Category Archives: Canvas

Reflection for 7/20/15 to 7/24/15

It’s Monday, and I have been doing alot of running around. I’m hoping to get to a point where I can get a few more things done than making sure my inbox has blown up. Tomorrow is a new day :).

It’s Tuesday, and I’m back. It was a productive day, and I’m feeling like I’m getting back. I still have a few items to take care of to completely catch up. But I’m hopeful that this will happen by the end of Thursday.

It’s Wednesday and my feet are getting more firmly planted under me. I felt like I had a break through today for the first time in a month. In general, I have decided that I’m going to take the lead on things where I have control. This frees me up to accomplish and maximize.

It’s the end of my work week today. I’m going camping with some friends. We are all excited and hope for a fun weekend. Today, I was able to stay on top of my email. I can see that we are entering a frantic time. I’m trying to embrace this. It should be an interesting several weeks.

Reflection for 6/15/15 to 6/19/15

I’ve been out of the office all week for a conference. Monday was a travel day and so will Friday. I had some time to enjoy the scenery and outdoors on Tuesday. I’ve been getting up early to take a hike each morning. It reminds me how introverted I can be. I gain strength from the time alone.

Some big take-aways from the conference are the philosophy that people are more important than pedagogy and technology. I believe this to my core, and I’m encouraged to see that Canvas believes this as well. Also, pedagogy and strategy trump technology. This transition to Canvas from ANGEL is going to be about innovating, not technology. I’m also seeing that it is important to use Canvas to train faculty and walking the talk while we train is also going to be of utmost importance.

It was a great week to learn, grow, and connect. I’m realizing at the end of the week that I really needed that professional development opportunity.

Reflection for 6/8/15 to 6/12/15

It’s Monday afternoon, and I am getting to some reflection early in the week. It was nice to have a conversation with an instructor who teaches in residence and is interested in teaching online. Not everyone is interested, so it is nice to find someone who is interested to begin the process.

I’m moving ahead with Canvas preparations for Fall ’15. It looks like I will finish ahead of schedule which is nice.

I also had a chance to talk to Amy Stever about courses for Fall ’15. We are involved right now in talk about process. Hopefully, we can have something in place soon.

Email was down most of the day. I can’t say that it upset me. It’s nice to be able to work on things without interruption.

It’s Tuesday, and I spent time working at home in the AM. Luckily, email is back for me although many of my colleagues are not having the same experience.

I’m feeling like we need to be making more progress on developments and revisions. Hopefully, things will come through quickly now that we are moving ahead.

I’m still struggling with personal direction, but at least I can see the options more clearly. Decisions will be made within the year about where we will be.

Wednesday was the last day of school for my two older kids. They are off to the summer now. I’m excited that they get to start swimming tomorrow AM.

I had a few meetings with instructors regarding developments. It looks like we are good for 402 SMO. EA 576 looks like I’ll be working with ppt to captivate conversion. Also, there will be Canvas transition stuff to work through.

Speaking of Canvas, it looks like we will be doing a shell building to improve consistency. I’ll be heading to Salt Lake next week to immerse myself in Canvas at InstructureCon2015. It should be an informative and fun time.