Camp Canvas | June 2026

💡 This session is a self-paced Canvas course that will be open from June 8th - July 31st. To participate in this course, double-click Canvas on your desktop and click the course tile on your Canvas Dashboard.

The deadline to register for this session is July 17th to ensure participants have enough time to complete all content.

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This session introduces you to IgniteAI, a suite of powerful tools embedded directly within Canvas to help you manage your workload and enhance student communication.

Key Topics 📋

• Rubric Generation: Stop building from scratch. Learn how to use AI to instantly generate customized Canvas rubrics that align with your specific assignment goals.
• Discussion Insights & Summaries: Use AI to quickly evaluate student discussion replies and generate summaries of discussion threads.
• Translation Tools: Enable the ability for students to instantly translate text in Announcements and Discussions to bridge communication gaps and ensure every student stays informed and engaged.
• Quiz Question Generator (Preview): Get an exclusive first look at the AI-powered Quiz Question Generator before its official rollout this fall.

💡 This session is a self-paced Canvas course that will be open from June 8th - July 31st. To participate in this course, double-click Canvas on your desktop and click the course tile on your Canvas Dashboard.

The deadline to register for this session is July 17th to ensure participants have enough time to complete all content.

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Video is one of the most powerful ways to connect with students and deliver instruction in a digital environment. Canvas Studio is more than just a place to host videos—it’s an interactive tool that turns passive viewing into an active learning experience.


In this session, we will explore how to create, upload, and manage video content directly within Canvas, making your digital classroom more dynamic and engaging.


Key Topics 📋
Capturing Content: Learn how to use the built-in screen recorder and webcam capture to create quick tutorials or mini-lessons.
Interactive Elements: Discover how to embed "In-Video Comments" and "Video Quizzes" to check for understanding while students watch.
Studio Collections: Organize your media library so you can easily find and reuse videos across different courses and semesters.
Engagement Analytics: See exactly who is watching your videos, how long they are watching, and which parts they are re-watching.

💡 This session is a self-paced Canvas course that will be open from June 8th - July 31st. To participate in this course, double-click Canvas on your desktop and click the course tile on your Canvas Dashboard.

The deadline to register for this session is July 17th to ensure participants have enough time to complete all content.

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Once your students begin interacting with your Canvas course, a wealth of information becomes available to help you understand their progress. This session focuses on how to access, interpret, and act upon the data Canvas collects automatically, allowing you to move from guessing to knowing how your students are performing. Instead of waiting until the end of a unit to see who struggled, we will explore how to use real-time analytics to provide targeted support and celebrate student success.


Key Topics 📋

• Analytics Dashboard: Take a deep dive into course-level data to see average grades, submission trends, and participation rates across your entire roster.

• Student-Specific Insights: Learn how to view individual Student Analytics to see when a specific learner last logged in, which pages they viewed, and whether they are falling behind.

• Weekly Online Activity: Understand how to track student page views and participations to see which of your resources are actually being used.

💡 This session is a self-paced Canvas course that will be open from June 8th - July 31st. To participate in this course, double-click Canvas on your desktop and click the course tile on your Canvas Dashboard.

The deadline to register for this session is July 17th to ensure participants have enough time to complete all content.

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In a digital or blended learning environment, the "class discussion" doesn't have to end when the bell rings. Canvas Discussions provide a space for students to interact, share ideas, and practice digital citizenship while allowing every student a voice—even the quiet ones.


Key Topics 📋

• Discussion Types: Understand the difference between Focused (one-way) and Threaded (multi-layered) discussions.

• Engagement Settings: Discover how to use "Users must post before seeing replies" to ensure original student thought.

• Multimedia Interaction: Explore how students can reply using video, audio, or images to make the conversation more dynamic.

• Grading vs. Ungraded: Learn how to quickly assess participation using SpeedGrader for graded discussions.

💡 This session is a self-paced Canvas course that will be open from June 8th - July 31st. To participate in this course, double-click Canvas on your desktop and click the course tile on your Canvas Dashboard.

The deadline to register for this session is July 17th to ensure participants have enough time to complete all content.

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Teaching students how to work together effectively is a vital skill, but managing logistics in a digital space can be a challenge. This session focuses on how to use Canvas Groups and Collaborations to create structured, accountable, and engaging team-based learning experiences.


We will explore how to move from individual tasks to collaborative projects where students can co-author documents, share resources, and communicate within their own private "mini-course" spaces.


Key Topics 📋
Group Sets & Categories: Learn how to automatically or manually split your roster into project teams, lab groups, or reading circles.
Student Group Spaces: Discover the "Mini-Canvas" environment students get—including their own pages, discussions, and file storage.
Group Assignments: Master the "One Submission per Group" feature to streamline your grading while still providing individual or collective feedback.
Collaborations with Google/Microsoft: See how to integrate external tools so students can co-edit a single document or slide deck directly within Canvas.