvas account (2:17)
• Adding Modules and Assignments (7:29)
• Create an Assignment (Basic write-in text box response) (8:05)
• Create a Google Docs Cloud Assignment (7:26)
• Syncing Canvas with PowerSchool from Lexi Razor, JSD teacher
• Exporting a Canvas Course (2:10)

Doing More With Canvas

• Copying Content from One Class to Another (4:04)
• Using SpeedGrader (3:52)
• Making Self-Graded Quizzes (8:14)
• Creating a Test Bank (5:18)
• How to Create a Quiz From a Test Bank (5:20)
• Creating Discussions (4:18)
• Using Canvas to Email Students (4:56)
• Adding Emojis to Your Comments (2:38)
• Setting Up Your Free Pear Deck Account (3:07)
• Creating Pear Decks (4:52)
• Using a Pear Deck with Your Students (9:12)

Delivering Online Content 

• Simple fill-in worksheet using Google Slides and a PDF/image (4:30)
• Using Kami with Canvas (External Tool that allows you to easily write/draw on a PDF) (5:50)
• Flipgrid and Canvas (7:26) 
• Canvas and BrainPop Worksheets Using Kami (7:11)

Canvas Studio Tutorials

• Canvas Studio Basics (8:55)
• Video Quiz Using Canvas Studio (6:11)
• Captioning Your Videos (3:50) 
• Zoom Recording on Canvas Studio (5:23)
• Making and Changing Thumbnails in Canvas Studio (3:24)
• Editing Canvas Studio Videos (Overlays and Cut) (11:00) 

Zoom Tutorials

• Using Zoom Reports for Attendance (2:06)
• Zoom Settings (2:43)
• More zoom.us Settings (2:38)
• Using Zoom Breakout Rooms (4:16)
• Logging into Zoom from iOS Device (1:44)
• Using Zoom from a Mac Desktop (1:38)
• Zoom Recording on Canvas Studio (5:23) (Use this to record your lessons in Zoom and then share it to students in Canvas with Canvas Studio with captions! Same movie as above.)
• All Things Zoom (almost) from Mariel Odum, JSD teacher

Google App Tutorials

Google Keep – A Note Taking App

• Google Keep: A Busy Teacher’s Best Friend
• Google Keep Tricks for Teachers and Students
• 10 ways Google Keep can help streamline life at school
• 6 ways to help students be more productive by using Google Keep

Google Docs – Advanced Features

• Google Docs 101
• Voice Typing 
• Share “Make a Copy” Links
• Explore Tool
• Outlines/Table of Contents
• Commenting and Suggesting
• Tagging Users in a Comment
• Setting Preference Shortcuts
• “Force Copy” Trick for Google Docs (3:20) – This trick forces anyone who clicks on the link to automatically copy the document.

Google Slides – Swiss Army Knife Tool for the Classroom

• Collaborative Group Projects
• Hyperdocs
• Self-Grading Quizzes
• Pear Deck Add-on
• Slides to the Right Cha Cha Cha
• Slides to the Left
• Adding Video
• Publish to the Web
• Image Editing
• Custom Page Size
• Adding Audio
• Better Slide Themes

Google Sheets – Creative Applications

• Make Mondrian Art with Google Sheets
• Build Interactive Learning Databases
• 4 Creative uses of Google Sheets

Google Forms -Innovative Uses

• Choose Your Own Adventure (Non-Fiction)
• Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Fiction)
• Document Student Behaviors
• Seven NEW Ways to Use Google Forms In the Classroom

Google Sites – Digital Portfolios

• Google Sites Beginner Tutorials 
• Digital Portfolios for Littles (Elementary)
• How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites
• The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast–ePortfolios and Google Sites
• Creating ePortfolios

Google Tour Builder – Virtual Reality Projects

• Google Tour Builder uses Google’s Earth map technology to create interactive virtual tours, that include locations, images, videos, descriptions, hyperlinks, and more. 
• Google Tour Builder Library
• Literature Trip
• Virtual Washington, D.C. Field Trip
• Globe Theater Exploration
• Tour Builder Travel Project
• 4 Inquiry-Driven Tour Builder Projects
• Tour Rubric

Chrome Extensions

• Ten Chrome Extensions for Teachers
• Talk and Comment Extension
• Favorite Google Extensions for Teachers
• Screencastify Overview
• Text to Speech Extensions for Chrome
• Chrome Web Store

Other Videos

• How to Use Screencastify to Record Video Messages & Tutorials for Students (4:03)
• Bitmoji Classroom Tutorial
• The Modern Classrooms Project

Do you have a tutorial or resource to add to the list? Please email Liz Agnew at  jeaedexcellence@gmail.com.