There are several ways to access Canvas training opportunities:

Upcoming Training Webinars

Canvas trainings can be viewed and registered for using the University of Pittsburgh Event Calendar. These trainings provide what faculty and staff users need to know to get started using all of Canvas’s most common functions and features, in the form of either a single three-hour session, or a series of three one-hour sessions. Please register in advance for these sessions, as space is limited.

Organize a Group Training for Your Department or School

Would you like a Canvas training workshop to be delivered for a group at your department, school or campus? Trainers are available to deliver sessions upon request for groups of 10 or more. We will work with you to determine an appropriate session length and agenda, starting with your completion of this form. Upon submission, a trainer will be in touch to confirm a date, time, location and agenda.

Recorded Webinars

All recorded webinars include closed captions. The Q&A section at the end of each webinar has been removed from these recordings for privacy reasons.

Introduction to Canvas Series

• Introduction to Canvas Part 1: Getting Started
• Introduction to Canvas Part 2: Pages, Modules and Files
• Introduction to Canvas Part 3: Assignments, Quizzes and Grading
• Canvas for Remote Instruction
• Canvas Refresher: Building Your Course
  • This is a quick, condensed review of much of the content of the 3-part Intro series, intended as a refresher for those who are building courses again for a new semester and experienced Canvas before.
• What’s New in Canvas?
  • A half hour update about what’s new in Canvas, Fall 2020-August 2021.

Intermediate Canvas Series

• Annotation Assignments Feature Highlight
  • Annotation Assignments Notes (click Join this Course to try activities).
• Intermediate Canvas: Sharing and Collaborating
• Intermediate Canvas: Tests and Quizzes
• Intermediate Canvas: Tracking Student Progress
• Canvas Refresher: SpeedGrader and the Gradebook

Other Technology Webinars

• Instructional Multimedia: Panopto
• Better Grading and Feedback with Gradescope
• Active Learning with Top Hat
• Using Flipgrid for Video Discussions

Self-Paced Video Training

Growing with Canvas is a self-paced, self-evaluated online course with video tutorials that is also available for teachers to learn how to use Canvas. You can enroll in this course when you are ready to begin the training. You’ll also get a hands-on demonstration of how Canvas can look and feel.