Abstract

From the 2016’s academic year, the Eötvös Loránd University, in addition to the Moodle framework, also enabled teachers to use the OpenSource version of the Canvas LMS, not only for courses related to formal education but for course-based or even open courses (MOOC). An essential aspect of choosing the framework was to have built-in features which support advanced approaches to the course management and evaluation (e.g.: teamwork, peer re-view, advanced module organization, student differentiation, collaborative opportunities, outcome-based education, rubrics). In my article, besides presenting the usage of the mentioned functions in education, I also summarize the statistics of the usage of this system as well as the teacher's feedback.

Highlights

  • ELTE is Hungary’s most prestigious university with the richest traditions and the highest international rankings in the country, where tradition and innovation go hand-in-hand1

  • In the Canvas system that is used in formal education, statistics are available for each semester

  • In the Canvas learning management systems (LMS) system, learning outcomes can be included among the criteria of the rubrics for the test forms used in the course, and scores can be assigned to each level of skills [5]

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Summary

Introduction

ELTE is Hungary’s most prestigious university with the richest traditions and the highest international rankings in the country, where tradition and innovation go hand-in-hand. The Canvas LMS Systems’s Advanced Possibilities in Course Design and the Usage of Evaluation Informal, Non-formal and Informal Education. In a Canvas copy which supports informal and non-formal courses, instructors can request the creation of courses by filling in a form, after the verification of the data, the course is created manually. In this framework, a total of 2169 courses have been announced, most of which are such test courses in which instructors can test the capabilities of the system during the course, and experiment with certain functions. We did not examine the number of courses in a breakdown by semester, because here the start and end dates of the courses can be set arbitrarily, so short (a few weeks) or longterm (multiple semesters long) courses can be started

Possibilities for organizing and evaluating the Canvas course
Supporting teamwork and collaboration
Advanced evaluation options
Statistics
Instructor feedback
Conclusion
Canvas Doc Team
Findings
Linda Crocker
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