Spring 2026 Canvas Demonstrations

Join ITSS Academic Technology for Canvas demonstration session to:

• Review good practices on using Canvas
• Learn useful tips inspired by frequently asked questions
• Reveal newer or hidden features

April Canvas demo sessions

The April sessions include a variety of topics

• UDOIT for scanning Canvas course accessibility issues
  • Including SpeedFixIt and UFIXIT in UDOIT 
• Canvas Accessibility Checker in Rich Content Editor
• Remove content from courses that you are not using
• Retain content you want to keep in a Canvas development site

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A.  

• Session date and times: 
  •  Monday, April 20, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Tuesday, April 21,10:00 am - 11:00 am

Location: Join via the Zoom link

March Canvas demo sessions

The March sessions include a variety of topics

• UDOIT for scanning Canvas course accessibility issues
  • Including SpeedFixIt and UFIXIT in UDOIT 
• Canvas Accessibility Checker in Rich Content Editor
• Remove the content of the course that you are not using
  • and the use of Canvas development site

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026
• Session times: 
  • 11:00 am -11:45 am
  • 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

February Canvas demo sessions

The February sessions include a variety of topics

• UDOIT for scanning Canvas course accessibility issues

• Canvas Accessibility Checker in Rich Content Editor

• Kaltura Video Captions

• Remove the content of the course that you are not using

  • and the use of Canvas development site
    

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026

• Session times: 

  • 10:00 am -11:00 am

  • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

• Location: Join via the Zoom link

January Canvas demo sessions

The January sessions include a variety of topics

• Use UDOIT to scan a course for accessibility issues
• Remove the content of the course that you are not using
  • and the use of Canvas development site
• Assignment due dates and how to do bulk edits

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Thursday, Jan 29, 2026
• Session times:
  • 10:00 am -10:45 am
  • 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

End of semester Canvas demo sessions

 Join Canvas demonstration sessions for topics on getting your Fall 2025 final grades ready, as well as tips for setting up Spring 2026 Canvas Courses 

• Prep for final grades/ getting your final grades ready
  • Grading scheme (building and applying letter grade scales)
  • Grade cells and filters in gradebook
• Tips for Setting up Spring 2026 Canvas Courses

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by Q&A.  

• Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
• Session times:
  • 10:30 am -11:30 am
  • 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

October Canvas demo 

The two sessions (same content) will  focus on the use of the gradebook, quizzes and assignment, specifically:

• Classic quizzes vs New quizzes
• Canvas Quiz/Assignment feature review such as,
  • Moderate a quiz
  • Quiz/assignment accommodations
• Gradebook filters 

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
• Session times:
  • 10:00 am -11:00 am
  • 1:00 pm -2:00 pm
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

September Canvas demo 

These sessions will focus on:

• Use UDOIT to Scan a Course for Accessibility Issues
• Canvas Accessibility Checker in Rich Content Editor
• Assignment due dates and how to do bulk edits

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
• Session times:
  • 10:00 am -11:00 am
  • 3:00 pm -4:00 pm

Location: Join via the Zoom link

Past sessions

May Canvas Demo 

The May Canvas demo session will focus on two topics: Transition on exam proctoring and the New Quizzes updates.

In this session, we will have step by step how-to demos on:

• Honorlock
  • Exam proctoring tool transition- Proctorio retiring May 31, 2025. Learn how to transit to Honorlock if you plan to continue to use an exam proctoring tool for future semesters.
• New Quizzes
  • When you import content from a previous course into a new semester, there is an option to convert Classic Quizzes/Question Bank to New Quizzes/Item Bank during import process now.

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. 

• Dates and times:
  • Wednesday, May 14; 10:00-10:45 am
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

April Canvas Demo 

 Join April Canvas demonstration sessions for topics on prep work for getting your final grades ready, as well as accessibility tools in Canvas

• Prep for final grades/ getting your final grades ready
  • Grading scheme (Building and Applying Letter Grade Scales)
  • Grade cells in gradebook
• Accessibility tools in Canvas
  • UDOIT in Canvas for Accessibility checking
  • Rich Content Editor with Accessibility Checker

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Dates and times:
  • Wednesday, April 16, 10:00 am -10:45 am
  • Thursday, April 17, 11:00 am - 11:45 am
• Location: Join via the Zoom link

March Canvas Demo 

Join March Canvas demonstration sessions for topics on accessibility checking, new quizzes updates:

• Rich Content Editor with Accessibility Checker
• Use UDOIT to scan a course for accessibility issues
• New Quizzes updates- Quizzes conversion during course import/copy

Demonstrations will be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Tuesday, March 25 , 2025
• Session times:
  • 9:00 am -9:45 am
  • 10:00 am -10:45 am

Location: Join via the Zoom link

February 2025 Canvas Demo 

The February Canvas demonstration sessions will focus on assessments, gradebook including mid-term grades support, as well as tips on how to keep the site more accessible:

• Rich Content Editor with Accessibility Checker
• Quiz /Assignment accommodations
• Gradebook filters
• Message students who

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
• Session times:
  • 11:00 am -11:45 am
  • 1:00 pm -1:45 pm

Location: Join via the Zoom link

January Canvas demo 

The January sessions include a variety of topics

• Use UDOIT to scan a course for accessibility issues
• Remove the content of the course that you are not using
  • and the use of Canvas development site
• Verify that all of the links in your course content are working
• Assignment due dates and how to do bulk edits

Two demonstrations with the same topics will each be held for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.  

• Date: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025
• Session times:
  • 10:00 am -10:45 am
  • 12:00 pm -12:45 pm
• Location: Join via the Zoom link