Thanks all for letting me know about the horrible hum in this video. I'm going to do a 2.0 version of this so it's easier to listen to and follow. I appreciate your feedback so I can make the quality of my videos better every week! Happy teaching!
My pleasure. I hear you on this. I was part time for a long portion of my career in academia and it definitely felt like we were the forgotten ones. Glad I was able to help.
20 year veteran but new to high school last year. I followed the export info at the end of last school year and successfully imported to my new class during PD this year. Thank you so much for the easy to follow instructions!
This is the perfect tutorial to help me remember how to save all the hard work I've put into my canvas course, and then start fresh with it the next year. I watch this video at the beginning and end of every school year. I almost had a panic attack because I forgot to do this before school got out for summer, but luckily I could still access my old classes, they just weren't on the dashboard anymore. This is so helpful, I've even sent it to other teachers at my school.
Extremely helpful. You always provide the clearest step-by-step instructions for anything having to do with Canvas. Thanks for your efforts and help, Ashlee. Much appreciated.
Thank you!! Your clear communication style and organized way of sharing this information is beyond helpful. My students are getting a better experience because I watch your videos.
@@VirtualTeachingPro ❤️ i wanted to connect with u directly. Ur insta is managed by team? Check for my mail/msg there. The day i watched had pinged u for a collab! @visakh_ _ vijayakumar
Off the Charts helpful! You are truly a gifted teacher, and so AMAZING for doing this. You were my go-to when the Pandemic hit and I (with everyone else) was suddenly an online teacher, and now I don't have to re-create what I do this year! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Wow, thank you! You don't know how much it means to know that I was able to help a fellow teacher especially over the past year. I sure appreciate your kind words and support. 💜 Please let me know if you need any specific topics or tutorials covered and I'll add it to my video list. Sending you all the support this fall! Also in case you didn't see it yet here's a video about design tools in Canvas in case you have access to it: th-cam.com/video/KpEOOXuozZc/w-d-xo.html
I want to watch more of your videos. I like the way you are realistic about not having too much text and about how students are not going to listen to long lectures or read PDFs that they have to download. I have a lot to learn. Thanks
Wonderful! I've got an entire Canvas Tutorials playlist series if that's helpful with new videos for all the updates in 2021 since everything has really changed the last few months. th-cam.com/play/PLit_70db88TTVKUlrn-xdwO02QtVN5JzP.html
You're very welcome! Thanks for letting me know about the hum. I was having trouble with my sound that day during filming but I think I've got it fixed in the coming videos.
You are so welcome! My absolute pleasure. What content has been the most helpful so far and is there anything I could add to my list that might offer you more help right now?
@@VirtualTeachingPro Ashlee, you have answered all of my questions. I appreciate how consice you are. You're doing a wonderful thing for distance education. The fruits of your labor will benefit the world.
Thank you for such great information Ms.! I had a hard time to export the files into my premium account and this video helps me a lot! Thank you and keep it going.
@@VirtualTeachingPro I am sharing course materials with another instructor. I suspected that exporting it as you describe here would work, but no one else explains that very well. Most google/TH-cam searches of "export course content in Canvas" just show you where the buttons are, and what to click, without any explanation of what, exactly, this tool is used for and what it, exactly, exports. That's what sets yours apart!
@@DrJBanta Thanks so much for your feedback. Yes, totally agree with you here. I find it so helpful to create tutorials that feel like you are right there with the person and walking them through it step by step and further explaining the usage and importance of how it could be useful.
Oh, immensely informative and helpful! Once you fully import, is it easy to switch out/ redo/reword assignments, quizzes, and assessments? I'm not such a fool to think students would not try to share information. I am moving towards performance-based assessments to avoid this. I like to think the best of people, of course...
I have found it very easy to re-work everything after importing it fully. Once you import everything in the class then you have full control to delete, edit, rename, move around, re date, update, etc everything. The best part is that you are not starting from scratch :) Repurposing saves so much time right! What I do is use some of the content as a template to save time and then I have a google doc of various questions, assignments, discussion posts, etc that I pull from to switch it up every semester so the class is never exactly the same. Hope this helps!
Happy to help! I have a new version updated of this for 2021 if that’s helpful. It’s under the playlist for all my Canvas Tutorials for Online Teaching.
Please tell me whether or not I can export my ePortfolio from one Canvas course into another Canvas course. I don't want to have to rebuild it. I know how to move whole classes around, but the ePortfolio is a bit different. Thanks for responding!
I’m honestly not sure about this. I don’t have any experience with eportfolios. Maybe check on the canvas website or reach out to your rep or tech support on campus to see if they have I go. Also muscle someone might chime in here.
