Teaching this summer?

• All courses for the summer have already been added to Canvas. You do not need to request a space.
  
• Students are added to your course space within 24 hours after enrollment. If you are finding that there is a discrepancy, please let me know.
  
• You can add people temporarily (Designer, Observer and Student two week pass) by logging into the ELMS management tool at www.elms.umd.edu and clicking on "Manage Enrollments".

Best Practices

• Customize your course home page http://guides.instructure.com/s/2204/m/8472/l/57075-how-do-i-change-the-course-home-page
  
• Disable the course navigation items you are not going to use. This will decrease student confusion on how your course material is organized. For a brief tutorial, check this link: http://www.screencast.com/t/ne2eqQxc
  
• Getting Started Recommendations: https://umd.instructure.com/courses/916657/wiki/getting-started-recommendations
  
• Canvas Instructor Quickstart Guide http://guides.instructure.com/m/8472

CANVAS or COURSE DESIGN ASSISTANCE

Because of the construction in Jimenez hall, my office is unavailable and I will be temporarily located in the French conference room in 3106 Jimenez. If you would like to meet for any Canvas assistance, email is the best way to get in touch with me. To view potential meeting times, please check my online calendar and sign up here: http://bit.ly/RkGVFe

Feel free to sign up for a block of time and I can either meet with you in your office or in the French conference room.  I can also meet with you virtually on Skype - my username is janelbrennan and I am usually logged in during work hours.

Instructure Canvas support staff are available 24/7 either by calling 877-399-4090 or by clicking on the Help link after you log into elms.umd.edu. From there you can elect to "Chat with Canvas Support" or to "Report a Problem". Canvas staff cannot help with enrollment issues so you will need to contact me or elms@umd.edu to report the problem.

To stay up to date on any Canvas updates and workshops, be sure to check http://elms.umd.edu/