There are several ways to access Canvas training opportunities:

Upcoming Training Webinars

Canvas trainings can be viewed and registered for using the University of Pittsburgh Event Calendar. These trainings provide what faculty and staff users need to know to get started using all of Canvas's most common functions and features, in the form of either a single three-hour session, or a series of three one-hour sessions. Please register in advance for these sessions, as space is limited.

Organize a Group Training for Your Department or School

Would you like a Canvas training workshop to be delivered for a group at your department, school or campus? Trainers are available to deliver sessions upon request for groups of 10 or more. We will work with you to determine an appropriate session length and agenda, starting with your completion of this form. Upon submission, a trainer will be in touch to confirm a date, time, location and agenda.

Recorded Webinars

All recorded webinars include closed captions. The Q&A section at the end of each webinar has been removed from these recordings for privacy reasons.

Introduction to Canvas Series

Introduction to Canvas: Foundations. This self-paced course replaces and enhances the former "Part 1" live training sessions. Parts 2 and 3 (now called 1 and 2) are still done live.
Introduction to Canvas Part 1: Getting Started
Introduction to Canvas Part 2: Pages, Modules and Files
Introduction to Canvas Part 3: Assignments, Quizzes and Grading
- Introduction to Canvas Parts 1, 2 and 3 slides
- Importing Content Selectively to Canvas Workshop Handout
- Blackboard-to-Canvas Cheat Sheet Handout
Canvas for Remote Instruction
- Canvas for Remote Instruction Slides
Canvas Refresher: Building Your Course
- This is a quick, condensed review of much of the content of the 3-part Intro series, intended as a refresher for those who are building courses again for a new semester and experienced Canvas before.
What's New in Canvas?
- A half hour update about what's new in Canvas, Fall 2020-August 2021.

Intermediate Canvas Series

Annotation Assignments Feature Highlight
- Annotation Assignments Notes (click Join this Course to try activities).
Intermediate Canvas: Sharing and Collaborating
- Intermediate Canvas: Sharing and Collaborating Slides
Intermediate Canvas: Tests and Quizzes

- Intermediate Canvas: Tests and Quizzes Slides
Intermediate Canvas: Tracking Student Progress
- Intermediate Canvas: Tracking Student Progress Slides
Canvas Refresher: Speedgrader and the Gradebook

Other Technology Webinars

Better Grading and Feedback with Gradescope
- Better Grading and Feedback with Gradescope Slides
Active Learning with Top Hat
- Active Learning with Top Hat Slides
Blackboard Retirement: What You Need to Know
- Blackboard Retirement Slides
Using Flipgrid for Video Discussions
- Flipgrid for Video Discussions Slides
Instructional Multimedia: Panopto - This webinar recording is older but retained for those who prefer the format; some information may be out of date due to software updates and policy changes.. Consider the self-paced course link below.

Self-Paced Training Courses

Teaching with Panopto. Enroll in this self-paced training course developed at Pitt to learn how to use Panopto with your teaching.
Growing with Canvas is a self-paced, self-evaluated online course with video tutorials that is also available for teachers to learn how to use Canvas. Enroll in with this link: https://pittsburgh.instructure.com/enroll/NFDTAA . You'll also get a hands-on demonstration of how Canvas can look and feel.