@AshleeEspinosa - do you know how to effectively curve grades in Canvas? I really would love to connect to better understand. I know the purpose of curving grades, but I am not sure I understand the input in Canvas and what that will do to my student grades.
I'm not sure on the best way to curve grades in Canvas. I don't curve my grades so it's not something that I'm experienced in doing. You might reach out to Canvas support.
Our district is getting rid of Canvas at the end of this school year.😢 Is there a way to transfer everything to Google Classroom or create a free Canvas and add students manually? I don't want to lose all my modules 😢.
sad day. This is a big shift to be honest. I've done it but it takes lots of time. It's not easy. I need to make a whole video about this. I would not suggest going the free route with Canvas. It is extremely limited and then if you manually add students into it from an institute, district, college, etc you are violating a ton of laws and going down a path of no safety for you and for them. Always stick with the platform the school provides and approves...even if you dislike it. You can't download a canvas course/s and then upload into any other platform. Nothing will transfer in or out if that makes sense. You will want to do this the long way to be honest. Think long term. What do you need to be able to re use all that curriculum development moving forward and how can you create a hub for it all to re purpose on other platforms or in person? That's where I would start. I"ll make a video about this soon. hope that helps a little.
@VirtualTeachingPro Wow, I didn't know it violates laws. Thanks for sharing that. Glad I asked. I look forward to your video. I'd love to move what I can to Google Classroom.
Hi there. This is due to the amount of space you have in your account you're trying to migrate the course into. Is it a free account you created on the website? Is it through a school that only allows limited cloud space? I would suggest reaching out the institution you work for that has the Canvas account and ask them how much space is available per course.
I have imported a class from another instructor into my CANVAS, but some of the photos did not import. I am using an iPad Pro. I have tried turning off, “Prevent cross-site tracking” in Safari, but it did not correct the problem. Note, this only happens in the STUDENT app, not in the TEACHER app. Please advise.
Hi there. It could be a number of reasons. Photos and videos are tricky due to copyright, where they originated from, if the instructor used a photo bank to pull from in Canvas, etc. Have you crossed checked it on a desktop or laptop computer on both your instructor view and student view? The mobile app is going to be a little different than the actual platform due to it's nature of being more simple and less functions just because it's the app paired down version.
@@VirtualTeachingPro Thank you for responding. I have checked it on an iMac and all images show up in the TEACHER and STUDENT apps. If it were a copyright problem, they why do the images show up in the TEACHER app on the iPad? Could it have something to do with the storage cache on the STUDENT app on the iPad? I am just guessing at this point.
@@Wheelpan this is a mystery to me at this point. I did some deep diving on researching this for you and asked around but can not seem to find an answer just yet. Let me know if you figure it out and I'll keep you posted on my end too! Wish I had a better answer or support for you!
no question is silly in my opinion 😊 I wouldn't suggest importing an entire course into a course that already has info in it as it might override the work you have in there already. I would suggest using the copy course content option for this to pull just want you need into a course.
It appears that my institution does't allow exporting to my personal computer; it just floats out there in the ether until I import to another course for the same institution. I'm currently writing my course this summer with no compensation so I don't feel that they should restrict this. Is there a work-around? I've searched my computer for the *.imscc file with no luck (and by course title). Thank you so much for this informative video :)
Apparently I have to "Copy" the course within my institution, rather than choosing "Canvas Course Export Package". But still no file I can find for safe keeping.
Wow, I've never heard of any institution putting that lock on before. It takes so much time to create our classes in a digital format that it should be something we are all allowed to keep and use at any institution or save for our records. It would be like asking us to turn in all of our lecture notes, slides, presentational elements, exams, handouts, etc to the school every class. Seems silly to me. I haven't found another option at this point. What I've done recently is make sure that I keep everything in a google doc for each class in case something likes this turns up. I copy and paste the text from all the pages and format it into a google doc with sections/units/weeks so I can refer back to it if needed. I also keep a private youtube playlist with any videos I reference or use in my online classes so I can find them again if needed to create new links. Document everything so if you do need to re-create an entire class online you can copy and paste most of it.
@@VirtualTeachingPro I apologize; I jumped to a conclusion a bit too quickly. This afternoon I received an email with a link to the file. So, yay! It was just another hoop to jump through. So many hoops. Thank you again for the informative video. I teach painting, drawing, and sculpture so I'm learning just how much work goes into these. It's truly astounding.
Hi. What if I am a teacher and I want to export another teacher's (from a different school) course? Can she just send me a link of that Canvas course that she has made?
