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Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of January 13
Registration Open for TDLS (Technology and Digital Learning Symposium) 2025, a hybrid conference either online or at the Long Beach School for Adults, March 7 and 8, 2025.
California Adult Education Students Succeed Nomination Window Opens January 1, 2025. Think about the adult learner you would like to nominate!
This Week’s Upcoming Activities
Tuesday, January 14, 11:30-12:30 pm | Canvas: Updating & Creating Course Content for the new Semester! With Dana Thompson, OTAN SME | Learn best practices for starting the new semester with Canvas! This session covers efficient content copying from current courses to new shells, updating existing materials and resources, and creating engaging new course content to ensure a seamless experience for you and your students.
Wednesday, January 15, 1-2:30 pm | Canvas Winter Admin Cohort: Organizing your Account with Instructure’s Clarisa Colon Green | This session is designed to demonstrate how to organize your account, create subaccounts, and enroll users. The structure threads in time for the participant to use what is being taught. It's also a session where the presenter is skilled at answering questions and assisting with any obstacles.
Mastering Canvas for School Communication for Administrators with Lynne Ruvalcaba, OTAN SME
- Thursday, January 16, 9-10:30 am | Part 1: Foundations of Canvas Communications | Participants will learn to create and manage announcements for school-wide and course-specific information, utilize the Canvas inbox, and set up and moderate discussion boards.
- Thursday, January 23, 9-10:30 am | Part 2: Advanced Strategies for Canvas Communication | The second session explores using the Calendar, implement basic integration with external communication platforms, customize Canvas communication features, and best practices for training staff.
Coming Soon!
Wednesday, January 22, 1-2:30 pm | Canvas Winter Admin Cohort: Account Settings with Instructure’s Clarisa Colon Green | Participants will be able to apply account settings, install Apps and LTIS, enable or disable Feature Options.
Thursday, January 23, 3-4:00 pm | Northstar Digital Literacy User Group with Anthony Burik, OTAN Coordinator | Join this user-driven group of educators using Northstar Digital Literacy at their agencies. Join to discuss how you use Northstar!
Tuesday, January 28, 11:30-12:30 pm | Canvas: Leveraging Modules with Dana Thompson, OTAN SME | Learn to structure your course content logically, guiding students through a clear learning path. Explore strategies for chunking information, grouping related materials, and utilizing modules to align with your syllabus.
Wednesday, January 29, 1-2:30 pm | Canvas Winter Admin Cohort: Building Outcomes/Standards with Instructure’s Clarisa Colon Green.