Course Management:

Chesapeake College uses Canvas by Instructure as its learning management system (LMS) to support delivery of all classes, face-to-face, hybrid, and online. Each course section is set up on Canvas every semester and students enrolled based on the information from our Colleague registration system.  Though Canvas is relatively easy to learn, it is a full-featured product with many options and tools available. Faculty use Canvas in many ways, for example:  organizing course units; presenting text, audio or video information; communicating with students via online discussions, real-time videoconferencing, real-time chat,  or course mail; enabling collaborative projects and peer evaluation; allowing students to submit work electronically; giving assignments and quizzes; tracking and grading student work; and providing a course calendar and other course utilities.   There are also assessment features in Canvas that you may find helpful. This guide focuses on teaching fully online courses at Chesapeake College.