Yes, thank you for the feedback. I have fixed this problem in my current videos since this one was filmed a year ago. Thanks for letting me know and I will continue to improve the quality of my content .
Thanks all for letting me know about the horrible hum in this video. I'm going to do a 2.0 version of this so it's easier to listen to and follow. I appreciate your feedback so I can make the quality of my videos better every week! Happy teaching!
Happy online teaching!💻
Thanks for creating a video with comments pertinent to part-time faculty. Often times I feel we are the "forgotten" ones.
My pleasure. I hear you on this. I was part time for a long portion of my career in academia and it definitely felt like we were the forgotten ones. Glad I was able to help.
20 year veteran but new to high school last year. I followed the export info at the end of last school year and successfully imported to my new class during PD this year. Thank you so much for the easy to follow instructions!
Yay! Awesome. So glad it worked and saved a ton of time energy so you can start this year off with a little less tech stress!
This was a life saver because I teach the same course and using the same textbook in two different schools! What a blessing!
Yay!! so glad I could save you some time, energy and streamline those courses! I've done that a ton so I hear you on wanting to just copy and go.
This is the perfect tutorial to help me remember how to save all the hard work I've put into my canvas course, and then start fresh with it the next year. I watch this video at the beginning and end of every school year. I almost had a panic attack because I forgot to do this before school got out for summer, but luckily I could still access my old classes, they just weren't on the dashboard anymore. This is so helpful, I've even sent it to other teachers at my school.
Extremely helpful. You always provide the clearest step-by-step instructions for anything having to do with Canvas. Thanks for your efforts and help, Ashlee. Much appreciated.
Once again Ashlee saves the day! Thanks for everything you do!
Happy to help! 🤗
Thank you!! Your clear communication style and organized way of sharing this information is beyond helpful. My students are getting a better experience because I watch your videos.
Glad it was helpful!
You are a life saver!! Thank you!!!
All your canvas tutorials need a thumbs up!! Happy to see such a loving tutorial for all to understand! Love from INDIA!
Thank you so much! Love to you in India!! 💜
@@VirtualTeachingPro ❤️ i wanted to connect with u directly. Ur insta is managed by team? Check for my mail/msg there. The day i watched had pinged u for a collab! @visakh_ _ vijayakumar
This video is so right on the topic, and so well explained + tips for adjuncts. Super well done. Thank you Ashlee!
Welcome!
This was incredibly helpful! Saved my poor department chair the time and effort to show me step by step
Great tutorial! Thanks for making. 🙂
You are awesome!!!! Wonderful tutorial!
Very helpful video for a newer college instructor. Thanks!
Great to hear! Welcome professor!
Off the Charts helpful! You are truly a gifted teacher, and so AMAZING for doing this. You were my go-to when the Pandemic hit and I (with everyone else) was suddenly an online teacher, and now I don't have to re-create what I do this year! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Wow, thank you! You don't know how much it means to know that I was able to help a fellow teacher especially over the past year. I sure appreciate your kind words and support. 💜 Please let me know if you need any specific topics or tutorials covered and I'll add it to my video list. Sending you all the support this fall! Also in case you didn't see it yet here's a video about design tools in Canvas in case you have access to it: th-cam.com/video/KpEOOXuozZc/w-d-xo.html
amazing tips - our dept chair is sharing your video with all of the adjuncts, super helpful thank you!!
Thanks so much! Glad I could help!
SOOOO helpful. Thank you for saving me hours of aggravation trying to figure this out on my own!
welcome!
I want to watch more of your videos. I like the way you are realistic about not having too much text and about how students are not going to listen to long lectures or read PDFs that they have to download. I have a lot to learn. Thanks
I appreciate that! Just take it one day at a time and be kind and patient with yourself. You got this!
Thanks, I loved the video.
It was so clear and easy to follow that I had everything done in a couple of minutes.
Glad it helped!
Incredibly helpful, especially the tips! Saved me hours of time.
Thank you so much for this video! It was so helpful. I appreciate it so much!
Glad it was helpful!
You are an excellent teacher, Thank you so much. One quick question please, How to play a video on canvas using the Power point presenter.Thank you
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. I love your 4 helpful tips. I am downloading all of my old classes NOW!!
Wonderful! I've got an entire Canvas Tutorials playlist series if that's helpful with new videos for all the updates in 2021 since everything has really changed the last few months. th-cam.com/play/PLit_70db88TTVKUlrn-xdwO02QtVN5JzP.html
Great information!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent! This will save a lot of time recreating my canvas classes. Thank you
It is difficult to watch because there is a constant hum in the sound.
