Canvas modules structure and pacing information

 The following are some examples of Module structures I use in my Canvas courses.


Statistics is structured around chapters in the textbook. The textbook was developed by me between 2000 and 2007, with updates in the following years. This allowed me to move the textbook chapters into Pages in Canvas. Pacing in statistics is set by daily assignments and regular tests. Each has a date attached. Students are kept informed of upcoming assignments in a weekly message to all students. Text headers provide information on chapter and section. The video "play" button icons are just emojis in the title for those external URL links. 


Physical science is build around a weekly schedule with a unit topic per week. Again, a textbook developed over the years was moved into Canvas Pages to provide ease of access for students, many of whom have only a mobile device. Pacing is set by laboratory report due dates and quiz dates, with additional pacing prompts attached as dates on videos that parallel the lecture-demonstration for a give day. The course is residential which also facilitates communication of pacing to the students. 


Ethnobotany uses a chapter structure with text headers providing pacing information in the form of dates. Assignments also have due dates that provide pacing clues. Again, images in titles are all emojis.


Exercise sport science uses a weekly structure. This online course has daily video material to be viewed. The pacing is set by dates included in the video title. The due dates are end of the week for quizzes. Walking is documented in a mobile phone app, Strava, and the assignment is set with "No submissions." I then enter the weekly walking points (four points per day for a mile walked for 20 possible points per week). 


The calendar provides secondary pacing information from assignment due dates and quiz/test dates.



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