LMS Management

This assignment was a wonderful introduction to Learning Management Systems and how to create a course in Canvas LMS.  

To create the course, I made an outline based on Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction to understand what the course should include.

1. Gain Attention 

Include a video to get the student's attention

"You have just won an all expense paid trip to Italy! It's now time to learn some basic expressions to fully enjoy your trip." 

2. Learning Objectives

The student will learn basic expressions in Italian that will be useful during a trip to the country.

3. Stimulate Recall

A survey to review whether the learner knows any basic expressions in Italian.

4. Present Content

Go over the unit, which includes basic expressions and greetings and their pronunciation.

5. Provide Guidance 

Share tips offer video resources that reinforce the material-Offer a printable guide sheet that includes the basic expressions and pronunciation.

6. Elicit Performance

Include a game of Kahoot! or a quiz to act as a review and test for retention. 

7. Feedback

Survey students to find areas of difficulty or to share learning

8. Assess Performance 

Set up a post-training discussion to verify areas that need reinforcement, as well as areas where the content was retained

9. Enhance Retention and Transfer

Review of the content, highlights of main key points, and a discussion to verify retention and transfer were performed. 

Using Canvas LMS as a novice was not difficult. The tool is intuitive, and I was able to start working right away. When I got stumped in any section, I used the support provided by the self-enrolling courses of the app and some searches online to find answers. Many videos and supports are available, making the use of Canvas LMS a relatively simple process.