You're very welcome! Thanks for letting me know about the hum. I was having trouble with my sound that day during filming but I think I've got it fixed in the coming videos.
Worked perfectly.
great!
You are a lifesaver! Wow! Thank you so much for this. By the way, I also enjoy your other content.
You are so welcome! My absolute pleasure. What content has been the most helpful so far and is there anything I could add to my list that might offer you more help right now?
Spot on. Wonderful tutorial. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Anything you're stuck on with online teaching these days?
@@VirtualTeachingPro Ashlee, you have answered all of my questions. I appreciate how consice you are. You're doing a wonderful thing for distance education. The fruits of your labor will benefit the world.
Thanks, very clear and helpful information.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. God is good.
You are so welcome
You're a life saver real talk
Glad I could help!
Very helpful and well done.
Glad you think so!
Thank you for the information.
You’re so welcome!
Thank you for such great information Ms.! I had a hard time to export the files into my premium account and this video helps me a lot! Thank you and keep it going.
Great to hear! Thanks for support.
Great job girl! Loved this video.
Thank you so much!!
Great video! Can I save the export file & upload at a later date or do I need to upload it immediately?
save it for later and use as needed.
So grateful for your help. Mahalo.
Happy to help!
Thank you! Very helpful...
Glad it was helpful!
Again, Thank you for all of you help!
Any time!
Thanks so much for editing the captions!
My absolute pleasure! I"m working on getting the rest of the videos edited as well.
Great Job, thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing steps.. does SCORM files get exported with course export? and does import course gets SCORM with it too?
Fantastic!
Glad you like it! Are you prepping for a fall class online?
@@VirtualTeachingPro I am sharing course materials with another instructor. I suspected that exporting it as you describe here would work, but no one else explains that very well. Most google/TH-cam searches of "export course content in Canvas" just show you where the buttons are, and what to click, without any explanation of what, exactly, this tool is used for and what it, exactly, exports. That's what sets yours apart!
@@DrJBanta Thanks so much for your feedback. Yes, totally agree with you here. I find it so helpful to create tutorials that feel like you are right there with the person and walking them through it step by step and further explaining the usage and importance of how it could be useful.
Oh, immensely informative and helpful! Once you fully import, is it easy to switch out/ redo/reword assignments, quizzes, and assessments? I'm not such a fool to think students would not try to share information. I am moving towards performance-based assessments to avoid this. I like to think the best of people, of course...
I have found it very easy to re-work everything after importing it fully. Once you import everything in the class then you have full control to delete, edit, rename, move around, re date, update, etc everything. The best part is that you are not starting from scratch :) Repurposing saves so much time right! What I do is use some of the content as a template to save time and then I have a google doc of various questions, assignments, discussion posts, etc that I pull from to switch it up every semester so the class is never exactly the same. Hope this helps!
@@VirtualTeachingPro perfect.
I have groups of assignments that I want to import into other course, not the entire course. How do I do that? And groups of modules.
Yes! New updates in Canvas to do this. Got a video coming out on this very soon with step by step instructions.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
OMG! you are amazing
Happy to help! I have a new version updated of this for 2021 if that’s helpful. It’s under the playlist for all my Canvas Tutorials for Online Teaching.
Please tell me whether or not I can export my ePortfolio from one Canvas course into another Canvas course. I don't want to have to rebuild it. I know how to move whole classes around, but the ePortfolio is a bit different. Thanks for responding!
I’m honestly not sure about this. I don’t have any experience with eportfolios. Maybe check on the canvas website or reach out to your rep or tech support on campus to see if they have I go. Also muscle someone might chime in here.
@AshleeEspinosa - do you know how to effectively curve grades in Canvas? I really would love to connect to better understand. I know the purpose of curving grades, but I am not sure I understand the input in Canvas and what that will do to my student grades.
I'm not sure on the best way to curve grades in Canvas. I don't curve my grades so it's not something that I'm experienced in doing. You might reach out to Canvas support.
Our district is getting rid of Canvas at the end of this school year.😢 Is there a way to transfer everything to Google Classroom or create a free Canvas and add students manually? I don't want to lose all my modules 😢.
sad day. This is a big shift to be honest. I've done it but it takes lots of time. It's not easy. I need to make a whole video about this. I would not suggest going the free route with Canvas. It is extremely limited and then if you manually add students into it from an institute, district, college, etc you are violating a ton of laws and going down a path of no safety for you and for them. Always stick with the platform the school provides and approves...even if you dislike it. You can't download a canvas course/s and then upload into any other platform. Nothing will transfer in or out if that makes sense. You will want to do this the long way to be honest. Think long term. What do you need to be able to re use all that curriculum development moving forward and how can you create a hub for it all to re purpose on other platforms or in person? That's where I would start. I"ll make a video about this soon. hope that helps a little.
