
2020 Partner Sessions

AWS
Canvas is Cloud-First, Why Your School Should Be Too
With COVID-19, K-12 schools needed to quickly transition to a dependable virtual learning platform. Learn more about Canvas’s cloud-first approach and how schools have leveraged this approach to adapt to remote teaching and online learning.

MICROSOFT
What Happens When Instructure & Microsoft Come Together to Serve You
In this session, Jim Federico, Principal Product Manager from Microsoft Education, will honor educator ingenuity and outlines some of the ways Canvas classrooms can take advantage of Microsoft solutions including OneDrive, OneNote, Flipgrid, and Teams.

Grading and Collaboration Made Easy, with Google Assignments
Experience the new Assignments LTI integration in Canvas that allows teachers to simplify assignment workflows, ensure authenticity of student work with originality reports, and provide meaningful feedback via comment banks.

RESPONDUS
LockDown Browser + Respondus Monitor: An Introduction to Online Proctoring
As universities transitioned to remote learning in early 2020, ensuring the integrity of online exams became critical. Get a demo of LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor and hear more about addressing key challenges with online testing.

HONORLOCK
Best Practices for Proctoring Online Exams in STEM Curriculums
Over the past few years, WPI has been working to improve the workflow for students to complete high-stakes online exams. View this pedagogical and technical best practices discussion that addresses academic integrity and privacy concerns.

CIDILABS
Course Design Scalability - The Superpower You Need
How do you handle the demands on course design without an ever-growing budget or staff? Join us to see how Cidi Labs customers achieve new levels of efficiency in creating large volumes of highly engaging and accessible Canvas courses.

DROPBOX
Simplify Collaboration by Bringing Faculty, Students and Researchers Together in Dropbox
The need to work from anywhere has never been more prevalent. Get these tips and tricks on how students, faculty and researchers can leverage dropbox to create collaborative, virtual learning environments.

BADGR
How You Can Recognize a Lifelong Learning Journey with Digital Badges, Stackable Credential Pathways, and Portable Learner Records
How much of your learner’s achievements are recognized, awarded, and celebrated? During this session, the Badgr team invites you to embark on a guided tour through the exciting and sometimes complicated world of digital badging.

VITALSOURCE TECHNOLOGIES
Ensuring Day-One Access to Course Materials In An Online Environment
Learn how colleges are looking to campus Learning Management Systems to expand secure discovery and delivery of course materials. Case studies will be used to illustrate how digital delivery reduces costs for students while improving student outcomes.

UNICHECK
Massive Shift to Distant Learning: Retaining Academic Integrity Online
Two leaders of the academic world will address key challenges the shift to online learning has exposed, while leading a discussion on how Unicheck delivers on the critical requirements of reliable plagiarism detection and prevention solutions

EVERSPRING
Community Without a Campus: Building Engaging Online Courses to Protect Your Legacy
With remote learning, online courses take on added responsibility to build community and facilitate engagement. Discover how Everspring has partnered with universities to create courses in Canvas that have engagement baked in the design.

EESYSOFT
Using the EesySoft EdTech Adoption Platform at Foothill College Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Learn how EesySoft helped ensure academic continuity at Foothill College during the COVID-19 pandemic and how its in-line messaging, tool adoption reports, and support center were utilized during the transition to going fully online.

CENGAGE
Strategies for Effective Assessments & Learning in a Remote Environment
Tune in to learn from fellow faculty members on how they tackle the unique challenges of delivering secure assessments, as well as tips for effectively using Canvas to engage students and best practices for remote proctoring.

BIGBLUEBUTTON
BigBlueButton Road Map
Get a brief overview of Canvas Conferences, how to use it for virtual classes, and the road map ahead of planned features for the next few months.

PANOPTO
Asynchronous Video: The Guide to Building Your Resilient University
Watch this session to see why 23 of the top 25 universities choose Panopto for their video learning needs and how supporting both live and recorded video within Canvas are key to effective in-person, hyflex, and remote learning scenarios.

UNIZIN
Holistic Learning Analytics: Combining Data from Ever-Growing Toolsets
The shift to predominantly online learning triggered by COVID-19 has intensified an existing need for learning analytics to support instructors, students and advisors.
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