@VirtualTeachingPro Wow, I didn't know it violates laws. Thanks for sharing that. Glad I asked. I look forward to your video. I'd love to move what I can to Google Classroom.
When doing this, mine came up with an error "Your migration cannot exceed 500.0 MB" Help?
Hi there. This is due to the amount of space you have in your account you're trying to migrate the course into. Is it a free account you created on the website? Is it through a school that only allows limited cloud space? I would suggest reaching out the institution you work for that has the Canvas account and ask them how much space is available per course.
The new shell has the new student list already in there. Will importing the new course override and delete that info?
nope, it will be fine. You're not able to delete student info from my experience unless you drop a student from your roster on your school web page.
I have imported a class from another instructor into my CANVAS, but some of the photos did not import. I am using an iPad Pro. I have tried turning off, “Prevent cross-site tracking” in Safari, but it did not correct the problem. Note, this only happens in the STUDENT app, not in the TEACHER app. Please advise.
Hi there. It could be a number of reasons. Photos and videos are tricky due to copyright, where they originated from, if the instructor used a photo bank to pull from in Canvas, etc. Have you crossed checked it on a desktop or laptop computer on both your instructor view and student view? The mobile app is going to be a little different than the actual platform due to it's nature of being more simple and less functions just because it's the app paired down version.
@@VirtualTeachingPro Thank you for responding. I have checked it on an iMac and all images show up in the TEACHER and STUDENT apps. If it were a copyright problem, they why do the images show up in the TEACHER app on the iPad? Could it have something to do with the storage cache on the STUDENT app on the iPad? I am just guessing at this point.
@@Wheelpan this is a mystery to me at this point. I did some deep diving on researching this for you and asked around but can not seem to find an answer just yet. Let me know if you figure it out and I'll keep you posted on my end too! Wish I had a better answer or support for you!
Silly question, but what would happen if you imported your saved course into another canvas course that already has information or modules in there?
no question is silly in my opinion 😊 I wouldn't suggest importing an entire course into a course that already has info in it as it might override the work you have in there already. I would suggest using the copy course content option for this to pull just want you need into a course.
It appears that my institution does't allow exporting to my personal computer; it just floats out there in the ether until I import to another course for the same institution. I'm currently writing my course this summer with no compensation so I don't feel that they should restrict this. Is there a work-around? I've searched my computer for the *.imscc file with no luck (and by course title). Thank you so much for this informative video :)
Apparently I have to "Copy" the course within my institution, rather than choosing "Canvas Course Export Package". But still no file I can find for safe keeping.
Wow, I've never heard of any institution putting that lock on before. It takes so much time to create our classes in a digital format that it should be something we are all allowed to keep and use at any institution or save for our records. It would be like asking us to turn in all of our lecture notes, slides, presentational elements, exams, handouts, etc to the school every class. Seems silly to me. I haven't found another option at this point. What I've done recently is make sure that I keep everything in a google doc for each class in case something likes this turns up. I copy and paste the text from all the pages and format it into a google doc with sections/units/weeks so I can refer back to it if needed. I also keep a private youtube playlist with any videos I reference or use in my online classes so I can find them again if needed to create new links. Document everything so if you do need to re-create an entire class online you can copy and paste most of it.
very interesting. They must be wanting you to only use that class you've created within their institution.
@@VirtualTeachingPro I apologize; I jumped to a conclusion a bit too quickly. This afternoon I received an email with a link to the file. So, yay! It was just another hoop to jump through. So many hoops. Thank you again for the informative video. I teach painting, drawing, and sculpture so I'm learning just how much work goes into these. It's truly astounding.
oh yay! This just made my day! I agree...tons of hoops but you are mastering it one day at a time.
Hi. What if I am a teacher and I want to export another teacher's (from a different school) course? Can she just send me a link of that Canvas course that she has made?
sure can as long as she gives you permission to use her course shell. she can just send you the file after she exports it.
What if my file is too big?
How do i unexport
I'm not sure how to unexport but check the Canvas website to see if they might have suggestions.
Your video on exporting and importing a canvas course has a horrible electronic hum in the background.
Thanks so much for letting me know. I'm working on a 2.0 version of this video that is better quality without that hum. I appreciate your feedback!
There is a terrible buzz throughout this whole video- could not finish watching unfortunately
Yes, thank you for the feedback. I have fixed this problem in my current videos since this one was filmed a year ago. Thanks for letting me know and I will continue to improve the quality of my content .